Fractal Paths
Created by Craig Macomber of Spin Craft software

Fractal Paths is a powerful fractal generator and renderer, like many other tools available. It also has a simple user interface offering the user direct control of the fractal, unlike many applications which only work with fixed equations and at best just let the users supply a few numbers. Fractal Paths lets you draw a path, or an ordered set of points connected by lines. It then turns it into a fractal by repeatedly replacing all the lines with copies of the original shape. Each time it does this its called an iteration, and fractal paths supports up to 500 iterations. Fractal Paths shows a live preview of your fractal behind your path as you draw and edit the path.

Full documentation is included along with several examples. Documentation is accessible through the help menu, along with contact information. If something is missing in the documentation, you find a bug, or you just have a question or comment send me an email.

Downloads
Mac OS X: Fractal Paths 2.0.2b17 2.7 MB (Universal Binary)
Windows: Fractal Paths 2.0.2b17 1.2 MB (Should support Vista, tested on XP)
Linux: Coming Soon!

Status
Version: Alpha 2.0.2b17
Last Updated: March 12, 2007
First Beta release. Fixed bugs, and made minor improvements. Windows version works much better now. Linux version will be available soon.

What's New
2.0.2b17-First Beta release. Fixed bugs, and made minor improvements. Windows version works much better. Now saves JPEGs.
2.0.1a16 - Second Alpha Release
Windows and Linux Versions
Minor bug Fixes.

What's Next
If testing goes well there should be a final release soon. By this point, the Linux build will hopefully be working and available.
The addition of multiple undo and redo is planned once a stable release has been made. After that possibly an advanced editor for discontinuous paths. This would allow the creation of almost any imaginable two dimensional line based geometrically constructed fractals, and most non-line based ones.

Images
More images to come!

Features
Full support for multiple renderings and and drawing at once
Saving and reopening saved fractals
Drawing and editing
Path drawing
Point selecting and moving
Customizable horizontal and vertical grids
Optional snap to grid
Uniform and nonuniform region scaling
Line splitting
Point removing
Point and click zooming
Scroll-wheel zooming
Panning
Full color selection
Drawing window display and preview
Live behind path preview
Redraw preview
Stop preview
Status display and progress bar for preview iteration
Full color selection
Rendering
Height and width selection
Can handle large images (Over 64 mega-pixels)
Progress bar
Panning
Live display
Zoom
Saving rendered fractals as image files
Full color selection
Supported Systems
Supported on Windows (Including Vista), Mac OSX (Both Power PC and Intel), and will soon be supported on Linux.