Tutorials
Some people have prepared tutorials to help beginners learn and work with the basic features and capabilities of the commonly used fractal generators. Below is a section with tutorial about other topics related to fractals and art.
Note: Some people are making video tutorials for most of these programs, and have been posting them to Youtube and other similar media sites. I’m not listing those in this guide as of right now (I’ll have to watch them first, and that takes more time than scan-reading, besides I still prefer to read). but those are sources you should search. Also, some others have posted information –tutorials and resources– to facebook, but since I’m not a fan of that service, and thus have no access to them, I won’t include them here, but know that if you have a facebook account, you can check for those groups as well.
Fractal Explorer
- James Richard Skemp
Fractal Explorer: Creating Your Own Fractals (PDF format) - Mario
Fractal Explorer Tutorial I - DeviantArt Community
Fractal-Resources (group) – Fractal Explorer Resources
Apohpysis 2
- (datagram at Deviantart.com)
Apophysis 2.02 FAQ-Tutorial - Stacy Reed (sya at Deviantart.com)
Apophysis Tutorial - Ray (darkmetalhead at Deviantart.com)
Basic Apophysis Tutorial (graphics-based tutorial) - Padley Wood
Creating and managing gradients
Apophysis 7x
- DeviantArt Community
Fractal-Resources (group) – Apophysis 7x Resources - Stan Ragets
Aphosysis tutorials
Tiera-Zon
This fractal generator is no longer available (as of March 2022)
- Doug Harrington
Fractal tutoria; Getting started
Julia Fractal tutorial
Working with color
Fractal formula tutorial - Soler
Tierazon Program Instructions
Sterling-ware
This fractal generator is no longer available (as of March 2022), but may be useful for Sterling 2, still available.
- Tim Hodkinson
Sterling-ware tutorial
ChaosPro
- Martin Pfingstl
Creating 3D Transformations
Creating Animations - Padley Wood
Getting started with ChaosPro
Chaoscope
- Chaoscope.org
Chaoscope Online Manual
Searching for atractors
High quality renders
Working with Julias
Ultra Fractal
- Janet Parke Preslar
Ultra Fractal Tutorials – Comprehensive list of tutorials available in various languages. - Joseph Trotsky
Ultra Fractal Guide - Hidden Dimensions
Fractal formula tutorials - DeviantArt Community
Fractal-Resources (group) – Ultra Fractal Resources
Fractal Domains
- Dennis C. De Mars
Fractal Domains tutorials
Chaotica
- Tatyana Zabanova
Chaotica Editor Basics - DeviantArt Community
Fractal-Resources (group) – Chaotica Resources
Fractal Science Kit
- Ross Hilbert
Fractal Science Kit Tutorials
J Wildfire
- Andreas Maschke, Martin Flink, Jane Spaulding & Gerriet Selent
J Wildfire Wiki – Sometimes, temporarily unavailable - Andreas Maschke
J Wildfire Video Tutorials - Various authors
J Wildfire Tutorials - DeviantArt Community
Fractal-Resources (group) – J Wildfire Resources
Incendia
- Incendia.net
Incencia Wiki - DeviantArt Community
Fractal-Resources (group) – Incendia Resources
Mandelbulb 3D & Mandelbulber
- DeviantArt Community
Fractal-Resources (group) – Mandelbulber Resources
Fragmentarium
- DeviantArt Community
Fractal-Resources (group) – Fragmentarium Resources
Aural (fractal music generator)
- Ramiro Pérez
Aural wiki
Various
- Project Educate
Collection of tutorials for various programs - DeviantArt community
Fractal Resources (group)
Fractal Dreams (group) – Tutorials
General
Those of you already working with fractal images, here are various documents that could help you learn about several graphics procedures and technical considerations (if you don’t know them already).
- Nicholas Rougeux (C82)
Color Me Textured - Juan Luis Martínez
Doing Fractals
Layering for novices
ASCII Fractals - Damien C. Jones
Anti-aliasing and Fractals
PNG, JPEG, and Fractals - Doug Harrington
Fractal FAQs - Sulver Clarke
How to fractal well