Chaotica Fractal Art Competition and version 1.1

Hi guys, sorry it's been so long since the last update! There's been a lot of silent Chaotica progress on many fronts, from important fixes for Mac OS to a powerful new rendering mode and layers support...

But before I get into that, the other big news is the first Chaotica fractal art competition

This is a great opportunity to show off some really hot fractal renders and win a Chaotica licence and an iPod Nano! The free version of Chaotica may of course be used, and if you'd like help rendering a final version at higher resolution please don't hesitate to ask

The competition runs until the 25th of October, and entries must be posted in the competition forum thread.

I hope you'll all have a great time making sexy pixels for this competition!


Now, about that Chaotica 1.1 release...

The headline new feature in this release is a novel anti-aliasing algorithm, which uses less memory for a comparable level of detail and delivers even higher quality results than before. It might be a bit slower than before (though some users have reported it's faster), and any performance results are welcome. Most of the groundwork for adding layers support has been done, however the UI elements are not yet ready and will still take some (lower priority) development effort to complete. It will be quite an interesting feature, and the basis of a lot of fun going forward; until then, please excuse the cheeky un-editable layer number control in the interface!