Name ................. ChaosPro
Version .............. 2.1
Date ................. 04. October 2000
Author ............... Martin Pfingstl
EMail ................ 1. mpfingstl@lhsystemsas.de
      ................ 2. V77100@my-deja.com
Address .............. Martin Pfingstl
                       Oranienstrasse 48 A
                       65812 Bad Soden
                       Germany

Status ............... Freeware
Distribution Status .. Freely distributable


Installation:
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Unpack the archive and run setup.exe.
The program can be completely uninstalled (either by using UnInstall-Shield
or by simply deleting the program directory and Startmenu content).


Short description:
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ChaosPro is a fractal generator using "multi windowing" and "multi threading", 
i.e. you can calculate several fractals at the same time in different windows. 
It can read most of FractInt's and UltraFractals parameter, palette and formula 
files, supporting many of FractInt's fractal types as well as UltraFractal 
formulas (transformations, formulas, colorings). ChaosPro is able to create 
animations by using keyframes: Almost each parameter and/or parameter 
combination can be animated. The program is able to calculate 3D transformations 
from 2D fractals. It supports 24 bit and thus is able to calculate true color 
images, which can be saved as either PNG or JPG image files. Its built in 
compiler for user defineable formulas speeds up fractal calculation times.

New in version 2.1:
- Compiler (instead of parser)
- New fractal type Escapetime (for compiled formulas) and Layered Fractal for fractals
  having any number of layers (where each layer is any fractal and the layers can be
  combined).
- Periodicity checking logic added.
- Loading and saving of JPG files added.
- bugs removed
- several other slight enhancements and bug fixes

See documentation file ChaosPro.chm for more information.

