Apophysis Freeware fractal flame editor for Windows. Apophysis version 2.02 is the latest official version of Apophysis. Click on the Apophysis shortcut icon which should be on your desktop to open the programme. The main Apophysis window opens with a random batch of generated flame fractals. Click on each listing and watch the main preview pane reflect your selection. Generally speaking these random flames are not usually very exciting so we have to resort to other tools within Apophysis to get that wonderful shape and form we are looking for. You can drag the edges of the Apophysis window to make the preview larger, however it will take the flame longer to render as more memory is being used. I usually keep the preview to the smallest possible size. Apophysis is licensed under the GPL.

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When using Apophysis it may be a good idea to sign up for the mailing list. You can ask any questions or just learn from other peoples' questions and answers. Also any announcements about the programme are made here. Just be aware that this list can get very busy, resulting in many emails to your inbox. Click on the Apophysis shortcut icon which should be on your desktop to open the programme. The main Apophysis window opens with a random batch of generated flame fractals. Click on each listing and watch the main preview pane reflect your selection. Generally speaking these random flames are not usually very exciting so we have to resort to other tools within Apophysis to get that wonderful shape and form we are looking for. You can drag the edges of the Apophysis window to make the preview larger, however it will take the flame longer to render as more memory is being used. I usually keep the preview to the smallest possible size.
If the flame in the main viewing pane is quite "grainy" click on the options button and scroll down to "options" and click. Under the "Display" tab go to "Quality" (previously called "Sample Density".) If the number is too low eg. 5 this will result in quite a grainy image. I usually work with my Quality at 35 or a little higher. This gives a reasonable view of a flame. Just bare in mind, the higher the Quality the better the preview but a much longer rendering time. Above the main preview pane click on the "mutation" button . Displayed are nine versions of your selected flame. The center version represents the current flame. The surrounding eight neighbours represent the alternates based on the Controls located below the nine previews. Clicking the center image will regenerate the surrounding flame previews using the same mathematics as the center flame.