News from Mystic Fractal 
3/25/08
MacOrca for OS X is released. Featuring an expanded set of orbit-trap methods (25), generalized formulas (22) and 3-D orbit-trap and bubble textures. This is the latest installment on easy to use Macintosh fractal programs. All six OS X programs are now available as a package. See Packages page for discount pricing.
2/04/08
The OS X Package is expanded to include Windows versions that are cross-platform compatible. Fractal data is saved in a text format that is readable on both systems. (Some rendering options and formulas aren't available for transfer between systems to maintain a minimum of compatability in the format. Rendering options may vary between systems, but formulas and basic parameters should be the same.) Windows packages have also been expanded to include OS X programs that are compatible with their Windows counterparts.
2/01/08
A trial version of DynaMaSZ 2 is released. This contain most of the features of the full version except that the size of the images is limited to 320X240 and no external rendering libraries are included.
1/26/08
A new Poemscapes gallery is posted. This features poetry written from 2001 to the present and fractals by Orca. Also, an expanded and revised Fractal Compositions and Compositions (poetry) gallery are posted.
1/06/08
Orca for Windows is released. This program brings the best of nineteen years of fractal programming together, and expands on it in many new ways. A gallery of Orca pictures is posted here.
10/17/07
A new version of Fractal ViZion is released! This includes an expanded Fine-Tuning menu that allows you to manually set options like Biomorph and Decomposition that were previously only adjusted randomly by the program. It also includes an option to transfer fractal data from Fractal ViZion to iVizionaire.
10/01/2007
The current month's Specials: When you purchase the DynaMaSZ Package, the Crocus Package, or the Imaginator Package, you receive QuaSZ as a bonus!
When you purchase the Super Package, you receive Fractal Imaginator as a bonus!
5/09/07
New Tiger-compatible versions of the OS X programs are released.
4/12/07
On Special this month are the OS X Package for $50 (regularly $60) and the Everything Package ($150 retail) for $120. Purchased separately, the programs in the OS X Package have a retail value of $150, while those in the Everything Package go for $500, sold separately! A new package at Mystic Fractal is the Imaginator Package, which includes the five latest MF releases plus a few bonus programs, all for only $75 ($190, purchased separately.)
2/18/07
Trial versions of MacOrbits, iViZionaire, iSwirlique and iDynaMaSZ are released. These contain most of the features of the full versions except that the size of the images is limited to 320X240 and the the resolution of 3D object exports is limited to 400 steps.
12/04/06
Trial versions of Fractal Imaginator, Swirlique, RSK and Fractal Orbits are released. These contain most of the features of the full versions except that the size of the images is limited to 320X240 and the the resolution of 3D object exports is fixed at 300 steps.
4/11/06
A new QuaSZ/Fractal Zplot gallery is posted: the Newton 3D gallery features pictures generated by Alessandro Rosa's "cutoff rate" method (included in the latest releases of QuaSZ and Fractal Zplot.) This allows 3D representation of formulas using Newton's method and other convergent-style bailout algorithms, which is impossible by the traditional method of mapping quaternions.
3/27/06
A new gallery is posted: the Mixed Bag gallery features an assortment of previously unpublished fractal pictures from 2004 and 2005.
11/13/05
Two new packages are released: The Everything (But the Kitchen Sink) Package and The Cheap Package. The Everything Package features every Windows program now available from Mystic Fractal (22 programs in all) for $180, while the Cheap Package features seven complete programs for the low price of $30.
9/07/05
Trial versions of Fractal ViZion and Fractal Zplot are released. These contain most of the features of the full versions except that the size of the images is limited to 320X240 and in the case of Fractal Zplot Trial the resolution of quaternion exports is limited to 400 steps.
7/21/05
Fractal Orbits a Windows version of MacOrbits is released. The basic options of Fractal Orbits are closely modeled after MacOrbits with additional features from Fractal Zplot, and a new video frame buffer to allow AVI videos to be easily constructed and edited at any video resolution.
6/27/05
MacOrbits for OS X is released. Featuring an expanded set of orbit-trap methods, quaternion orbit-traps (quat-traps) and Cloud fractals. This is the latest installment on easy to use Macintosh fractal programs. All five OS X programs are now available as a package. See Packages page for discount pricing.
6/12/05
A new fractal gallery featuring images made with iViZionaire, iSwirlique, IDynaMaSZ and QuaSZ Mac is posted.
6/10/05
iViZionaire for OS X is released. Combining the ease of use of Fractal ViZion with the detailed editing options of Fractal Zplot, iViZionaire makes advanced fractal generation available to anyone with a Mac. All four OS X programs are now available as a set. See Packages page for discount pricing.
5/23/05
A new version of DynaMaSZ 1 is released. All the speed of the original version plus the interface and registry enhancements of DynaMaSZ 2.
5/22/05
Crocus 4 is released. This features support for Swirlique data files [dfs] as well as Fractal Lab data files [frl] and lsystems [ls].
5/16/05
iDynaMaSZ for OS X is released. All three OS X programs are now available as a set. See Packages page for discount pricing.
5/7/05
iSwirlique for OS X is released. This features several enhancements over the Windows version. (We are always working on new ways to do things.)
4/25/05
QuaSZ Mac for OS X is released. The first Mystic Fractal program designed for the Macintosh system. In the works: a Mac version of Swirlique.
3/20/05
The Julius Ruis Fractal Science Gallery is launched.