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Fracture 1.5

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Screensaver draws fractal images. Shareware ($10)

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Stick Software

Fracture is a screensaver that draws fractal images. These are images created from mathematical formulas, and are often very beautiful. It can draw a variety of types of fractals, and is very configurable. It's multiprocessor- and multimonitor-aware, so it's a great way to show off tthe power of your Mac, too!

What's New

Version 1.5:

OS X 10.6 compatible
Fixed an obscure crash involving test mode in System Preferences

Requirements
PPC / Intel, Mac OS X 10.4 or later.

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Fracture User Discussion (Write a Review)

ver. 1.x:

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Castle Rose reviewed on 16 Nov 2011

I bought this in 2007 for my 17" G4 PB with Tiger 10.4.x. It worked great.
Sadly the G4 finally died and I have a early 2011 15" MBP i7 with Lion 10.7.2. All I can say is WOW! It works and sooo fast.

The G4 would sometimes a few hours to calculate a complex image. My MPB i7 smokes em out in often under a second. A few have taken up to 10 minutes with external monitors. I'm so impressed.

I'd love to buy this again since I doubt I have the code from 2007 laying around. My only concern is that the developer seems to have gone quite since Oct 2009. I'll send an email to support to see If I get a reply. Also please let me know if you've heard from Sticksoftware in the past 2 years. Thanks.

[Version 1.5]

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Castle Rose replied on 06 Jan 2012

The developer is working on his Phd but does answer his emails. He even helped me locate my old code from 2007. Thanks Stick Software!

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ViSoR commented on 04 Sep 2009

Sadly, this does not work under Snow Leopard.

[Version 1.4]

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Holypoly replied on 05 Feb 2012

Works great here under Snowy!

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tim27 commented on 08 Mar 2008

drawing of fractals needs to be animated

[Version 1.4]

+11

Michael-A. reviewed on 27 Jan 2008

Great screensaver, and finally updated Leopard compatibility.

If you want a great fractal-generating screensaver, this is where it's at.

[Version 1.4]

+437

Corpsecorps commented on 22 Jan 2008

Yay!

I was hoping for a Leopard version!

[Version 1.4]

+14

dan.tinianow commented on 21 Jan 2008

Sorry, I stand corrected. You CAN save stills from this screensaver quite easily. I wish the same were true of some other ones... :)

[Version 1.4]

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dan.tinianow commented on 21 Jan 2008

Looks very nice, but my personal limit for a paid screensaver is $5. If this had a standalone version that let you output stills, $10 would be a good price, or $15-20 if it output animation...

[Version 1.4]

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nostrodumbass replied on 21 Jan 2008

You CAN save stills. After you've installed Fracture, go to System Preferences/Screensaver (choose Fracture)/Options/Controls. It tells you how.
I've got many incredibly beautiful images saved.
I've used Fracture for years. It's well worth the $10.

TheGoodGuy reviewed on 05 Jul 2006

fantastic program, produces beautiful sleek fractals for your screensaver in realtime :D

[Version 1.3]

Anonymous reviewed on 10 Jun 2004

Fantastic program! This is the first comment I have left on a piece of software. I have well over 3,000 of these images at 1920x1200. I run Fracture through BackLight and I save the output for my wallpaper slideshow. Then occasionally run Fluid through BackLight over the fractals... oh my. I don't know how they could improve Fracture... but I can't wait.

[Version 1.2]