Where in a Fract???.gif file does the Fractint data appear? I have a question and want to be on sound ground before I raise it. All I can identify is that the file starts with GIF98a and near the end there is a little plain text that is "fractint001 Fractal" with the space actually being y with an umlaut over it. Nothing else identifiable as plain text. The point I particularly want to know about is how the V screen parameters are included. My Fractint computer had a disastrous breakdown a couple of months ago and am trying to recover and also evaluate ver 99. I ran across a floppy disk that was labeled "Problems" and am passing along one of them. Here is my Newpar.par file which includes the formula. The original parameter file was run on Fractint 99 and then recorded again. It doesn't show as much of the problem that showed originally but as you zoom in amazing things happen. At some magnifications the apparent high count areas disappear and at other magnifications they are massively messed up. Start parameter file. Julia { ; Parameter file recorded on Win 98 system in DOS mode ; Version 2002 Patchlevel 3 ; Only a trace of original problem ; Fractint Version 2099 Patchlevel 8 ; Fractint Version 2099 Patchlevel 8 reset=2099 type=julia4 passes=1 center-mag=6.199e-006/-2.265e-006/2.109716 params=-1.0296017527580259/0.19608962535858149 float=y maxiter=4097 colors=00000000z<3>PPzVVz``z<3>zzzzzzzzzz00z00<4>zS0zY0zc0<3>zz0<227>zz0 } Problem { ; Zoom on high count area. ; Version 2002 Patchlevel 3 ; Fractint Version 2099 Patchlevel 8 ; Fractint Version 2099 Patchlevel 8 reset=2099 type=julia4 passes=1 center-mag=0.42653/0.312698/17.29275 params=-1.0296017527580259/0.19608962535858149 float=y maxiter=4097 colors=00000000z<3>PPzVVz``z<3>zzzzzzzzzz00z00<4>zS0zY0zc0<3>zz0<227>zz0 } InandOut { ; After various zooms. ; Version 2002 Patchlevel 3 ; Fractint Version 2099 Patchlevel 8 ; Fractint Version 2099 Patchlevel 8 reset=2099 type=julia4 center-mag=0.427258/0.296879/9.281967/1.0001 params=-1.0296017527580259/0.19608962535858149 float=y maxiter=511 colors=00000000z<3>PPzVVz``z<3>zzzzzzzzzz00z00<4>zS0zY0zc0<3>zz0<227>zz0 } frm:julia4 {; Chuck Ebbert added 13 Jan 1993 ; p1=Parameter (default (.6,.55) ) ; bailout is real(p2) (default 4) ; force c=(.6,.55) if p1=0 z = pixel, c = ((0.6,0.55) * (|p1|<=0) + p1 ) t = (4 * (real(p2)<=0) + real(p2) * (0<p2) ): z = sqr(z*z) + c |z| <= t } End parameter file. Charles