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Well, here is an Open Source (free) program that will create beautiful designs for all your needs.

The name of this software is "Apophysis™."

Source for this Software

Here are the links for the Apophysis™ software…

Download the Apophysis Software

Link to the Apophysis Online Tutorials

Read the Apophysis Online FAQ's

What can you Do with this Software?

Imagine rich, colorful designs that you can use to spice up/ spruce up your…

• Presentations


• Web Pages


• Certificates


• Student Rewards

You can also reward students by letting them run this program. Everyone will marvel at the designs that they create.

What can you Design?

The Apophysis™ program allows you to transform the images, called "flames" in a number of ways. These are…

• Linear


• Sinusoidal


• Spherical


• Swirl


• Horseshoe


• Polar


• Bent


• Handkerchief


• Heart


• Disk


• Spiral


• Hyperbolic


• Diamond


• Ex


• Julia


• Waves


• Fisheye


• Popcorn

There is also a random "flame" generator.

Flame Samples

Here are samples that were captured with the Snagit™ screen capture utility, then optimized for use on the Web with Photoshop™. Of course, you could use any image rendering program including The GIMP, an Open Source graphics editing program.

Here are some sample banners…

And some images…

Of course, the on-screen images are brighter than the images that are compressed for Web viewing.

The biggest problem with this free software? You can squander a lot of time creating images. But, it will be relaxing, fun time.

Try the Apophysis™ program and see for yourself.

Let us know if you think of any other uses for this gem of a free program.