The scaly (layered?) appearance of todays fractals is the result of the outside=tdis combined with high
bailout values. According to the Fractint manual tdis "colors the pixels according to the
total distance traveled by the orbit." In these two formulas the bailout  value can be directly inputed.
Other formulas can be rewritten to allow the user to select the bailout  values. The value of bailout that
produces a desired effect varies with the formula and determined by experiment ( also known as
taking a blind guess). This method does't work all time but often enough to give it a try. And as a
no strings attached bonus is an Apr.11 gif resized then resampled.
 
fract018.gif       { ; leafy scales
                     ; blank
                     ; calctime   0:06:37.18
                    ; created Apr 13, 2010
                     ;  Fractint Version 2004 Patchlevel 9
  reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=_m.frm
  formulaname=magnet_spirals1
  center-mag=1.32164/-0.780518/13.84275/1/144.999999999999972/7.6716411001\
  5983169e-014 params=-0.1222876674703207/0.8740195928830836/700/700
  float=y maxiter=1500 inside=0 outside=tdis
  colors=0000z00z00y00y00y00y00x00x00x00x00w00w00w00w00v00v00v00v00u00u00u\
  00u00t00t00t00t00s00s00s00s00r00r00r00r00q00q00q00q00p00p00p00p00o00o00o\
  00o00n00n00n00n00m00m00m00m00l00l00l00l00k00k00k00k00j00j00j00j00i00i00i\
  00i00h00h00h00h00g00g00g00g00f00f00f00f00e00e00e00e00d00d00d00d00c00c00c\
  00c00b00b00b00b00a00a00a00a00`00`00`00`00_00_00_00_00Z00Z00Z00Z00Y00Y00Y\
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  00S00R00R00R00R00Q00Q00Q00Q00P00P00P00P00O00O00O00O00N00N00N00N00M00M00M\
  00M00L00L00L00L00K00K00K00K00J00J00J00J00I00I00I00I00H00H00H00H00G00G00G\
  00G00F00F00F00F00E00E00E00E00D00D00D00D00C00C00C00C00B00B00B00B00A00A00A\
  00A009009009009008008008008007007007007006006006006005005005005004004004\
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  }
frm:magnet_spirals1 (XAXIS_NOIMAG) {
;needs floating point!
;p2 is the bailout (default=100)
b=p2,b=b+(b==0)*100
z=c=pixel:
z=( (z*z+(c)) / (2*z+(c-2)) )^2-p1
|z|<b
  ;SOURCE: magnet.frm
}

fract019.gif       { ; scales
                     ; blank
                     ; calctime   0:06:18.38
                     ; created Apr 13, 2010
                     ;  Fractint Version 2004 Patchlevel 9
  reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=_m.frm
  formulaname=magnet_spirals2
  center-mag=-1.54459830788485500/-1.42141153923205300/201.4615
  params=0.7143467513046663/-0.793206579790643/650/650 float=y
  maxiter=1500 inside=0 outside=tdis
  colors=0ZzzzWzzWzyVzyVzxUyxUywTywSyvSxvRxuRxuQxtQwtPwsOwsOwrNvrNvqMvqLvp\
  LvpKuoKuoJunJunItmHtmHtlGtlGskFskEsjEsjDriDriCrhCrhBrgAqgAqf9qf9qe8pe7pd\
  7pd6pc6oc5ob5ob4oa3na3n`2n`2n_1mZ0lY0lY0lY0lY0kX0kX0kX0kX0jW0jW0jW0jW0iV\
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  0cP0cP0cP0bO0bO0bO0bO0aN0aN0aN0aN0`M0`M0`M0`M0_L0_L0_L0_L0ZK0ZK0ZK0ZK0YJ\
  0YJ0YJ0YJ0XI0XI0XI0XI0WH0WH0WH0WH0VG0VG0VG0VG0UF0UF0UF0UF0TE0TE0TE0TE0SD\
  0SD0SD0SD0RC0RC0RC0RC0QB0QB0QB0QB0PA0PA0PA0PA0O90O90O90O90N80N80N80N80M7\
  0M70M70M70L60L60L60L60K50K50K50K50J40J40J40J40I30I30I30I30H20H20H20H20G1\
  0G10G10G10F00F00F00F00E00E00E00E00D00D00D00D00C00C00C00C00B00B00B00B00A0\
  0A00A00A0090090090090080080080080070070070070060060060060050050050050040\
  0400400400300300300300200200200200100100100100000000000
  }
frm:magnet_spirals2 (XAXIS_NOIMAG) {
;needs floating point!
;p2 is the bailout (default=1000)
b=p2,b=b+(b==0)*1000
z=c=pixel:
z=( (z*z+(c-1)) / (c*z+(c-2)) )^2-p1
|z|<b
  ;SOURCE: magnet.frm
}
To see the fractals already generated go to http://maxitersfractalfollies.blogspot.com

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