Sorry, I think you may be referring to me? I did reply but then realised it was all wrong so I deleted it. 
I have little experience of the trial, I'm afraid. When I started with UF some years ago I was in a position to register it and did so quite quickly because I found the watermarking so darned awful! If it bombs after the trial period then you've probably had it, I'm afraid. There is no free option.
UF is a great program, well written, stable and supported by the author... but it does need to be paid for and for myself I think it's well worth it. There are a great many other fractal programs out there for you to try that are totally free if all you want is something to play with and learn on. The catch with them is that many are no longer being developed or supported and their implementation/interfaces are pretty basic and often difficult to use but nevertheless there is still some mileage left in them. Lots of people actively use the likes of Apophysis, Mandelbulb 3D and Chaotica, for example. If you have Apple gear you can get simple but lovely results from Frax Pro.
Hope this helps and apologies to Frederik for mentioning other fractal progams on the forum here, please forgive me. 
Sorry, I think you may be referring to me? I did reply but then realised it was all wrong so I deleted it. :x
I have little experience of the trial, I'm afraid. When I started with UF some years ago I was in a position to register it and did so quite quickly because I found the watermarking so darned awful! If it bombs after the trial period then you've probably had it, I'm afraid. There is no free option.
UF is a great program, well written, stable and supported by the author... but it does need to be paid for and for myself I think it's well worth it. There are a great many other fractal programs out there for you to try that are totally free if all you want is something to play with and learn on. The catch with them is that many are no longer being developed or supported and their implementation/interfaces are pretty basic and often difficult to use but nevertheless there is still some mileage left in them. Lots of people actively use the likes of _Apophysis_, _Mandelbulb 3D_ and _Chaotica_, for example. If you have Apple gear you can get simple but lovely results from _Frax Pro_.
Hope this helps and apologies to Frederik for mentioning other fractal progams on the forum here, please forgive me. (:|
Chris Martin
Gallery: Velvet--Glove.deviantart.com
Currently using UF6.05 on Windows 11 Professional 64-bit
edited Apr 29 '17 at 12:25 pm
