Extract text from fractal flame files (FLAME)
To convert FLAME fractals to another format, you need Apophysis or other Data software.
To convert other file formats to the "Fractal Rendering Parameters" file type, you need software like Apophysis or a similar tool.
A .FLAME file is an XML-based configuration file that stores the mathematical equations, geometric transformations, and color gradients used to generate fractal flames. It does not contain actual image pixels. Instead, it serves as a mathematical recipe that rendering software uses to calculate and draw complex fractal art.
You can open, edit, and render these files using specialized open-source fractal software like Apophysis or JWildfire. You can learn more about the underlying mathematics on the Fractal flame Wikipedia page.
The primary disadvantage of the .FLAME format is its highly specialized nature. Standard web browsers, image viewers, and mainstream design software cannot read or display it. Users often mistakenly treat it as an image file and encounter errors when trying to upload it to social media, open it on mobile devices, or send it to a commercial printer.
To share your fractal design, you should convert the .FLAME file into a standard web-ready image like PNG or JPG. Generating an image means you lose the editable mathematical parameters, but you gain universal viewing compatibility. If you want to share the formulas, converting the file to XML or TXT is the best approach.
This file format is exceptionally difficult for conventional online converters to process into an image. Converting it to a picture requires a dedicated rendering engine to compute millions of mathematical iterations, rather than a simple format translation. If our analysis detects a supported underlying text structure, viewing or data conversion may still be possible.
Convert.Guru analyzes your FLAME file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert FLAME file to OBJ, FBX, DAE, 3DS, MAX, BLEND, MA, MB, C4D, STL, PLY or WRL, you can use Apophysis or similar software from the "Fractal Equation Storage" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert DWG, DAE, X3D, IGES, WRL, JT, SKP, 3DS, 3DM, OBJ, STEP or FBX files to FLAME, try Apophysis or another comparable tool in the "Fractal Equation Storage" category.
The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our FLAME converter.