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I worked in Photoshop a long time to perfect that.

Actually, it's not that hard- render the fractal on a pure black background. Get it into Photoshop, select the black color using the Color Range tool, and then you're free to do anything you want to the black background. I typically color it then texturize it, then deselect and smooth the entire thing to my satisfaction.

Please note: there's a fractal art purist contingent that will try to convince you that tampering with a rendered fractal is worth damnation to ring nine of Dante's Inferno. Basically, I believe rendering the fractal is just the beginning- it's what happens next that turns it into "fractal ART".