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Fractal systems naturally support iterative refinement.

When decoding begins:

•the image appears rough and incomplete,

•but successive iterations gradually improve quality.

This progressive convergence behavior can be useful in:

•low-bandwidth transmission,

•remote image previewing,

•or progressive rendering systems.

Users can initially see a coarse approximation and then watch the image stabilize over time.

This was conceptually similar to later progressive image formats and streaming methods.