Creating a fractal image

When you first open Ultra Fractal, the default Mandelbrot set is shown. Since we re going to create a 

new fractal from scratch, let s close this fractal.

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Click Close on the File menu to close the fractal window.

Now, the workspace is empty except for a 

row of Tool Windows on the right side of 

the screen. These tool windows are where 

you will enter and edit the information 

which creates the fractal image on your 

screen. The tool windows are the 

Tool windows

information center of the program and it is 

advisable to keep them open at all times.

The first step in creating a new fractal is to 

select a Fractal Formula which determines 

the structure of the fractal with which we 

will be working.

To open a new fractal window, 

click New on the File menu and 

  select Fractal.

Fractal formulas

This opens the "Select Fractal Formula" 

browser. The left pane shows three folders 

(Compatibility, My Formulas, and Public) 

There are three additional ways to access most 

and a file named "Standard.ufm".

features and tools: Toolbar buttons, Right click 

(mouse) menus, and 

Keyboard shortcuts

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When you click on Standard.ufm, its 

contents   a list of the formulas it 

contains, appears in the right pane of the 

browser window. Clicking on any of these 

formula names will show a preview of the 

image that the formula will produce in the 

thumbnail pane.

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