Zooming into the image

The most interesting fractal structure of this Phoenix (Julia) fractal exists in the red orange yellow 

areas so let s zoom in and explore the structure there.

Click Select Mode on the Fractal menu and notice that a rectangular box appears in your 

  fractal window.

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Press Enter.

The fractal now re draws on screen filling your image with the previously selected area.

Another way to invoke the selection box is to place your 

mouse cursor on an interesting part of your image. Click 

and hold the left button and drag the cursor until you 

have selected the area in which you wish to zoom. 

Select mode

Notice that by placing your mouse cursor over different parts of the selection box, you can also 

move, resize and rotate the box. The status bar at the bottom of the main Ultra Fractal window 

displays helpful hints while you move the mouse cursor around. 

Try these options until you have framed an interesting 

section and then press Enter to zoom into this new area. 

To zoom out, press Ctrl+Enter instead.

Instead of pressing Enter or 

You may want to spend some time zooming in and out to  

Ctrl+Enter, you can also right click in 

explore your fractal before we move on to the next part 

the fractal window and click Zoom In 

of the tutorial. Don t worry about where you travel, for 

or Zoom Out on the menu that 

we will synchronize locations in the next section.

appears.

Next: 

Synchronizing the location

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