Working with layers

Note: This tutorial assumes that you have worked through the 

Quick Start

 and 

Basic Skills

 tutorials 

and have saved the "Phoenix Julia 1" image from the Basic Skills tutorial.

Now that we have learned some basic skills, it is time to 

explore one of Ultra Fractal s key features   layering.

Let s open the image we created in the last tutorial. This 

time we will use the .ufr file, which will open the fully 

Layers

rendered image on screen.

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Click Open on the File menu. Locate the .ufr file   remember that we saved it in the 

"Fractals" folder   click on the file name (Phoenix Julia 1.ufr) and click Open.

Now look at the Fractal Properties tool window. Click on the Layers tab and notice that there is a 

tiny copy of the image in a layer named Background.

To add a new layer, simply click the Add Layer 

  button on the Layers tab.

If you click and hold down the Add 

Now you will see two layers   your original, still labeled    Layer button, a menu with predefined 

"Background", and a new, identical layer labeled "Layer 

layers appears. Click a predefined layer 

1".

to add it, or click Define to customize 

the menu.

Next: 

Coloring the new layer

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