Adding control points

Let s add a couple of more control points to our gradient to 

refine our web like structure. 

Right click anywhere in the gradient editor and select 

  Insert from the right click menu.

While you are working with the 

G     

With the insert mouse pointer, click to the right of the 

gradient, try to show and hide the 

set of black control points in any one of the horizontal 

various layers once in a while to see 

color bands.

what is going on.

G     

Change the Red, Green, and Blue settings each to 0. 

G     

Change the Position setting to 115 and the Opacity 

setting to 255.

If you hide the Texture and Coloring 

layers to make only the Web layer 

visible, you can easily see and edit the 

This creates a black control point with 100% opacity.

transparent areas that the gradient 

creates.

G     

Add another control point with these settings: 

H     

Red, Green, and Blue set to 255

H     

Position set to 116

H     

Opacity set to 0

This creates a 4th set of control points   this time white, with 100% transparency. 

G     

Save this image (either as a parameter or fractal file) as Phoenix Julia 2.

Try playing with the control points of 

the Web layer gradient and watch what 

happens in your image. Change their 

transparencies, move them around, 

give one or more of them color. And 

periodically, while you are playing 

around, try different merge modes and 

opacity settings on the Layers tab of 

the Fractal Properties tool window.

You can also experiment with changing 

the order of layers in the list to see how 

this affects the overall image.

Next tutorial: 

Learning about transformations

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