Fractal windows

Fractal windows contain the fractals that you work on in Ultra Fractal. While you edit the fractal using 

the 

Fractal Properties

 and 

Layer Properties

 tool windows, the fractal window is continually updated to 

show the result of your changes. Although fractal windows are resizeable, this does not change the 

size of the fractal itself. Use the Image tab in the Fractal Properties tool window to resize the fractal.

The toolbar contains commands to edit and save the fractal:

G     

The New button creates a new fractal from scratch. To duplicate the current fractal instead, 

click Duplicate on the File menu.

G     

The Open and Browse buttons open files from disk.

G     

The Save button saves the fractal to disk. See 

Opening and saving fractals

.

G     

The Undo and Redo buttons can undo and redo your previous actions. See 

Fractal history 

list

. 

G     

The Copy and Paste buttons copy fractal parameters to and from the Clipboard. See 

Copying and pasting fractals

.

G     

The Gradient button opens the 

gradient editor

 associated with the fractal window to edit the 

colors of the fractal.

G     

The mouse mode buttons show and select the active mouse mode. The mouse mode 

determines what happens when you click and drag inside the fractal window. There are three 

mouse modes: 

H     

Normal mode

H     

Select mode

H     

Switch mode

G     

The Save Parameters button saves the fractal to a parameter set. See 

Parameter files

.

G     

The Render to Disk button starts rendering the fractal or animation to disk, creating a high 

resolution image or a fractal movie with better quality than possible in the fractal window. 

See 

Rendering images

.

The commands on the toolbar are duplicated on the File, Edit, and Fractal pull down menus. 

Frequently used commands are also on the menu that pops up when you right click inside the fractal 

window.

Next: 

Normal mode

See Also

Keyboard shortcuts for fractal windows

Animation

Exporting and rendering

Workspace

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