Presets

As you work with formulas in Ultra Fractal, you will often use the same combinations of formulas and 

parameters to achieve certain effects. You can save the combination of a formula and parameters as 

a preset for quick access in the future.

To open a saved formula preset, click and hold down the Browse button until a menu with 

  presets appears. Simply click a preset to load it. 

To save and organize presets, click Define on the presets menu. This opens the Edit Presets dialog.

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Click Add Current to save the current settings as a new preset.

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Click Delete to delete the selected preset.

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Click Rename to rename the selected preset. You can also click a preset in the list twice, or 

press F2.

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Use the Move Up and Move Down buttons to reorder presets, or just drag them around in 

the list.

Click OK to apply your changes.

Besides 

fractal formulas

, there are also presets for 

coloring algorithms

, 

transformations

, and 

layers

. 

To access the transformation presets, click and hold down the Add button in the Mapping tab. To 

access the layer presets, click and hold down the Add button in the Layers tab of the 

Fractal 

Properties

 tool window.

Presets are saved in the Ultra Fractal system folder, which is displayed on the Folder tab of 

the 

Options dialog

. They are saved in the following files: Uf4.pfm (fractal formulas), Uf4.pci 

(inside coloring algorithms), Uf4.pco (outside coloring algorithms), Uf4.pxf 

(transformations), and Uf4.pla (layers). You might want to include these files when you 

make a backup of your fractal documents.

Next: 

Arbitrary precision

See Also

Fractal formulas

Working with fractal formulas

Parameter files

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