Mandel Ultimativ Quick Into
This page describes the most used functions of Mandel Ultimativ
Colormap (Load, Save, Edit)
Fractal-type
Iteration Maximum
Parameter Files
Parameter (General)
Parameter (Type-Specific)
Picture Colordeep
Zooming
Changing the Colormap
Parameter Load and Save
The fractal-parameters can be saved and reloaded for recalculation.
Select menu File | Save Params to
save the parameters of the current fractal.
Later this file can be loaded and the fractal is recalculated with all its
settings. The following settings are saved in the parameter-files
- fractal-type
- corner-values
- iteration maximum
- bailout-values and testmethod
- all fractal-specific parameters
Parameter Settings (General)
- Page General : Maximun iterations for the convergency-test.
This value shoud be increased
when zooming in.
- Page Corners : The numeric corers of the fractal. The default-button
resets the corners.
- Page Convergency : Sets the conditions for the convergency-test.
BailOut is the limit, ConvFunc is the testmethod.
- Page Postcompute : Some special post calculation modes after a
point is calculated.
- Page Parameter: Shows all 16 parameter-values in a fractal independent
mask. First use the fractal-specific settings.
- Page Info: Shows some information about the current fractal. Read
only.
More here.
Parameter (Type-Specific)
This dialog shows all type-specific settings. The apperance of this dialog
changes with the current fractal-type. It is also possible, that the fractal
has no type-specific parameters.
Changing the Fractal-Type
Select menu fractal | type. A dialog presents all aviable types. Double-click to
the desired type to choose it. Then the new fractal is calculated with the
default-values.
Changing Maximum Iterations
Select menu Fractal | Parameter. Select the tab general. Spin the value
in the field iterations or enter it directly. (click)
Picture Colordeep and Size
Select menu Picture | General Settings.
Here are the settings for the colordeep
(1 bpp, Black and white, 8bpp 256 colors and 32 bit truecolor), and the settings
for the imagesize. The four most used sizes are avaible on the buttons.
The image-size can also changed by resizing the window.
Zooming
Currentrly are three zoom-modes implemented.
Rectangle-dragging:
Pressing the left mouse-button and dragging the mouse
will create a rectangle. After releasing the button the area inside the
rectangle is zoomed. To avoid unevenly scaling, only the horizontal size of the
zoom-rectangle is used to determinate the zoom-factor.
Rectangle-moving:
Mouse
Click with the left mousebutton in the image. The zoomrect is displayed.
Move the mouse while pressing the left button moves the rect. Moving the
mouse while pressing the middle button resizes the rect. Double-click to zoom.
Keyboard
Press page up or page down to activate the zoommode. Resize the rect with
page up/down. Move the rect with the arrow-keys, ctrl-arrow moves faster.
Press enter to zoom.
Point & Click
Clicking with the middle mouse-button inside the image will zoom to this point
with a fixed zoom-factor.
Changing the Zoommode
The button Zoommode on the toolbar changes the current zoommode between
normal,move and anim. The current mode is displayed on the statusbar.
The mode changes automatically to 'move' when page up/down is pressed. The
key 'z' also switches the zoommode. The mode 'anim' is not implemented yet :-(
Animation Zoom
The animation zoommode helps creating zoomins into fractals. Switch to the
zoommode animation zoom (see
here). The statusbar shows the current zoommode.
Now press page up/down or click with the mouse on the fractal. A small cross
appers and shows the orgin of the zoom. Pressing the enter key or a
double-click starts the zoom calculation. A dialog shows the current progress
and the calculation can be aborted. After the zoom calculation the point which was marked with
the cross is now in the center. A series of single images is calculated and
saved. To create the final animation, a third party programm is needed (a
mpeg of fli/flc converter). See also the following settings:
- Filesettings - Name of the output images,
output dir and other file settings.
- Zoomsettings - Magnification per images and
numer of images.
Zoom-Out
Pressing the Control-key during the zoom-operation zooms out.
see also Zoom-Settings