Mandel Ultimativ Menu-Functions

This page describes the main-features of Mandel Ultimativ

File
Fractal
Picture
Zoom
Help

File

File|New

Initialisizes the current fractal-type with the program-internal default-values and recalculates the image.

File|Open

Loads an previusly saved parameter-file and recalculates the image. The behaviour may change in further versions.

File|Save

Saves the current picture as a wind**f-bmp- file. The parameters must be saved with save params.

File|Save Params

The current settings are saved to a file. This file can be loaded to recalculate the image. See Open. During the development-phase the format of the parameter-files may change.

File|Settings

Opens a dialog, with file-related settings.
Save Colormap
Enables or disables the saving of the colormap into the parameterfile. If the colormap is saved in the parameterfile, this map is automatically assigned to the image. No extra colormap-file is needed. The size of the parameterfile increases by approx. 800 bytes.
Startupfile
Defines a parameterfile, which is automatically loaded at the programmstart. Click on the search-button to select a file or enter it directly. Leave the field blank, if no file schould be loaded.

File|Exit

Exits the program (without any confirmations).

Fractal

Fractal|Type

Select a fractal-type. The listbox displays all implemeted fractal-types. Double-click to the desired type to select it. The image is calculated with the default-values.

Fractal|Parameter

This tabbed dialog is used to set up the fractal-indepent parameters.
Page General
Page General: Maximun iterations deep. If the iterations-count reaches this value, the iteration ends and the point is "inside".
Page Corners
The corner values of the fractal can be modified here. The default-button resets the values to the initial-values.
Page Convergency
This page presents all convergecy-depend values.
Postcompute
This page shows options for the post-computing of each pixel. The postcomputing is called ater the point is calculated by the fractal-function. The postcomputing is only avaible for field types.
Inside
The inside postcompute is uses for points inside the fractal (maximun iterations reached).
Outside
The outside postcompute is used for outside points (aborted by the convergency function).
Color Mapping
Changes between normal and logarithmic color mapping.
Page Parameters
Here are the sixteen internal parameter-values shown. This is a general page. If there is a type-specific setup, it schoud be used first. Not all values may be used, depends on the current fractal-type.
Page Information
This page shows some information about the current fractal. The values are read-only, no settings can be done.

Fractal|Type-specific

Setup of all type-depend values. The apperance of this dialog changes with the current fractal-type.

Parameteranimation

Shows a dialog for creating parameter animations. The program creates a series of single images, for the final animation is an external program requiered, which converts the images to the animation.
Page Parameters
The parameter page shows the float parameters curve. All sixteen parameters are avaible here. Each parameter is displayed in a different color. The color and the number of the current parameter is visible at the button.
Page Pictures
Setup for the animation length, framecount etc...
Page Status
The status page shows the status of a running animation calculation.

Picture

Picture- and colormap settings

Picture|General Settings

This dialog shows all picture-relevant settings.

Picture|Edit Palette

Editor for the colormap. This make only sense, when the 8-bit display-mode is activated.

Picture|Load Palette

Loads a saved colormap.

Picture|Save Palette

Saves the current colormap

The colormaps are saved as textfiles. Each line contains thee decimal values for the red,green and blue part of the color. Each file has 256 lines. The map-files are compatible with Mandel Ultimativ for OS/2 and Fractint.

Zoom

Zoom|Zoom in

Zooms into the fractal with a fixed factor.

Zoom|Zoom out

Zooms out with a fixed factor.
The factor can be set in the Settings-dialog.

Zoom|Zoom Setup

This page presents all zoom-relevant settings.
Zoomfactor-setting
This zoom-factor is used for the point & click - zooming. With the slider, the zoom-factor can be adjusted quickly in the range 1 to 30. In the entry-field the factor can be edited without any limitiations. An useful range for the zoom-factor is 1 to 30.

Zoom Factor Animation

These settings are used for the antimatin-zoom. Mandel Ultimativ renders automatically numpic images, each zoomed by the animationszoomfactor.

Help

Help and program-information