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

Parameter Settings (General)

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:

Zoom-Out

Pressing the Control-key during the zoom-operation zooms out.
see also Zoom-Settings