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|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.
- Bailout-value: If the absolute value of the result of the fractal-function
if greater than the bailout-value, the iteration bails out and the poit is
"outside"
- Convfinc: This is a special method for the bailout-test. The following
settings are possible:
- default: The radius around the orgin. Is the point outside this radius,
the function exits.
- Real: Only the real-part of the function result is used for the bailout-tests.
- Imag: The imaginary part is used.
- And: The real AND the imaginary part must be outside the radius.
- Or: The real OR the imaginary part must be outside.
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.
Picture
Picture- and colormap settings
Picture|General Settings
This dialog shows all picture-relevant settings.
- Color deeps: setup of the color-deep for the image.
- 1 bit: Black and white image, no colors
- 8 bit: 256 colors with a palette
- 32 bit: Truecolor without palette
- Image Size: Sets the image-size exactly. The most relevant sizes can be
adjusted by pressing one of the four buttons.
Picture|Edit Palette
Editor for the colormap. This make only sense, when the 8-bit display-mode is
activated.
- Modifying a single color: Double-click on the desired colorcell. A color-selection-dialog
apperas. Click ok to accept the color.
- Color-Crossing (Farbverlauf): Click in the colorgrid to select the starting
point. Click on the button named 'verlauf', now the crossing-mode is active.
Click on the second point. The colors between the start- and the endpoint are
interpolated. To abort an activated crossing-mode click on the verlauf-button
again. After creating the color-crossing, the crossing-mode is automatically
deactivated.
- The colormap can be rotated with the '+' and the '-' buttons. the '+' button
rotates right, the '-' button rotates left.
- The 'default' button restores the startup-colormap.
- To accept the changes, press 'ok'
- To forget the changes, press 'cancel'
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.
The animation-zoom is not implemented yet.
Help
Help and program-information