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 there are two 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.

Point & Click

Clicking with the middle mouse-button inside the image will zoom to this point with a fixed zoom-factor.

Zoom-Out

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