How to use Fractal Explorer
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After clicking on Fractal/Select fractal or hitting the F6 button you will have a screen pop-up (see below) which will allow you to modify your fractal...
A few explanations about what you see in the window below:
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#1
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Double click on these folders and you will see formulas drop down. The formulas are grouped into types. Click on these formulas in order to change the fractal. Just click to see what I mean.
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#2
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Clicking on this box will allow your fractal to be modified into what's called a Julia. Just click on it and see the difference in your fractal. Play with the numbers below the Julia box to see what happens.
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#3
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Filter Properties. When this is changed from the default you will see more options become enabled below this box.
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#4
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Checking the CONST box will keep the fractal from changing positions as you go from formula to formula. Some people don't seem to have a problem with the fractal in the view box changing as they change formulas but others do. Check this box to keep the fractal from changing.
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#5
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The view box. There is a little box there you can check to make the view box smaller if your computer can't handle the larger sized viewer. Below that check box are the zoom and movement controls.
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#6
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A little bit about these buttons which should be fairly self-explanatory. The Select button will open the new fractal over top of your old fractal. Many people prefer so open several fractals in one session of spot manipulating and then view the new fractals once they are done with the fractal editing box (good for when you seem to be on a "run" on a spot and you wish to later weed out the ones that didn't turn out so hot or ones that are near duplicates (the small view box can sometimes fool you into thinking a fractal is gorgeous but once enlarged on the screen you find it turned out to be a dud and you delete it). So, for those times when you wish to open several fractals at a time and not obliterate the old one with the new ones click on the Open As New button. You'll see a new fractal open on the screen independant of your old one. And, for those times when you decide that you are going down the wrong path in fractal land and the fractal just seems to be getting worse and worse no matter what you do you have the lovely Reset button which will pop your fractal controls back to the fractal state it was when you first opened the editing box. Lovely.
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#7
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Not numbered are the Parameters: Functions: boxes. Click on them to change the fractal as well. Sometimes the Functions box disappears for some of the formulas, sometimes there is only one box. For other formulas you will see new Parameter boxes open up called Real part: and Imag. part:. More options for you to modify your fractal!
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Now that you have some idea of what the items in the editing box means the fun can start... Click anywhere you want, see how the fractal changes... In order to follow along with this tutorial please follow along as you see on the screen... After that you'll be able to go hog wild...
On to the next page of the tutorial.
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