Program Usage Overview

The main window of the program is pictured below.


It consists of four main parts, the Image Panel, History Panel, Generating Formulas and Options Panel, and Color Scheme Panel. The History Panel, Generating Formulas and Options Panel, and Color Scheme Panel are all stacked on the left side of the window using a scrolling viewing area and the Image Panel is on the right.

Using the Program

The general procedure to effectively this program is to,
  1. Set the generating type and equations you want to graph. Set the image size to something small, such as the default 800 X 600, this will make the exploration quicker.
  2. Render the image, using the play button.
  3. Using the mouse options and formula options, zoom in on the desired area.
  4. Set the image size to something larger and re-render the image.
  5. Set the color options to view the fractal in different schemes. When a change is made, re-render the image (play button) to see the color changes. Note that the program will automatically determine if it has enough information to recolor the image without regenerating the image data or if it needs to generate more information to produce the desired coloring.
  6. Save the image to a file or copy the image to the clipboard to be loaded into another program.

Tools and Options