Gradients

Gradients contain coloring information for fractals. Each layer in a fractal has its own gradient. 

Gradients can also be edited and saved independently with a stand alone gradient editor.

  To open the gradient editor associated with a fractal window, click Gradient on the Fractal 

menu. This gradient editor can be recognized because it shows the name of the fractal and 

the active layer in the title bar. When the gradient is edited, the fractal window immediately 

redraws itself to show the new colors.

To open a stand alone gradient editor, click New on the File menu, and then click Gradient.

The gradient editor provides various views on the gradient. Each view can be collapsed and 

expanded by clicking the button on the left of it. There are five views: 

Red/Green/Blue

Edits the gradient in the RGB color model

Hue/Saturation/Luminance

Edits the gradient in the HSL color model

Opacity

Edits the transparency of the gradient

Allows you to fine tune the selected control point by entering 

Controls

values manually 

Comments

Provides a place to type comments

The rotation slider is placed outside the collapsible views, so it is always visible. It rotates the 

gradient to change the way the colors are mapped onto the fractal.

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