Working with transformations

You work with transformations in the Mapping tab of the 

Layer Properties

 tool window. The Mapping 

tab shows a list with the transformations used by the active layer.

Transformations are stored in transformation files (*.uxf). Each file can contain multiple 

transformations.

To add a transformation, click the Add button. This opens a modal 

browser

 that shows the 

transformation files on your computer and the transformations that they contain. Double 

click on a transformation to add it. 

Hold down the Add button to open a menu with transformation presets. See 

Presets

.

To remove the selected transformation, click the Delete button.

To rename the selected transformation, click it again or press F2 (like in Windows Explorer).

To change the order in which transformations appear in the list, drag them up or down. See 

Multiple transformations

.

The Enable icon before each transformation enables and disables it. Use it to temporarily 

  disable a transformation so you can judge its effect, or adjust other transformations.

Some transformations contain additional help. To access it, click the More button, and then 

click Help from the menu that opens. This menu also provided commands to copy and 

  paste the settings and parameters for the selected transformation, and to reset all 

parameters to the default values.

Right click inside the list of transformations to open a menu with frequently used commands.

The bottom pane of the Mapping tab contains parameters specific to the selected transformation. 

These parameters work the same as the parameters for 

fractal formulas

. See 

Formula parameters

.

Next: 

Multiple transformations

See Also

Tutorial: Learning about transformations

Transformations

Standard transformations

Public formulas

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