Rendering images

Rendering fractals to disk is the preferred way of exporting your artwork to bitmap images, ready for 

printing or publishing on the web.

  To render the fractal in an open 

fractal window

 to disk, click Render to Disk on the Fractal 

menu.

  Click the Add button on the 

Render to Disk

 tool window to render a parameter set to disk. 

Hold down the button and click Add Fractal to specify a fractal file to render.

This will open the Render to Disk dialog box. Here, you can specify a file name and 

file format

 for the 

image, the desired size and resolution, and the 

anti aliasing

 settings. To get help on a control in the 

dialog box, click the ? button in the title bar, and then click the control.

Click OK to start rendering the fractal. This will create a new render job that starts calculating the 

image in the background. Render jobs can be monitored and managed in the Render to Disk tool 

window. See 

Render jobs

.

Notes

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You can also render fractals and parameter sets directly from the browser by right clicking 

them and clicking Render to Disk, or by dragging them from the browser to the Render to 

Disk tool window. See 

Opening files and entries

.

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The resolution specified when starting a render job is used to calculate the desired size in 

pixels if you enter the width and height of the image in cm or inches. See 

Resolution

.

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When rendering very large images, you can use the Split into tiles option to automatically 

split the rendered image into multiple rectangular tiles, labeled A1, A2, B1, B2, and so on. 

This helps to keep the size of the individual image files at a reasonable level for any post 

processing. You can later stitch the tiles together with software such as Adobe Photoshop.

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Check the Force Linear drawing method option for the highest image quality. This forces 

Ultra Fractal to use the One pass linear option as the 

drawing method

 in all layers of the 

fractal to be rendered. In this way, you can work on the fractal with the Guessing drawing 

method for convenience without having to change the drawing method for a final render.

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Always save your fractals as a 

parameter set

 or a 

fractal file

 as well. Rendered images do not 

contain any fractal information and Ultra Fractal will not be able to open them later.

Next: 

Rendering animations

See Also

Exporting and rendering

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