Render jobs

When you start rendering a fractal or a parameter file, a render job is created that performs the 

requested calculations in the background. Render jobs are monitored and managed in the 

Render to 

Disk

 tool window.

The tool window contains a list of render jobs. Below the list, the status of the selected job is shown, 

including various statistics.

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Click the Pause/Start button to pause the selected job. To resume it, click the button again.

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Click or hold down the Add button to add a new job. See 

Rendering images

 and 

Rendering 

parameter files

.

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Click the Delete button to cancel and delete the selected job.

The icons before each job in the list show its type (single image or parameter file), and whether it is 

currently calculating.

By default, only the job at the top is calculating. When it is finished, the next job in the queue is 

started. New jobs are added at the bottom, and therefore will be started automatically when all the 

other jobs have been completed.

To start another job, select a job in the list that is not calculating and click the Pause/Start button 

to start it. When this job is finished, it will start the next job in the queue, too. 

You can reorder the jobs in the queue by dragging them up or down to adjust the order in which they 

will be calculated. For example, if you want a job to stay paused while the other jobs are calculated, 

drag it to the top of the list, so it will not be started automatically.

Notes

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To get help on a specific statistic, hover the mouse cursor over it while the 

Fractal Mode

 tool 

window is open.

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