Transform List, Final Transform, Flame Parameters, Dimensions Panel
Applies to:
Fractal Architect
Serendipity - Triangle Editor Option
Panel Tabs
Quick-Spin buttons
To the right of various columns and fields are the Quick-Spin buttons: 
These open the Quick-Spin windows allowing you to quickly see how that parameter affects the fractal image.
See:How to use the Quick-Spin panels
Transform List Tab
Column Definitions
- Solo
- When set hides the all transforms but this one are hidden in the fractal image. (Not a permanent setting - use Opacity instead.)
- Weight (Quick-Spin capable)
- The relative weight for this transform.
- Color Index (Quick-Spin capable)
- Index into Color Gradient color values for this transform.
- Color Speed (Quick-Spin capable)
- How rapidly the effective color index changes between iterations.
- Opacity (Quick-Spin capable)
- Alpha value for this transform.
- Rotates
- Indicates whether this transform can be animated.
Transform List Buttons
- +
- Add new linear transform with identity pre and post matrices.
- -
- Delete the selected transform.
- Duplicate
- Adds a new transform that is an identical copy of the selected transform.
- + Random
- Adds a new randomized transform with random variations and matrices.
- + Linked
- Adds a new linked linear transform that is linked to the currently selected transform by chaos.
(The chaos weight from the selected transform to the new transform is 100% and 0% to all others.) - + Back Linked
- Adds a new linked linear transform that is back linked to the currently selected transform by chaos.
(The chaos weight to the selected transform from the new transform is 100% and 0% to all others.) - Chaos Weights
- Adjust the chaos weights for the selected transform.More
Final Transform Tab
A final transform is applied to the point pool immediately after the ordinary transforms are applied. Most fractals do not use a final transform. They must be explicitly enabled.
Field Definitions
- Enabled
- When set hides the all transforms but this one are hidden in the fractal image. (Not a permanent setting - use Opacity instead.)
- Color Index (Quick-Spin capable)
- Index into Color Gradient color values for this transform.
- Color Speed (Quick-Spin capable)
- How rapidly the effective color index changes between iterations.
- Opacity (Quick-Spin capable)
- Alpha value for this transform.
Flame Parameters Tab
Field Definitions
- Symmetry
- Fractal symmetry. Integer value >1 implies image rotaional symmetry of same amount. Negative values are dihedral symmetry.
- Desired Quality
- Number of iterations per pixel.
- Hue (Quick-Spin capable)
- Color Hue offset from the color gradient definition (in degrees)
- Super Sample Width
- Flam4 anti-aliasing width in pixels (can be fractional).
- Background Color
- The background color for the fractal image.
- Brightness (Quick-Spin capable)
- Image brightness
- Gamma (Quick-Spin capable)
- Gamma value for flame fractal tone mapping
- Vibrancy (Quick-Spin capable)
- Color vibrancy.
- Background Opacity
- Opacity of fractal image (inverse of transparency).
- Name
- Name for this fractal.
- Filter
- Flam3 kernel size multipler for supersampled image reduction.
- Supersample
- Flam3 Supersample multipler. The fractal's effective render size is supersample X image size. Used in conjunction with the filter setting to help control anti-alias high density areas of the fractal. Values greater than 1 greatly increase render times.
- Highlight Power
- Flam3 highlight power. Settings greater than or equal to 0 help prevent color channel clipping. Setting of -1 disables highlight power compensation.
Clipping manifests itself as color shifts in high density areas. Clipped colors tend toward cyan, magenta, yellow, or white. See Highlight Power explanation for more info.
Dimensions Tab
Field Definitions
- Width
- Fractal image width in pixels - the value to be stored in the file.
- Height
- Fractal image height in pixels - the value to be stored in the file.
- X (Quick-Spin capable)
- View camera center: x
- Y (Quick-Spin capable)
- View camera center: y
- Scale (Quick-Spin capable)
- View camera scale factor.
- Zoom (Quick-Spin capable)
- Scale the fractal by this power of 2. Also adjusts quality to compensate for zoom amount.
- Rotation (Quick-Spin capable)
- View camera rotation relative to fractal coordinage system in degrees.
Flam3 Tab
These rarely need to be modified, so you can just use the default values. See Flam3 File format specification for more info.
Field Definitions
- Interpolation
- How fractals interpolate over time. Choose either smooth or linear.
- Palette Interpolation
- Method for interpolating between color maps. Choose either hsv or sweep.
- Palette Mode
- How to interpolate between color map entries. Choose either step or linear.
- Interpolation Type
- Method for interpolating transform positions. Choose from log, linear, or old.
- Gamma Threshold
- Linearization threshold.
- Filter
- Kernel size multipler for supersampled image reduction.
- Filter Shape
- Shape of the reduction filter. Choose from gaussian, hermite, box, triangle, bspline, mitchell, blackman, hanning, hamming, or quadratic.
- Filter Type
- Temporal kernel type for motion blur. Choose from box, exp, or gaussian.
- Exponent
- For exp temporal filter type, controls direction and rate of motion.
- Filter Width
- Length of motion blur in units of frames.
- Sub-Samples
- Number of temporal sub-samples. See Flam3 File format specification for more info.
- Samples
- Number of time samples used in motion blur.
Designer Tab
Field Definitions
- URL
- Designer's URL info (optional). Embedded into file.
- Nickname
- Designer's Nickname or name info (optional). Embedded into file.