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Hi all

dont know if i have put this on the correct board sorry if it's not, i am new to all this, i would like to download some sets that i have seen lots of Parameter sets, texture sets and formulas on the and  net especially on deviant art site, please can somebody tell me if i can how and where do i put them in my Ultra Fractal 5.04 folders. Sorry silly question but i am a real newbie.

thanks again

Logan

Hi Logan,

Click on Options and then Folders.  This will tell you when Ultra Fractal expects to find various file types.  So if you download a parameter file or a formula file, then put it into the corresponding folder.

If you see a parameter set like the one below and want to open it in Ultra Fractal, copy all of it (from the line containing "{" through the line containing "}").  Then open any fractal in Ultra Fractal, or create a new one.  When you have a fractal window open, paste the parameter set into it and the fractal will draw (if you have all of the necessary formulas).  Once it has finished, you can save it wherever you wish.

Kerry

Fractal1 {
fractal:
  title="Fractal1" width=600 height=800 layers=2
  credits="Kerry Mitchell;4/30/2014"
layer:
  caption="Layer 2" opacity=100 mergemode=hue method=multipass
mapping:
  center=0/0 magn=2
formula:
  maxiter=1000 percheck=off filename="Standard.ufm" entry="Julia"
  p_seed=0.3/0.02 p_power=2/0 p_bailout=1e12
inside:
  transfer=none
outside:
  transfer=linear filename="lkm.ucl" entry="gauss"
  p_inttype="round(z)" p_colorby="angle \@ max" p_norm=none
  p_fac=2.0/1.0 p_randomize=no p_randomsize=0.1/0 p_logseed=0.1
  f_normfunc=ident
gradient:
  comments="Kerry Mitchell/n /nrainbow gradient of all hues, full/nsat\
  uration and lightness" smooth=yes rotation=-200 index=0
  color=16776960 index=66 color=16711680 index=133 color=16711935
  index=-200 color=255 index=-134 color=65535 index=-67 color=65280
opacity:
  smooth=no index=0 opacity=255
layer:
  caption="Layer 1" opacity=100 method=multipass
mapping:
  center=0/0 magn=2
formula:
  maxiter=1000 percheck=off filename="Standard.ufm" entry="Julia"
  p_seed=0.3/0.02 p_power=2/0 p_bailout=1e12
inside:
  transfer=none
outside:
  transfer=sqr filename="lkm.ucl" entry="gauss" p_inttype="round(z)"
  p_colorby="maximum distance" p_norm=none p_fac=2.0/1.0
  p_randomize=no p_randomsize=0.1/0 p_logseed=0.1 f_normfunc=ident
gradient:
  comments="Kerry Mitchell/n/nsaturation and luminosity ramp, for/nus\
  e with hue merge modes/n" smooth=yes rotation=-200 index=0
  color=16777215 index=50 color=15790225 index=100 color=12500544
  index=150 color=5263408 index=-200 color=0 index=-150 color=5263408
  index=-100 color=12500544 index=-50 color=15790225
opacity:
  smooth=no index=0 opacity=255
}

Make sure the fractal window is actually selected and right-click on it (i.e. the window containing the current fractal image) then select "paste" from the menu that pops up.
If when you right-click "paste" is disabled then you've not copied the parameter text correctly somehow - see Kerry's post above and make sure you highlight the whole of the fractal parameter from "Fractal1 {" down to "}" before selecting "copy".