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Ultra Fractal Tutorial - The Making of "Lords of Arrakis"
Part 1. Creating the "lords 1" layer.

    Pages in Part 1:
1. Preparation.
2. Apply formula.
3. Apply Coloring.
4. Adjust location.
5. Adjust formula.
6. Apply Lake transformation.

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Tutorial Map: Click to view.

Page 2. Apply formula.

Step 4. Apply Formula.
 
A. Click on the Formula tab.

 

B. In the Formula tab, click on the Browse icon (the icon located in the upper right that looks like a flash camera).

 
This will cause the Select Fractal Formula dialog box to appear.

 

C.In the Select Fractal Formula dialog box, click on the "Public" folder.
Within the "Public" folder select the "dan.ufm" formula file, and, within this file, select the Gennaro formula.
Click on Open.

 
The image should now look like this:

 


Step 5. Rotate Image.
 
A. We start the process of finding a target image to develop by bringing the image to a more "vertical" perspective. Hold the alt key depressed and drag the cursor to rotate the image approximately 90 degrees clockwise as shown (the rotation is actually 90.0628 degrees. You can see this Rotation Angle in the Location tab. After practicing rotating the fractal manually, fine tune the rotation by typing this angle into the Rotation Angle parameter in the Location tab.

(Tip: For some reason, my copy of Ultra Fractal won't let me type in a fractional angle. If your copy has the same limitation, just copy the following number to the clipboard by highlighting it and clicking Ctl-C and paste it into the Rotation Angle in the Location tab by clicking Ctl-V: 90.0628

Be sure not to include any blanks before or after the number, or Ultra Fractal will reject the number. I find that I can only avoid blanks by dragging from right-to-left when highlighting the number.

 
The image should now look like this:

 

B.Use Windows Explorer to copy and paste your development file for backup purposes.
 
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