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Ultra Fractal Tutorial - The Making of "Lords of Arrakis"
Part 3. Creating the "lords 2" layer.

    Pages in Part 3:
1. Preparation and assessment.
2. Create new layer.
3. Remove Lake transformation.
4. Add Mirror transformation.
5. Add Clipping transformation.
6. Adjust layer properties.

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Page 5. Add Clipping Transformation.

Step 7. Add Clipping transformation.

To remove the light-colored disk from the lower center of the image, we will employ the "Clipping" transformation to black out the disk by placing a black elliptical shape, just a little larger than the disk, in front of the disk.
 
A. In the Mapping tab, click on the Add icon.

 
This will cause the Select Transformation dialog box to appear.

 

B. In the Select Transformation dialog box, in the root of the library, not in any folder, select the "Standard.uxf" transformation file, and, within this file, the Clipping transformation.
Click on OK.

 
The image should go black:

 

C. With the Clipping transformation highlighted, enter the following parameters into the Mapping tab:

 
(For a brief description of the Clipping transformation, click here.)

 
The image should now look like this:

 

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