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Function of the PowerFrax tools

Drag And Drop
This tool will let you drag a copy of the current win-
dow to any application that will accept a dropped
picture, e.g. the Scrapbook or the Finder.
Crop
As described above, this tool will let you magnify a
selection from an existing fractal into a new window.
Magnify
This tool will let you magnify a fractal. Holding the
option key down will let you reduce the fractal.
Shift
This tool will let you shift the fractal. Only the
exposed areas will be recalculated. The generation
time is not applicable and will not be displayed for a
shifted fractal.
Sample
This tool is only available for Julia Set fractals. It is
described below.

PowerFrax Menus

This section describes the options available in the PowerFrax
menus.

File:

• New – Creates a new Mandelbrot set or one of a num-
ber of different types of documents if plug-ins are
installed.
• Open – Opens a previously saved fractal.
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• Cycle – All previously saved fractals in the selected
folder will be played back repeatedly until 'Stop
Cycling' is selected from the File menu.
• Close – Closes the current fractal. Hold down the
option key to close all the fractals.
• Save – Saves the current fractal. Note that PowerFrax
does not prompt the user to save changed fractals so
be sure to save fractals that you like before closing
them or quitting PowerFrax.
• Save As – Same as save except that the user will be
prompted to name the fractal.
• Page Setup – Sets up printing parameters using the
standard Page Setup dialog.
• Print – Prints the current fractal.
• Quit – Quits PowerFrax.

Edit:

• Copy – Copies the current fractal to the clipboard.
• Default Fractal – Changes the fractal that will be gener-
ated when 'New' is selected. This option can also be
used to restore the original default fractal.

Control:

• Restart – Restarts the current fractal from the
beginning.
• Repeat – Restarts the current fractal from the
beginning. Each time it finishes it will be restarted
again after a one second delay.
• Exact Colors – Uses the precise color set associated
with the fractal. This option is not needed and is not
available when the monitor is in millions of color
mode. When this option is used, colors in windows
other than the current fractal window may not
appear correctly. Monitors with at least 256 colors
capability are required for this option to work well.
• Animate Colors – Centers the current fractal on the
monitor, grays out the rest of the screen then cycles
through all the available colors in the color set associ-
ated with the fractal. Use the command key to reverse
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