How to Use the Movie Viewer

  1. Select File/Open Fractal Movie...
  2. Select an animated gif file. The Fractal Viewer window will open to display the entire image in the animated gif. You can also resize the window manually.
  3. If you have created a Deterministic Fractal Movie and checked "Show Movie Viewer", the Movie Viewer will open automatically after the program has completed all the requested iterations.
  4. The movie is controlled by the toolbar at the bottom of the window

    From left to right (keyboard shortcut in parentheses):
    1. Stop the animation and return to the first frame
    2. Pause the animation (S)
    3. Play the animation (P)
    4. Step back one frame in the animation (B)
    5. Step forward one frame in the animation (F or spacebar)
    6. Toggle continuous looping on or off
    7. Decrease the speed of the animation by changing the frame rate (Left arrow key). Each press of the button will increase the frame rate by 10 ms/frame. Hold down the Ctrl key while pressing the button to increase the frame rate by 100 ms/frame.
    8. Increase the speed of the animation by changing the frame rate (Right arrow key). Each press of the button will decrease the frame rate by 10 ms/frame. Hold down the Ctrl key while pressing the button to decrease the frame rate by 100 ms/frame.