Hello! I'm breaking my forum lurkdom to ask a question--I'm totally stumped & I know there are a lot of ultrafractal users here. Help a newbie out, please! :) I'm working on a kaleidoscope fractal (that is to say I'm using the kaleidoscope mapping mode/function). That's working out ok, but I saw a small are in the lower right corner that looked interesting & wanted to make a selection there & zoom in on it. However, whenever I do that, it recalculates the kaleidoscope using that as the center point! That's NOT what I am trying to do!! LOL I tried unchecking "use screen center" in the mapping section, but that didn't work. If I remove the kaleidoscope mapping, then that cool little section of the frac will be gone too. I even tried just dragging & zooming the whole thing, but it still recalculates & makes a new kaleidoscope. Argh!!! Is there a way to do this or am I just out of luck?? I generally do more asymmetrical fractals, so I haven't had this kind of problem before. Any suggestions/hints/tips would be most welcome!! Thanks in advance, Donna

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Hi Donna, It's very difficult to solve your problem without an UPR. I don't know if you are an UF mailinglist member. My advice: send the UPR to the UF mailinglist and there are more as one list members which can help you. Info about the UF mailinglist: http://www.ultrafractal.com/mailinglist.html All the best, Jos

Hi Donna - unchecking 'use screen center" SHOULD allow you to re-zoom and re-position the kaleido'd layer anywhere you want. I've done it a lot, myself, and just verified it on my work pc in my office. (sshhh - don't tell management - lol). Do you maybe have multiple layers with the kaleido mapping? You'd have to uncheck the use screen center for ALL of the layers if that's the case. Or do you maybe have another mapping on that layer that is recalculating its center when you re-zoom? Need a little more info - it should work... Rick

Try using the "Select Mode", you know, the little square right of the arrow. If you select a part of a kaleido like that the kaleidoscope will not shift. Good luck! Yvonne

Thanks so much for all the replies! :) Jos--I wasn't a member of the list, but I am now! I will ask there also. Thanks... Rick--shhh...I won't tell! LOL I did have multiple layers & I unchecked all of them but the layers just turned black. I'm sure I screwed up somewhere! I don't have the parameter file here at work, so I'll have to try again tonight--maybe I had another mapping function that was goofing it up. I may be in touch with you again soon. Yvonne--yes, I did try that, but it still didn't work. I'm totally new to the program, so I'm sure it's user error, though! :) I'll try again tonight & let you know. Thanks again for all your assistance & making a newbie feel welcome here! :)

Hi Donna - go ahead and send your upr to the UF Mailing List. I'm sure one of us could figure out what's going on if we can see the actual pic. Rick

Will do! Thanks again, Rick. Donna