Howdy Rick :)

Thanks for sticking your head in :)

Here's what you may consider  a dumb question, but please keep in mind that, even though I have used UF and am pretty comfortable with it, I am far from a UF expert. It's not my software of choice. So keep that in mind when I say the following.

 I still don't understand the reason why one can't use Photoshop for your layering instead. Certainly you can do much more with the color, saturation and blending end than you can with UF. In other words, why not export your image layers and then work with them in Photoshop? What can you do via layering in UF (besides generating the fractal) that you can't do in Photoshop? Or are you changing all layers at once as far as rendering a new mask/fractal/formula?

Yes, UF is the most sophisticated fractal software out there, but when it comes to graphics and color, overall control,  nothing can touch Photoshop.

As far as the other technical stuff re Pentium, duhhhh............I am totally ignorant. :)