1-171128 Tierazon Fractal Tutorial

The tutorials each introduce you to different functions inside Tierazon.  They are best used in order of submission on my blog.  Good luck and have fun!

Open Tierazon

Mandelbrot size is 160 x 120.  It is very small.  The bigger the size, the more room it takes up on your hard drive.

You may want to work at 320 x 240 to help the picture render faster when applying effects, and to make sure your color control box always works.  Remember:  any time you work larger, you have to REDUCE the size to get the color control box to work.

I’ve searched for tutorials in Tierazon, and I’ve found older ones here and there.  Most users will say that their color control box quit working.  That’s not true.  They just get used to working in larger sizes and FORGET to reduce it to 320 x 240 or less to use it.

You can work larger, 877 x 849, which is the size for a Facebook posting, and it will help you see the design much easier.  You can change it to a smaller size before saving, but that is a lot of going back and forth.

Eventually, YOU will have to determine what size you want to work at and what size you want to save at.

Or, you can save them all at 877 x 849, and then go back later and re-save them at a smaller size by over-writing the files, and just enlarge when you have one you wish to print.

In searching for tutorials online, most images are quite small and hard to appreciate the detail that is in them.  (Also:  there are a lot of programs out there.)

Also remember:  Your work will be a little different than mine as where you choose to zoom in will be different than mine to some degree.  Where you choose to zoom may affect the colors also. That’s what’s so great about this program.  You are creating original art right from the very beginning!

Start:  changing the size:

Right click on your image and choose XY size.  I’m choosing 320 x 240 for now.

Original Mandelbrot: picture 1 / 1-171128-1M (the M is for Mandelbrot).  It is saved as bit map.

I have a folder inside the program for saved images.  I already have one for 2017, so I click inside it.  I make a folder for 11 Nov 17 (for the # of the month, then Nov for November, and then 17 for the year.)  I click on that.  Now I set up a folder for 1-171128 (which stands for:  1 is the 1^st set of fractals for today, 17 for the year, 11 for the month, and 28 for the day.  Now I will add a -1 to each fractal saved.)

Each image saved has two parts.  One is a bit map, and the other is .zar.  Keep both files so you can reopen it when you need to continue working on that particular image.  (The program does this automatically, so don’t freak out when you see two files and start deleting files.  You will need them.)

In the very first post of this blog, I asked you to go through some pages on http://fractalarts.com/ASF/Tutor1.html to learn about formulas.

The standard formula on your beginning Mandelbrot is z*z+c and M-Set is chosen automatically.  You can see this and also change this by right clicking on your image and choosing Unique Editor Dialog.

Let’s just change one thing.  Click N-Set, and ok, and then notice the change.  Picture 1-171128-1

Let’s go back into the Unique Editor Dialog again and change the formula.  Let’s use:  asin(z*z*z*z*z*z*z+c)/-log(c*c*c)

Picture 1-171128-2 / Switching to a 877 x 849 XY Size.  (Highlight the formula and paste it in Tierazon.) 

Filters-1, 39.

Picture 1-171128-3.

Filters-3, 27.  *This seems to be a favorite setting in older tutorials I’ve found.  I have to admit it; it’s my favorite, too.  Just look how much the fractal changed from picture 2.

Picture 1-171128-4.

Also note, I’ve used Filters-3, so I now may use FD Options.  You can run through the list, one after another, and see which one you like the most.

I am using:

FD options 16, Picture 1-171128-5.

I’m really curious about the speckled red and gold area off to the right middle.  I am going to zoom in on it.

Put your mouse on the area you want to zoom in on, and start drawing a box, pressing the left mouse button.  If you don’t like what it is covering, just click on the fractal and the box will go away.  Now draw it again.  You can grab the box (I grab in the center), and move it to place it where I want it.  You can also draw your box OFF the fractal into the program and it will move to that spot, even though you can’t see it.  Yes.  An interesting way to move around the canvas.

Now.   I am going to just click on the canvas because I want to explore a couple of areas just ON this ONE fractal. 

The tool bar off to the size; go to what looks like 2 boxes or envelopes overlapping.  It the 10^th button down.  Click it.

Now this fractal will remain.  I go back to the speckled area I wanted to look at.  Draw my little box.  Click the little magnifying glass on the side toolbar, and it will render a new fractal called Jungle2.  I will save it as:

Picture 1-171128-5-1 (the 5 again meaning it came from the 5^th picture, and it is not 1.  Anything I make with this one will be a, b, c, d, etc.).  I like this fractal only because I like to scrapbook family pictures and do cards, and I see this has potential as a back ground.

Now, I minimize this one and go back to JUST 5.  If I continued working on 5-1, the dup box is on and it would make another Jungle fractal.  I want to use the dup JUST on 5.

I will draw a box off to the left just below center as I like the colors here. Hit magnifying glass to zoom in.

Picture 1-171128-5-2.  (The second picture off of #5.)  I really like this one and continue zooming in.

Minimize this one.  Pic 1-171128-5 is there, so I’m going to turn the dup box off (on the size bar), and close picture 5.

I bring up 5-1 again and close it out.

Next, I bring 5-2 back up.  Intriguing.

Let’s explore changing color.  On the top, go to color and it says it’s brg.  Let’s change it to bgr.

Picture 1-171128-5-2a.

Now I’m trying color rgb, and wow.  Since I love reds, this is it for me. 

Picture 1-171128-5-2b.

Note: when I save, I could use the menu at the top under file.  But I prefer to right click on the fractal and choose Save As.  It’s faster, and I don’t accidentally hit any of the side bar buttons.

I’m staying with 5-2b, and going to zoom in.

I like all that red off to left center and below, so I’m zooming in there.

Draw your box and hit the magnifying icon on the side tool bar. 

Picture 1-171128-5-2c.

This is good, so I’m using this one in my art work.

Many artists use a digital art program to work more on their fractals.  I love using PSP, (Paint Shop Pro), and I still have an earlier version (V 9).

I tend to like my fractals when the main action (or focus) is off to one side or the other or the top or bottom.  It provides a lot of interest. (Meaning, it's not symmetrical.)

One last thing.  Because I use a digital art program, I turn my bit maps into psp files while working on them.  When I get the final version done (in layers), I merge them down, and save either as a jpg or png.  I always sharpen the final fractal.

Below, I will show how I used this particular fractal.

NOTE:  I did one more zoom; picture 1-171128-5-2d.

More sites to look at and read and learn: 

http://soler7.com/Fractals/tz-instr.html

http://1998.tierazon.com/

http://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/clipboard-blobs.keeeb.com/51b7ac120147fa2104b77dcb/blob.html

https://lucyadams99.wordpress.com/2011/09/06/fractals-all-around-us/

How I use my fractal art / by Cj:

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial.  If you have questions, please leave them in comments?

Feel free to know what you know about Tierazon, too!

Have a great day!

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Day 1 - let's get started.

Day 1:  Free Tierazon Fractal Tutorials: START

I do not pretend to be an expert.  I have been using this free progam, Tierazon, since about 2007.  I have learned a lot along the way.

You can download the FREE program at: http://fractalarts.com/ASF/Tutor1.html  (He does a lot of different programs.  He has a lot of information.  Read below to see what I’ve learned.

Beginning Mandelbrot:  It’s ugly, but it makes beautiful things with different filters.

It's funny how something so uninteresting can be turned into a marvelous piece of art to use to your hearts content!  See an example below.  I started with the Mandelbrot above, and the small picture was my next step.  From there, I did several effects, and ended up with the larger picture.  It's marvelous!

There is so much to learn in this program.  I am still experimenting and learning, and perhaps YOU WISH TO LEARN this program, too.  If so, this site is for you.

Here are some things I've learned already.

Zooming in:  REMEMBER: YOUR PICTURES WILL BE DIFFERENT DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU APPLY THE ZOOM.

DON’T USE UNDO.  If you choose a function, and you don’t like it, just go back to the previous setting.

ERROR:  Sometimes, you’ll apply an option or filter and you get these awful lines that look nothing like a fractal.  Just right click on the picture; choose XY size and ok, and the fractal will appear.

The Mandelbrot is very small.  Right click on picture, choose XY size and one of the options under there.  If you use the color box, your picture must be reduced to 320 x 240 to get it to work.  After you play with it, you can resize your picture.  Always choose OK to make your selection stick.

I always resize my pictures at the beginning:  to 877 x 849 because that is the size for FaceBook.

Top Menu Bar for filters.

You can start with Draw (lots of dropdowns), Filters1, filters2 or filters3 first.  It’s up to you.  BUT, BEFORE YOU CAN USE FD OPTIONS, YOU MUST USE FILTERS3 PREVIOUS TO USING IT. 

When you get to Dimension Variant in the dropdown list, I’ve found the FD Options no longer works.

I do not use Convolve, View, or Window.

This is the sidebar.  The top one is new Mandelbrot; that ugly starting item.

The second is folder.

Disk is the third, and I don’t use it.

That red squiggly thing is used to make a new picture (Julia).  You would surround your picture and click it.  It can’t be over-used.  I prefer to right click, choose Unique Dialogue Editor, and just click either n-set or m-set instead.  Works great.

Not sure of the next button.

Magnify is what you click after choosing the area you want to zoom in on.  If you don’t like what you see, you can choose an area on your canvas going up, down, right or left OFF the canvas to move around.  To lessen the zoom, right click and choose, fractal parameters.  See Magnif?  Take off the first number or two to the left of the number, and hit ok, and it will reduce.

M-set is defaulted to 128, but setting it lower takes a lot of noise out of your picture. Play with it.  Bailout’s default if 4, but you can take it down to 1.  Play with Julia X or Y.  Bay Factor 1 and 2, as well as Stalks and Bubbles can be fun, too.

The double envelopes will take your current canvas and duplicate it, so you can choose multi-places to zoom in on the same pic.  Remember to rename each as it will reset to Jungle.  Click it again to turn it off.

How I name my items / most of the time:  1-170621 would be a folder.  The first 1 means what fractal session I’m doing now.  Sometimes I start new fractals in the same day.  The 2^nd series would start with 2-.  17 is for the year: 2017.  06 is for June.  21 is the day.  I place my fractals inside the folders.  1-170621-1; the last 1 at the end is my first fractal to save; then 2, 3… etc.

Make sure you go through the tutorial at Amazing Seattle Fractals where you picked up the program.  He’s amazing!

Formula’s:  check out some of his formulas and then play around.  Make a sheet and note what formulas work and ones that don’t.

http://fractalarts.com/ASF/Fractal_Tutorials.html

http://fractalarts.com/ASF/fractal_formula_tutorial.html

If you draw a box and it doesn’t cover where you want, you can move the box.  If you want to start again, just click outside the box and you’ll have a blank canvas with picture so you can redraw your box.  Remember; you may go off the page, too.

UPDATE:  Fractals inside Tierazon with their counter part allow you to pull up any fractal and start from there to go on and create new things.  Keep all the files (which are 2) for each fractal.

This is just some of what I've learned.  I'm sure I've forgotten some, but I will updating the info in the tutorial I'm doing at the time.

Good luck, and feel free to leave project-related comments below.

I am aiming to post on Monday, and Thursday! 

Please feel free to share any tidbits you learn when you play in Tierazon!

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