Task
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Interface
Create a new project.
File > New...
Select Pickover as the attractor
type and Light as the rendering mode.
Click on OK.
Click on OK.
Search for a strange attractor,
wait until Chaoscope displays it. Repeat until you find a strange
attractor you would like to render.
Attractor > Search
Move the mouse cursor to the View window. Hold
the left button down while moving the mouse around, until you
are satisfied with the view angle.
If your mouse has a wheel, scroll it up or down
to zoom out or in, respectively.
Otherwise, you can zoom in or out by keeping the Ctrl key
and left mouse button pressed while moving the
mouse up and down, or by using the Scale slidebar
in the View property palette.
Before you render the attractor, you may want
it to fit within the view, or Adjust the view.
F6
View > Adjust
If don't want the size of the attractor to change
while moving it to the centre of the view, you can Centre the
view instead.
View > Centre
Render the attractor.
Attractor > Render
If you're not happy with the rendering, you
can stop it at anytime.
Attractor > Stop
Once the strange attractor is rendered, you
can adjust Brightness and Gamma using
the slidebars in the View property palette.
Save the image you have rendered.
