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Mandelbrot

Fractal calculation, color and transparency

Mandelbrot generates a procedural fractal without an input clip: Generate sets the region and calculation, Color distributes RGBA, and Image defines format and color information.

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Mandelbrot

Overview

What Mandelbrot does

Mandelbrot calculates its own 2D image. It needs no MediaIn: the single documented input is an optional blue Effect Mask limiting the generated region. The output remains an image even when its pattern is later used as a control map.

On Generate, X/Y select a fractal region, Zoom changes magnification, Escape Limit and Iterations control calculation, and Rotation sets orientation. The manual calls this tab Noise; the current captures show Generate. The labels and meanings are matched without inventing a second set of controls.

Color changes the calculated pattern’s coloration. Continuous Potential and Iterations are Grad Method options. RGB Phase/Repetitions set color cycles, while the corresponding Alpha controls affect transparency. Attractive RGB does not establish a correct matte: view A separately.

Image sets the raster, pixel aspect and depth. Source Color Space primarily describes metadata, whereas Remove Curve actually changes pixels using the selected gamma. Assigning a color space alone does not replace Gamut or the transform required by the project.

The practices use 1920×1080, 24 fps and frames 0–119: a calculation baseline, RGB-only phase animation, and a masked fractal layer. Graphs are teaching data within the existing Text+ interface; native calculation and rendering still require verification in Resolve.

When to use it

An abstract title background with controlled detail density.
Stationary geometry with animated RGB phase.
A fractal element inside a soft Ellipse or Polygon.
A source texture for downstream Blur, Glow or color correction.
A luminance control map after explicitly selecting the intended channel.

Mandelbrot in context

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**Mandelbrot — Generate: область, увеличение и расчёт**
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**Mandelbrot — Color: градация и каналы RGBA**
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**Mandelbrot — Image: формат и цветовые сведения**
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**Mandelbrot — варианты Grad Method**
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**Mandelbrot — варианты Depth**
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**Mandelbrot — варианты Process Mode**
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