Render jobs

When you start rendering a fractal or a parameter file, a render job is created that performs the requested calculations in the background. Render jobs are monitored and managed in the Render to Disk tool window.

The tool window contains a list of render jobs. Below the list, the status of the selected job is shown, including various statistics.

The icons before each job in the list show its type (single image or parameter file), and whether it is currently calculating.

By default, only the job at the top is calculating. When it is finished, the next job in the queue is started. New jobs are added at the bottom, and therefore will be started automatically when all the other jobs have been completed.

To start another job, select a job in the list that is not calculating and click the Pause/Start button to start it. When this job is finished, it will start the next job in the queue, too.

You can reorder the jobs in the queue by dragging them up or down to adjust the order in which they will be calculated. For example, if you want a job to stay paused while the other jobs are calculated, drag it to the top of the list, so it will not be started automatically.

Notes

Next: Anti-aliasing (render to disk)

See Also
Exporting and rendering