1.6 Image Save/Restore Commands
<S> saves the current image to disk. All parameters required to recreate
the image are saved with it. Progress is marked by colored lines moving
down the screen's edges.
The default filename for the first image saved after starting Fractint
is FRACT001.GIF; subsequent saves in the same session are automatically
incremented 002, 003... Use the "savename=" parameter or <X> options
screen to change the name. By default, files left over from previous
sessions are not overwritten - the first unused FRACTnnn name is used.
Use the "overwrite=yes" parameter or <X> options screen) to overwrite
existing files.
A save operation can be interrupted by pressing any key. If you
interrupt, you'll be asked whether to keep or discard the partial file.
<R> restores an image previously saved with <S>, or an ordinary GIF
file. After pressing <R> you are shown the file names in the current
directory which match the current file mask. To select a file to
restore, move the cursor to it (or type the first few letters of its
name) and press <Enter>.
Directories are shown in the file list with a "\" at the end of the
name. When you select a directory, the contents of that directory are
shown. Or, you can type the name of a different directory (and
optionally a different drive) and press <Enter> for a new display. You
can also type a mask such as "*.XYZ" and press <Enter> to display files
whose name ends with the matching suffix (XYZ).
You can use <F6> to switch directories to the default fractint directory
or to your own directory which is specified through the DOS environment
variable "FRACTDIR".
Once you have selected a file to restore, a summary description of the
file is shown, with a video mode selection list. Usually you can just
press <Enter> to go past this screen and load the image. Other choices
available at this point are:
Cursor keys: select a different video mode
<Tab>: display more information about the fractal
<F1>: for help about the "err" column in displayed video modes
If you restore a file into a video mode which does not have the same
pixel dimensions as the file, Fractint will make some adjustments: The
view window parameters (see <V> command) will automatically be set to an
appropriate size, and if the image is larger than the screen dimensions,
it will be reduced by using only every Nth pixel during the restore.