Status Bar
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Status Bar

The RGB pane of the status bar shows the RGB color values for the pixel under the cursor.

The zoom pane of the status bar shows the log based 2 of the zoom factor for the current image in the Viewer.

Zoom level 0 corresponds to the most zoomed out image stored for the current .efractal file. This image is the first 1000x1000 pixel frame calculated by the Factory when the .efractal was created. Call this image Frame0.

The current zoom factor is the ratio between the display length of a line from FractalPnt1 to FractalPnt2 in the currently displayed image divided by the pixel length from FractalPnt1 to FractalPnt2 in Frame0.

When the current zoom factor = 1.0, then log2(zoom factor) = 0. Note that for brevity, we say log2(zoom) instead of log2(zoom factor). At this zoom configuration, the Viewer just displays Frame0 at its native 1000x1000 pixel size.

If the distance between two fractal points is 100 pixels when log2(zoom) == 0:

The fractal location pane of the status bar shows the x and y coordinates in fractal space for the position under the cursor.

The z value displayed in the status bar is the index into the current palette for the color of the pixel under the cursor. Note that this index is 0 to indicate the background color when the Escape Count is >= MaxIterations.

EscCnt shows the Mandelbrot Escape Count for the location under the cursor.