● New
∙ Added a new 768-step ultra-wide palette: “Bridge [UW].” This brings the total number of built-in palettes to 155, including 54 ultra-wides.

■ Improvements
∙ Improved the import gradient feature to use the improved code already used in the advanced command line interface tool. Now you can import gradients from your photos, which are more precise and accurate, reliably from within the app. See the User Guide for more details.

▲ Bug Fixes
∙ Fixed an issue in import gradient, which would sometimes fail to import gradients.

● New
∙ Added new 768-step ultra-wide palette, “Dragonfly [UW].” This brings the total number of built-in palettes to 154, including 53 ultra-wides.

● New
∙ Added item counters to both Manage ​Bookmarks and Manage ​Palettes so you can see totals at a glance.
∙ Added “DM” to the HUD quality line when the CPU deep-render path is engaged.

■ Improvements
∙ Improved bookmark management: when sorting by Newest, bookmarks now show their saved date instead of iteration count.
∙ Restored the “Deep ​Mode ​Rendering. ​Please wait.” message while deep rendering is in progress.
∙ Included additional UI polish, help/documentation updates, and internal rendering refinements.

● New
∙ Added a beautiful new 768-step ultra-wide palette — Jade [UW].

▲ Bug Fixes
∙ Fixed a bug that could (rarely) cause the rendering to stop due to the premature teardown of an in-flight semaphore.

● New
∙ Added "DM" indicator to the Quality field in the HUD when Deep Mode Rendering is being used.

▲ Bug Fixes
∙ Restored "Deep Mode Rendering. Please wait." message that was inadvertently removed in the last update.

Under-the-hood improvements to address minor performance issues.

■ Improvements
∙ You can now set the max iterations cap to use up to 75,000 iterations. Was previously 50,000. The default cap is now set to 50,000 iterations. Available cap settings are now: 5k/10k/15k/25k/50k/75k.
∙ Creative Guide and User Guide updates.

● New
∙ Palette library can now be filtered by All, Standard, Ultra-Wide, or Custom, making it easier to locate the palette you’re looking for.
∙ Added a new palette named“Cool,” bringing the total number of built-in palettes to 152.

■ Improvements
∙ UI tweaks.
∙ Creative Guide and User Guide updates.

Under-the-hood improvements.

● New
∙ Bookmark management is now even better. You can now sort your bookmarks by name, newest, iterations, palette, or scale.

■ Improvements
∙ Fine-tuned GPU->CPU thresholds and entry/exit hysteresis for smoother transitions in/out of deep mode rendering.

▲ Bug Fixes
∙ Minor bug fixes.

● New
∙ Cool new 768-step ultra-wide palette: “Mashup [UW].”

■ Improvements
∙ Performance improvements at extreme zooms using deep mode and perturbation rendering.

Under-the-hood improvements and minor bug fixes.

● New
∙ The heads-up display (HUD) is now better formatted and shows more information. We've added the current contrast level and 3D look mode. This will help you better understand how the fractal is being generated and what you can expect as you continue exploring.

■ Improvements
∙ Updated onboarding and help

Improved the gradient, contrast, and color saturation of the Spectrum [UW] ultra-wide palette.

Minor performance tweak.

● New
∙ Manage Bookmarks now has an add button to add the current render as a new bookmark.
∙ You can now sort the lists in manage bookmarks and manage palettes by newest (default) or by name.
∙ Added the Ultra-Wide 768-step palette named “Blue Heron [UW].”
∙ Added the Ultra-Wide 768-step palette named “Crab Nebula [UW].”
∙ Added the Ultra-Wide 768-step palette named “Paul Klee [UW].”

■ Improvements
∙ The bookmark button now opens the Manage Bookmarks sheet to provide more options.
∙ Improved the “Seurat [UW]” palette.

■ Improvements
∙ Improved the Macaw [UW] ultra-wide palette
∙ Updated and enhanced the onboarding pages
▲ Bug Fixes
∙ Squashed a minor startup issue

Added new Ultra-Wide 768-step palette, “Crazy Patterns [UW].”

Improvements
∙ Welcome/onboarding now shows upon launch after an update.
∙ Improved the “Abstract [UW]” palette.
∙ Performance tweaks.

● New
∙ New 768-step ultra-wide palette, “Gaia [UW]”.

■ Improvements
∙ Improved the quality of the “Redrum [UW]” palette.

● New
∙ Added the new in-app Creative Guide to the More menu (ellipsis icon).
∙ New 768-step Ultra-Wide palette, “Serat [UW],” brings total number of curated palettes to 145.

■ Improvements
∙ Performance enhancements in both the GPU and CPU rendering paths.
∙ Efficiency and performance enhancements throughout.

▲ Bug Fixes
∙ Squashed a small error deep in the math that could slightly degrade rendering quality in deep mode when using Double-Double precision math.

● New
∙ Added three very beautiful new Ultra-Wide palettes: Galaxy Quest [UW], Jubilant Days [UW], and Monet Flowers [UW]. This brings the total number of palettes to 144.

■ Improvements
∙ Implemented small efficiency improvements in my double-double math functions to increase performance at very deep zooms.

▲ Bug Fixes
∙ Fixed a minor startup issue.

This update adds four new 768-step Ultra-Wide palettes — Abstract [UW], Bookstore [UW], Cambria [UW], and Jupiter [UW]. This brings the total number of palettes to 141, including 41 Ultra-Wides.

■ Improvements
∙ Updated and improved the in-app help content.

▲ Bug Fixes
∙ Squashed a couple of minor bugs.