From: "Tony \(Anthony\) Hanmer" Subject: Re: (fractint) Colour Map Recognition, I've updated my program Date: 01 Feb 2000 12:13:03 GET Again, Rupert, many thanks for this! I could only dream about what would be useful - you made it work. Congratulations. Tony Hanmer ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List Post Message: fractint@lists.xmission.com Get Commands: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "help" Administrator: twegner@swbell.net Unsubscribe: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "unsubscribe fractint" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Rupert Millard" Subject: Re: (fractint) Colour Map Recognition, How many duplicates have you got? Date: 01 Feb 2000 11:20:43 GMT >From: "Tony \(Anthony\) Hanmer" >Reply-To: fractint@lists.xmission.com >To: fractint@lists.xmission.com >Subject: Re: (fractint) Colour Map Recognition, I've updated my program >Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2000 12:13:03 GET > >Again, Rupert, many thanks for this! I could only dream about what would >be >useful - you made it work. Congratulations. > >Tony Hanmer >______________________________________________________ >Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com Hi Tony, I enjoyed making the program because I like a challenge, if you (or any-one else) have an idea I 'd be happy to hear it. I was also wondering how many duplicates you found, I only found jewels2.map and wizzle18.map, these are both in fracxtr6.zip (I don't make my own colour maps because I am no good at it at all) From, Rupert ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List Post Message: fractint@lists.xmission.com Get Commands: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "help" Administrator: twegner@swbell.net Unsubscribe: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "unsubscribe fractint" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Sylvie Gallet Subject: (fractint) New galleries Date: 01 Feb 2000 11:59:00 -0500 Hi All, I just added three galleries to my site (#19, 20, and 21) for a total o= f 30 new images. I've also updated my UF formulas and parameters files. The URL for the English version is: Et pour la version fran=E7aise: Enjoy! - Sylvie Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List Post Message: fractint@lists.xmission.com Get Commands: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "help" Administrator: twegner@swbell.net Unsubscribe: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "unsubscribe fractint" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Tim Wegner Subject: (fractint) Fractint 20.0.6 now public Date: 01 Feb 2000 23:20:15 -0600 Fractint 20.0.6, the developer version 20.0 patch 6, is now available via anonymous ftp at ftp.fractint.org/fradev.zip. We intend to release most, if not all, of the developer versions from now on. This file has only the executable, a PAR/FRM file by Sylvie Gallet, and a read.me. It's not a complete distribution - you still need the version 20.0 files. Please don't upload this anywhere unless you are willing to keep it current. These developer versions can change very fast! Also, this is not an official release, but a bleeding edge version, so be careful. On the other hand, it has bug fixes, so maybe it is more stable than a release version :-) Our official position is that there is some risk in using a developer version for serious art, because we may make changes that are not forward compatible. Of course we try to avoid this. The fractint.org ftp site also has the developer diff files and the version 20.0 release package and source. This web site is not intended to replace Noel Giffin's wonderful spanky.triumf.ca; I expect Noel will have the developer's executable up there soon also. This version is mostly bug fixes (see the what's new). However Sylvie Gallet asked us to add the center/mag parameters as formula parser constants. We accomodated her without exactly understanding why she wanted this. An example file is included in fradev.zip. It looks for all the world like a fractal reflected in a lake. Ms. Gallet never ceases to amaze me :-) As we get more organized we'll get Xfractint and an integer-free version posted also. Enjoy! Tim Wegner twegner@fractint.org Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List Post Message: fractint@lists.xmission.com Get Commands: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "help" Administrator: twegner@swbell.net Unsubscribe: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "unsubscribe fractint" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Jim Muth Subject: (fractint) FOTD, 02-02-00 (Mathematical Gills) (c) Date: 02 Feb 2000 01:35:49 -0500 (EST) FOTD -- February 02, 2000 Fractal enthusiasts and visionaries: I've seen no signs of life from the philofractal list in over 24 hours. My own test messages are bouncing back. Since this is the start of a new month, I suspect that the list went extinct as January ended -- and just when I was ready to reveal the secrets of the universe. If so, may philofractal rest in peace. Hopefully the fractal-art and Fractint lists won't go the same route. Today's fractal takes the whimsical formula 100(Z^100)-(1/Z)+C and does something interesting with it -- interesting and fishy. The pattern around the central midget reminds me of a shark's gills, so I named the picture "Mathematical Gills". To achieve the effect of gills, I set the outside to summ and made a slight adjustment to the color palette. The image is another one that should be rendered at a resolution of at least 1024x768. This should be no problem, since the parameter file runs in 2-1/2 minutes on a p200 Pentium. But if this is still too slow, the image has been posted to: and to: from where it may be downloaded in a minute or so. The fractal weather today was partly cloudy and breezy, with a temperature of 34F (1C) which kept the fractal cats safely indoors. Our friend Percy is still in his strange room, decorating the walls with pictures of hypersolid geometric figures. On the east wall he has painted a 3-dimensional picture of the next in the series of the six regular four-dimensional polytopes. I call this one the hexadecahedroid. (Perhaps hexadecatope would be more accurate.) It is the reciprocal of the hypercube and consists of 16 tetrahedral cells, 32 triangular faces, 24 edges and 8 vertices. Its analog in three-dimensional space is the octahedron. To form the hexadecahedroid a given distance is laid off in both directions on each of four mutually perpendicular lines intersecting at a single point. The eight points so obtained mark the vertices of the figure. The three-dimensional projection of the hexadecahedroid is a tetrahedron with a smaller tetrahedron within it. The smaller tetrahedron is rotated so that its four faces face the vertices of the outer tetrahedron, and three lines are drawn from each vertex of the outer tetrahedron, connecting to the three corners of the facing face of the inner tetrahedron. A set of tinkertoys is a great help in actually constructing and thereby visualizing these projections. Tomorrow, Percy will decorate the west wall of his hyper-room. He will do it with a 4-D figure that has no analogous figure in 3-space. Lots of luck to our Percy in his abstract endeavor. I see it's time to shut down. Until then, take care, and rest easy. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com START 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE================================ Mathematical_Gills { ; time=0:02:35.32 SF7 p200 reset=2000 type=formula formulafile=critical.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix4 function=ident passes=1 center-mag=+3.11742939123779000/-0.03540897432942566\ /2795781/1/-159.999 params=100/100/-1/-1/1/0 float=y maxiter=500 bailout=25 inside=0 outside=summ logmap=16 symmetry=none periodicity=10 colors=00007A9AhEAc<2>VBP<2>uQCzS8vXB<6>cjSaoV<2>Uua\ cwdhxfmwh<2>wt`<2>wqUzpS<4>zpGzpEzpDzpDzqD<2>znCzmCz\ mCzmC<15>zmEzmUzmizm`zmYzm8zmRzmhzmczmfzmezmWzmD<4>z\ mYzmazmhzmezmc<4>zm`zmVzmYzm`<8>zmDzm6zm5<2>zmU<10>z\ mJ<5>zmX<4>zmH<8>zmj<4>zmm<5>zmezmhzmk<6>zml<12>zm6\ <7>zmVzmYzmc<2>zmt<5>zm9<2>zmJzmMzmQzmU<5>zmn<8>zm7\ <13>zmH<5>zmu<2>zmh<2>zmezmezmdzmdzmd<7>zmazmazm_<3>\ zmfzme } frm:MandelbrotMix4 {; Jim Muth a=real(p1), b=imag(p1), d=real(p2), f=imag(p2), g=1/f, h=1/d, j=1/(f-b), z=(-a*b*g*h)^j, k=real(p3)+1, l=imag(p3)+100, c=fn1(pixel): z=k*((a*(z^b))+(d*(z^f)))+c, |z| < l } END 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE================================== Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List Post Message: fractint@lists.xmission.com Get Commands: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "help" Administrator: twegner@swbell.net Unsubscribe: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "unsubscribe fractint" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Andrew Coppin" Subject: (fractint) Fractal Fracture Date: 02 Feb 2000 13:10:35 GMT If you draw the fractal resulting from Z^2 + C, you get the standard Mandelbrot image. If you draw Z^3 + C, you get the cubic Mandelbrot. But if you draw Z^2.5 + C, you get an image with a multitude of fractures in it. The reason is fairly straight forward. The function Z^2.5 has multiple solutions, so FractInt must arbitarily pick just one answer. It is not possible to do this so that the resulting "function" is continus; there are so-called "branch cuts", and these create the fractures in the image (which, being a factal, propogates them everywhere!). What I would like to do it change the way FractInt selects the solutions, i.e. move the branch cuts around. Of course, to do this requires fiddling with the source code... or fancy formula work. And that's why I'm typing this: I was wondering wether anyone can show me a formula with a parameter to move the branch cuts. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List Post Message: fractint@lists.xmission.com Get Commands: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "help" Administrator: twegner@swbell.net Unsubscribe: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "unsubscribe fractint" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Jim Muth Subject: (fractint) Re: Fractal Fracture Date: 02 Feb 2000 10:05:38 -0500 (EST) At 01:10 PM 2/2/00 GMT, Andrew Coppin wrote: >If you draw the fractal resulting from Z^2 + C, you get the standard >Mandelbrot image. If you draw Z^3 + C, you get the cubic Mandelbrot. But if >you draw Z^2.5 + C, you get an image with a multitude of fractures in it. >I was wondering wether anyone can show me a formula with a parameter >to move the branch cuts. I'm not sure if you can call it the same formula, but the expression (-Z)^2.5+C draws an entirely different figure. With exponents between 1 and 2 this formula creates an entirely new type of Mandeloids. Try the attached formula. Jim M. ========================================================= MandelbrotMiN {; p1 sets exponent b=p1, z=p2, c=p3+pixel: z=(-z)^(b)+c, |z| <= 16 } ========================================================= Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List Post Message: fractint@lists.xmission.com Get Commands: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "help" Administrator: twegner@swbell.net Unsubscribe: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "unsubscribe fractint" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Fliguer, Miguel" Subject: RE: (fractint) New galleries Date: 02 Feb 2000 12:41:00 -0300 This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01BF6D93.E799CE20 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" >>> I just added three galleries to my site (#19, 20, and 21) for a total of >>>30 new images. I've also updated my UF formulas and parameters files. >>> >>> >>> - Sylvie As always, your images are simply incredible !!! Gnarl01 and mship10 are some of the best spirals I ever seen in my life. I'm glad of reading (on the recent mail from Tim) that you requested some specific features to be included in patch 6 for Fractint v20. I'm hoping to see the resultant marvels on a future Fractint gallery on your site. Regards, Miguel Fliguer - Buenos Aires, Argentina http://members.xoom.com/fliguer/franktal.html ------_=_NextPart_001_01BF6D93.E799CE20 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable RE: (fractint) New galleries

>>>  I just added three galleries to my = site (#19, 20, and 21) for a total of
>>>30 new images.  I've also updated = my UF formulas and parameters files.
>>> <snip snip snip>
>>>    <http://www.fractalus.com/sylvie/homepage.htm>
>>>        - = Sylvie

As always, your images are simply incredible = !!!
Gnarl01 and mship10 are some of the best spirals I = ever
seen in my life.

I'm glad of reading (on the recent mail from Tim) = that you
requested some specific features to be included in = patch 6
for Fractint v20. I'm hoping to see the resultant = marvels
on a future Fractint gallery on your site.

Regards,
Miguel Fliguer - Buenos Aires, Argentina
http://members.xoom.com/fliguer/franktal.html

------_=_NextPart_001_01BF6D93.E799CE20-- Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List Post Message: fractint@lists.xmission.com Get Commands: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "help" Administrator: twegner@swbell.net Unsubscribe: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "unsubscribe fractint" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Sylvie Gallet Subject: RE: (fractint) New galleries Date: 02 Feb 2000 15:02:07 -0500 Hi Miguel, >> As always, your images are simply incredible !!! >> Gnarl01 and mship10 are some of the best spirals I ever = >> seen in my life. Thank you! >> I'm glad of reading (on the recent mail from Tim) that you = >> requested some specific features to be included in patch 6 >> for Fractint v20. I'm hoping to see the resultant marvels >> on a future Fractint gallery on your site. Check out the examples included in fradev.zip. Cheers, - Sylvie Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List Post Message: fractint@lists.xmission.com Get Commands: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "help" Administrator: twegner@swbell.net Unsubscribe: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "unsubscribe fractint" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Damien M. Jones" Subject: Re: (fractint) Philofractal list Date: 02 Feb 2000 15:26:41 -0500 Jim, The philofractal list isn't dead, yet. My previous employer asked me to remove the list from his server, so Monday I did that. Since then I've managed to spend more than twelve hours in the hospital over two days, so my ability to test the functioning of the new list (at philofractal@lists.fractalus.com) has been limited. Damien M. Jones \\ dmj@fractalus.com \\ Fractalus Galleries & Info: \\ http://www.fractalus.com/ Please do not post my e-mail address on a web site or in a newsgroup. Thank you. Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List Post Message: fractint@lists.xmission.com Get Commands: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "help" Administrator: twegner@swbell.net Unsubscribe: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "unsubscribe fractint" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Tim Wegner Subject: (fractint) fradev distribution at spanky Date: 02 Feb 2000 17:46:45 -0600 The ftp.fractint.org site seems to be down at the moment - at least I can't access it. Fortunately Noel has already posted the developer's executable at spanky. It is at: http://spanky.triumf.ca/pub/fractals/fracdev/fradev.zip At the moment this contains the DOS developer's executable version for Fractint 20.0.6 Tim Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List Post Message: fractint@lists.xmission.com Get Commands: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "help" Administrator: twegner@swbell.net Unsubscribe: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "unsubscribe fractint" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Larry Taylor Subject: (fractint) FRACTINT animators Date: 02 Feb 2000 19:50:24 -0800 Hello folks.. I used to have a quirkly little program that produced batch files to render animated sequences using fractint-produced gif files as input. Theoretically, anyway.. In practice, you usually have to manually tweak the .PAR file produced in order to get satisfactory results. It's idiosyncrasies aside, I have a keen desire to find this little utility again, and I'm embarrassed to admit that I can't find it anywhere. Can anybody offer me some assistance in this regard? Or point me in the direction of a similar utility? (Barring the loathsome "FILMER", of course-- a pox on it's microencephalic author!) Thanks, LT "Be that as it may, but for that light phantastic of his gnose's glow as it slid lucifericiously within an inch of its page... ...to ensign the colours by the beerlitz in his mathness." -James Joyce ************* Tim Finnegan lived in Walkin St. A gentle Irishman, mighty odd He had a brogue both rich & sweet ><>< and to rise in the world, he carried a hod. ><>< ************* http://oseda.missouri.edu/~kate/wmt/sounds/finnegan-x.ram ------- End of forwarded message ------- Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List Post Message: fractint@lists.xmission.com Get Commands: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "help" Administrator: twegner@swbell.net Unsubscribe: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "unsubscribe fractint" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Jim Muth Subject: (fractint) FOTD, 03-02-00 (A Dazzling Midget) (c) Date: 03 Feb 2000 01:29:25 -0500 (EST) FOTD -- February 03, 2000 Fractal enthusiasts and visionaries: Every now and then a fractal comes along that is simply dazzling. Since today's fractal is one of those dazzlers, I named the picture "Dazzling Midget". The picture gives the impression of multiple layers. This impression is a total illusion. The fractal is a purist one, with the outside colored by the flat equal-iteration-band method. The formula behind the picture is the M-Mix4 calculating 2*(Z+Z^(-100))+C. The parameter file is relatively slow, taking 15 minutes on a Pentium 200mhz. A far more efficient way of viewing the dazzling image is to download it from: or from: The fractal weather was sunny today, but breezy and quite cold. The fractal cats didn't even think of going outside into the temperature of 27F (-3C). Our friend Percy Smedley is still busy painting a picture of the next regular four-dimensional figure into the volume of the west wall of his hyper-room. Unfortunately, after a hectic day I'm a bit too mentally congested to think in four dimensions. But I will say that the name of the next figure is the icosatetrahedroid, or the icosatetratope, and it consists of 24 vertices with 6 octahedra and 8 edges at each vertex, 96 edges with 3 octahedra at each edge, 96 triangular faces with 2 octahedra at each face, and 24 octahedral cells. It corresponds to nothing in 3-D space. If I regain my mental prowess, I'll further describe this figure in tomorrow's FOTD. If I don't regain my prowess, no one will notice the difference. Until then, take care, and be faithful to your fractals. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com START 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE================================ A_Dazzling_Midget { ; time=0:15:26.26 SF5 on a p200 reset=2000 type=formula formulafile=critical.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix4 function=ident passes=1 center-mag=-1.06414478965519/-0.00008689749207896/9.\ 693146e+010/1/-117.5 params=1/1/1/-100/1/0 float=y maxiter=3600 bailout=25 inside=0 logmap=278 symmetry=xaxis periodicity=10 colors=000AQCAQAAS8AU6<3>_hTelZlodrsjxvo<14>tRatP`sN\ _<3>sFX<3>X9VR7VM6UG4UB3U<4>SHOVJMYML<3>jWH<9>ofdpgf\ phh<3>rlq<7>trRtrNtsK<3>tu7<6>QiCLgDHeE<3>0_G6ZHAYH<\ 3>QaHUbHYcJadL<2>kgQ<2>rjItkPrjW<3>npQmqOlsN<3>hyH<5\ >_l`ZjdXhgWfjVdn<2>R`wUasXbo<3>gc_gc_hbZ<3>kUYkRYlPX\ mNXmLX<3>MKdFKf8Kg<7>aSTeTRiUQ<3>wYJ<2>qOWpL_oJV<2>l\ DHkBDlDF<7>nNSnPTnQV<3>oV`cc_Fm_DuAFvC<3>KwGLwINwJ<2\ >QwM<9>hwAjw9lw8<3>sw4Szj<8>hzbjzblza<3>szZ<3>cza_zb\ Xzc<3>Hzf8zO<3>9zF } frm:MandelbrotMix4 {; Jim Muth a=real(p1), b=imag(p1), d=real(p2), f=imag(p2), g=1/f, h=1/d, j=1/(f-b), z=(-a*b*g*h)^j, k=real(p3)+1, l=imag(p3)+100, c=fn1(pixel): z=k*((a*(z^b))+(d*(z^f)))+c, |z| < l } END 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE================================== Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List Post Message: fractint@lists.xmission.com Get Commands: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "help" Administrator: twegner@swbell.net Unsubscribe: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "unsubscribe fractint" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Morgan L. Owens" Subject: Re: (fractint) FRACTINT animators Date: 03 Feb 2000 19:58:02 +1300 At 19:50 02/02/2000 -0800, Larry Taylor wrote: > Hello folks.. > > I used to have a quirkly little program that produced >batch files to render animated sequences using fractint-produced >gif files as input. Theoretically, anyway.. In practice, you >usually have to manually tweak the .PAR file produced in order to >get satisfactory results. > > It's idiosyncrasies aside, I have a keen desire to find this >little utility again, and I'm embarrassed to admit that I can't >find it anywhere. Can anybody offer me some assistance in this >regard? Or point me in the direction of a similar utility? > Would this be Par2bat? The FracXtra distribution contains 3.1 - maybe there's a later version (if there is: ME TOO!. Morgan L. Owens "Man, this does _not_ help my vertigo!" Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List Post Message: fractint@lists.xmission.com Get Commands: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "help" Administrator: twegner@swbell.net Unsubscribe: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "unsubscribe fractint" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Larry Taylor Subject: (fractint) whoops.. Date: 03 Feb 2000 01:22:21 -0800 The name of the program that I'm scrambling after is FA.EXE, although ANIFRA would rate a close second. Everything thing after this sentence is redundant and repetitative... Hello folks.. I used to have a quirkly little program that produced batch files to render animated sequences using fractint-produced gif files as input. Theoretically, anyway.. In practice, you usually have to manually tweak the .PAR file produced in order to get satisfactory results. It's idiosyncrasies aside, I have a keen desire to find this little utility again, and I'm embarrassed to admit that I can't find it anywhere. Can anybody offer me some assistance in this regard? Or point me in the direction of a similar utility? (Barring the loathsome "FILMER", of course-- a pox on it's microencephalic author!) Thanks, LT "Be that as it may, but for that light phantastic of his gnose's glow as it slid lucifericiously within an inch of its page... ...to ensign the colours by the beerlitz in his mathness." -James Joyce ************* Tim Finnegan lived in Walkin St. A gentle Irishman, mighty odd He had a brogue both rich & sweet ><>< and to rise in the world, he carried a hod. ><>< ************* http://oseda.missouri.edu/~kate/wmt/sounds/finnegan-x.ram ------- End of forwarded message ------- Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List Post Message: fractint@lists.xmission.com Get Commands: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "help" Administrator: twegner@swbell.net Unsubscribe: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "unsubscribe fractint" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Kirsteen Duncan " Subject: (fractint) Newton basin Date: 03 Feb 2000 09:37:48 +0000 Hello, I would like to create my own formula that is based on the algorithm newtbasin for finding the roots of z^3 - z. The pixels should be coloured according to which root the iterates converge to. How do I code this colouring of the pixels? Kirsteen. Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List Post Message: fractint@lists.xmission.com Get Commands: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "help" Administrator: twegner@swbell.net Unsubscribe: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "unsubscribe fractint" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Fernando Henrique Bresslau" Subject: Re: (fractint) FRACTINT animators Date: 03 Feb 2000 09:27:22 -0200 Some time ago I had some problem with an early version of partobat, and Nick Grasso pointed me to this address: http://www.hajoweber.de/download/program/partob35.zip It´s working. Fernando __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List Post Message: fractint@lists.xmission.com Get Commands: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "help" Administrator: twegner@swbell.net Unsubscribe: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "unsubscribe fractint" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: dukay@interlog.com Subject: Re: (fractint) FRACTINT animators Date: 03 Feb 2000 11:36:02 -0500 > I used to have a quirkly little program that produced > batch files to render animated sequences using fractint-produced > gif files as input. try boxtop sofware's home page and get gifanimatot Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List Post Message: fractint@lists.xmission.com Get Commands: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "help" Administrator: twegner@swbell.net Unsubscribe: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "unsubscribe fractint" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Fliguer, Miguel" Subject: RE: (fractint) New galleries Date: 03 Feb 2000 13:44:06 -0300 This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01BF6E65.E3057080 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" >>>> I'm glad of reading (on the recent mail from Tim) that you >>>> requested some specific features to be included in patch 6 >>>> for Fractint v20. I'm hoping to see the resultant marvels >>>> on a future Fractint gallery on your site. >> >> Check out the examples included in fradev.zip. >> >> Cheers, >> >> - Sylvie I got fradev.zip. Coming from you, of course I was expecting some cool and interesting pictures, but I was not prepared for the stuff in Lake.par... Thanks for the commented formula !!! Miguel ------_=_NextPart_001_01BF6E65.E3057080 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" RE: (fractint) New galleries

>>>> I'm glad of reading (on the recent mail from Tim) that you
>>>> requested some specific features to be included in patch 6
>>>> for Fractint v20. I'm hoping to see the resultant marvels
>>>> on a future Fractint gallery on your site.
>>
>>  Check out the examples included in fradev.zip.
>>
>>  Cheers,
>>
>>        - Sylvie

I got fradev.zip. Coming from you, of course I was
expecting some cool and interesting pictures, but I
was not prepared for the stuff in Lake.par... Thanks
for the commented formula !!!

Miguel


------_=_NextPart_001_01BF6E65.E3057080-- Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List Post Message: fractint@lists.xmission.com Get Commands: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "help" Administrator: twegner@swbell.net Unsubscribe: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "unsubscribe fractint" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Damien M. Jones" Subject: Re: (fractint) FRACTINT animators Date: 03 Feb 2000 23:08:20 -0500 Larry, - I used to have a quirkly little program that produced - batch files to render animated sequences using fractint-produced - gif files as input. I believe I have this program, but I can't locate all the included files for it. However, Spanky appears to have a later version, called FAE: http://spanky.triumf.ca/pub/fractals/programs/IBMPC/FAE210B.ZIP This should be what you're looking for. Damien M. Jones \\ dmj@fractalus.com \\ Fractalus Galleries & Info: \\ http://www.fractalus.com/ Please do not post my e-mail address on a web site or in a newsgroup. Thank you. Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List Post Message: fractint@lists.xmission.com Get Commands: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "help" Administrator: twegner@swbell.net Unsubscribe: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "unsubscribe fractint" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Jim Muth Subject: (fractint) FOTD, 04-02-00 (Lente Loco) (c) Date: 04 Feb 2000 01:10:11 -0500 (EST) FOTD -- February 04, 2000 Fractal enthusiasts and visionaries: When I saw today's fractal midget, I thought how crazy the coloring is. Right then and there I named the picture "Lente Loco". The image results from adding a tiny bit of Z^3 to Z^2 then adding C. The parameter file is rather slow, making a download of the image the better choice. That image can be found at: and also at: The fractal weather was cloudy and cold today, with a few flurries of snow and a temperature of 30F (-1C) that kept the fractal cats Thomas and Tippy indoors. Yours truly, the fractalist, had good intentions about describing in today's FOTD the fourth of the six regular 4-D hypersolids. But due to a virus bug of some sort that has left me with almost no energy, I'll have to put it off until tomorrow, and humbly seek forgiveness for my tardiness. Until then, take care, and never give up fractaling. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com START 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE================================ Lente_Loco { ; time=0:22:35.30 SF5 on a p200 ; Version 2000 Patchlevel 6 reset=2000 type=formula formulafile=critical.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix4 function=ident passes=1 center-mag=+17.07411975465249/+28.9178069806534600/4\ 05929.1/1/-90 params=2/2/0.03/3/-0.993/100000 float=y maxiter=6000 bailout=25 inside=0 logmap=213 symmetry=none periodicity=10 colors=0009DG9DI<4>OINRJP<3>bQTeSUhUVkWXmXY<4>sWctWd\ uWe<3>yWi<3>e`Y`aVWbS<3>DfG<33>5BC5AC59C<3>45C02D<10\ >aV8dX7h_7<2>rf5ui5yj3<34>nofnognoh<2>mokmollmi<6>ha\ Ph`MgZJ<2>fUAeS7dS2<20>sDQtCSuBT<2>w9Wx9XyAZxB_xC`yD\ azEb<17>zWczXczYc<5>zaczaczbc<42>zcc } frm:MandelbrotMix4 {; Jim Muth a=real(p1), b=imag(p1), d=real(p2), f=imag(p2), g=1/f, h=1/d, j=1/(f-b), z=(-a*b*g*h)^j, k=real(p3)+1, l=imag(p3)+100, c=fn1(pixel): z=k*((a*(z^b))+(d*(z^f)))+c, |z| < l } END 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE================================== Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List Post Message: fractint@lists.xmission.com Get Commands: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "help" Administrator: twegner@swbell.net Unsubscribe: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "unsubscribe fractint" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Abhishek Roy Subject: (fractint) FOTD(A Dazzling Midget) Date: 03 Feb 2000 03:34:54 +0500 The image was simply beautiful. More than makes up for a lot of mediocre ones.. :-) Really, I think you ought to mark the good ones with a '*' indicating that it well worth the wait on a slow computer (for those without usenet access). Thank you Abhishek Roy Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List Post Message: fractint@lists.xmission.com Get Commands: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "help" Administrator: twegner@swbell.net Unsubscribe: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "unsubscribe fractint" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "stuart marshall" Subject: Re: (fractint) New galleries Date: 04 Feb 2000 18:16:11 -0000 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0087_01BF6F3B.EA38AE40 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable RE: (fractint) New galleriesBEAUTIFUL work!!!! Stuart Marshall Tel: (+44)0208 368 0206 http://freespace.virgin.net/stuart.marshall99 =20 ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Fliguer, Miguel=20 To: 'fractint@lists.xmission.com'=20 Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2000 3:41 PM Subject: RE: (fractint) New galleries >>> I just added three galleries to my site (#19, 20, and 21) for a = total of=20 >>>30 new images. I've also updated my UF formulas and parameters = files.=20 >>> =20 >>> =20 >>> - Sylvie=20 As always, your images are simply incredible !!!=20 Gnarl01 and mship10 are some of the best spirals I ever=20 seen in my life.=20 I'm glad of reading (on the recent mail from Tim) that you=20 requested some specific features to be included in patch 6=20 for Fractint v20. I'm hoping to see the resultant marvels=20 on a future Fractint gallery on your site.=20 Regards,=20 Miguel Fliguer - Buenos Aires, Argentina=20 http://members.xoom.com/fliguer/franktal.html=20 ------=_NextPart_000_0087_01BF6F3B.EA38AE40 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable RE: (fractint) New galleries
BEAUTIFUL work!!!!
 
Stuart Marshall
Tel: (+44)0208 368 0206
http://freespace.v= irgin.net/stuart.marshall99
 
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From:=20 Fliguer, Miguel
To: 'fractint@lists.xmission.com' =
Sent: Wednesday, February 02, = 2000 3:41=20 PM
Subject: RE: (fractint) New=20 galleries

>>>  I just added three galleries to = my site=20 (#19, 20, and 21) for a total of
>>>30 new=20 images.  I've also updated my UF formulas and parameters = files.=20
>>> <snip snip snip> =
>>>    <http://www.fractalus.com/sylvie/homepage.htm>=20
>>>        -=20 Sylvie

As always, your images are simply incredible = !!!=20
Gnarl01 and mship10 are some of the best spirals I = ever=20
seen in my life.

I'm glad of reading (on the recent mail from Tim) = that you=20
requested some specific features to be = included in=20 patch 6
for Fractint v20. I'm hoping to see = the=20 resultant marvels
on a future Fractint = gallery on your=20 site.

Regards,
Miguel Fliguer - = Buenos=20 Aires, Argentina
http://members.xoom.com/fliguer/franktal.html =

------=_NextPart_000_0087_01BF6F3B.EA38AE40-- Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List Post Message: fractint@lists.xmission.com Get Commands: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "help" Administrator: twegner@swbell.net Unsubscribe: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "unsubscribe fractint" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Fernando Henrique Bresslau" Subject: (fractint) Color cycling problem with patch 6 Date: 04 Feb 2000 16:17:42 -0200 Hi. I deicided to try writing some formulas, and did two very silly ones. Nothing specila, but I zoomed in a bit in one of them. The strange thing was that I couldn´t cycle the colors anymore. Is it a problem with fractint or does it have anything to do with my formula (although I cna´t imagine why). I saved the parameters and the formula and restarted fractint, calculated the image again, and the problem is still there. I´m sending the pars to see if anybody can reproduce the problem. I didn´t try with version 20.0 (it´s zipped somewhere in the dark places of my pc), only with version 20.0.6. Yes, that was it. Fernando __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List Post Message: fractint@lists.xmission.com Get Commands: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "help" Administrator: twegner@swbell.net Unsubscribe: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "unsubscribe fractint" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Tim Wegner Subject: (fractint) Mandel lake Date: 04 Feb 2000 21:19:11 -0600 Here is the Sylvie Gallet's par/frm file included with the developer's version of fractint. This won't work with version 20.0, you need 20.0.6. The images are quite different than anything fractint has done before. Note the variables center, magxmag, and rotskew. These are new predefined constants that hold the center/mag zoom coordinates. Tim ; ; This file requires fractint 20.0.6 or later ; frm:Mandel_lake { ; Sylvie Gallet, Jan 16, 2000 ; ; p1: Julia seed ; real part of p2: bailout value ; imag part of p2: 0 = lake transform disabled ; any value between 0 and 100: water level in % of ; the screen height (0 = bottom, 100 = top) ; real part of p3: amplitude of the wave (try 0.2) ; imag part of p3: frequency (try 300) ; This formula uses the new predefined variables: ; center = (x , y) ; magxmag = (mag, xmagfactor) ; rotskew = (rot, skew) bailout = real(p2) ; Lake transformation ; ------------------- if (imag(p2) > 0 && imag(p2) <= 100) level = imag(p2) / 100 ; water level ampl = real(p3) ; amplitude of the wave freq = imag(p3) ; frequency angle = real(rotskew * pi / 180) exp_irot = exp(-flip(angle)) h = 1 / real(magxmag) w = h / 0.75 * imag(magxmag) tanskew = tan(imag(rotskew * pi / 180)) ; The complex numbers u and v are defined as follow: ; u = bottom_right_corner - bottom_left_corner ; v = top_left_corner - bottom_left_corner u = 2 * w * exp_irot v = 2 * h * (tanskew + flip(1)) * exp_irot ; Bottom_left_corner: z3rd = center + (-w-h*tanskew - flip(h)) * exp_irot z = pixel - z3rd ; solves the equation z = a*u + b*v which is equivalent to the system: ; re_z = a * re_u + b * re_v ; im_z = a * im_u + b * im_v ; the solution (a,b) is: ; | re_z re_v | | re_u re_z | ; | im_z im_v | | im_u im_z | ; a = --------------- b = --------------- ; | re_u re_v | | re_u re_v | ; | im_u im_v | | im_u im_v | ; ; Only b is used and 0 <= b <= 1 ; b = 0 <==> pixel at the bottom of the screen ; b = 1 <==> pixel at the top of the screen ; ; Since the formula parser uses complex numbers, I thought the ; easiest way to calculate b was: b = imag(conj(u)*z) / imag(conj(u)*v) ; the heart of the lake transform: if (b <= level) dy = level - b z = z + 2*dy * (1+ampl*sin(freq*dy^0.2)) * v endif z = z + z3rd else z = pixel endif ; Classic mandel/julia formula if (ismand) c = z else c = p1 endif : z = z*z + c |z| <= bailout } mandel_lake_01 { ; . t= 0:00:02.86 ; Copyright Sylvie Gallet, Jan 16, 2000 ; ; t=calc time using a PII 300 at 320 x 200 ; Version 2000 Patchlevel 6 reset=2000 type=formula formulafile=_lake.frm formulaname=mandel_lake ismand=y passes=1 center-mag=-0.444738/0/0.6666671 params=0/0/512/40/0.3/200 float=y inside=atan outside=real decomp=256 cyclerange=0/255 sound=off colors=GXf<3>DTcCSbCRa<3>AO_AN_9MZ<4>5HV4GU3FT<3>0CQ<32>mqso\ rtpsu<2>uwwvxxvxx<2>uyytyytxy<29>esydsydsy<2>brybqzbox<24>fM\ XfLWgJV<3>eFQdEPbDO<6>S6GR5FP4EN3DL2CK1BJ0A<23>DSaDTbDUcCVdC\ WeBXf<3>Aak9blCcm<7>Ymr`nrbps<3>nuuqvvtxwvywyzx<30>WnrVnrUnr\ <3>RkqRkpQjp<5>LdkKcjJbiJaiI_hIZhHYg } mandel_lake_02 { ; . t= 0:00:02.58 ; Copyright Sylvie Gallet, Jan 16, 2000 ; ; t=calc time using a PII 300 at 320 x 200 ; Version 2000 Patchlevel 6 reset=2000 type=formula formulafile=_lake.frm formulaname=mandel_lake ismand=y passes=1 center-mag=-0.5/0.135678/0.6666667 params=0/0/1024/45/0.3/300 float=y maxiter=300 inside=0 decomp=256 cyclerange=0/255 sound=off colors=ELL<35>W``W``Xaa<6>Zbb_cc_cc`dd`dd<45>wwwwwwxxx<2>yyy\ yyyxxx<120>3CC3CC2BB<2>0AA0AA1BB<24>DLL } mandel_lake_03 { ; . t= 0:00:02.80 ; Copyright Sylvie Gallet, Jan 16, 2000 ; ; t=calc time using a PII 300 at 320 x 200 ; Version 2000 Patchlevel 6 reset=2000 type=formula formulafile=_lake.frm formulaname=mandel_lake ismand=y passes=1 center-mag=-1.2699/-0.168032/36.72672/1/-32.5/30.396 params=0/0/4/40/0.3/200 float=y maxiter=300 inside=0 decomp=256 cyclerange=0/255 sound=off colors=ELL<35>W``W``Xaa<6>Zbb_cc_cc`dd`dd<45>wwwwwwxxx<2>yyy\ yyyxxx<120>3CC3CC2BB<2>0AA0AA1BB<24>DLL } mandel_lake_04 { ; . t= 0:00:01.59 ; Copyright Sylvie Gallet, Jan 16, 2000 ; ; t=calc time using a PII 300 at 320 x 200 ; Version 2000 Patchlevel 6 reset=2000 type=formula formulafile=_lake.frm formulaname=mandel_lake ismand=n passes=1 center-mag=0/0.331658/0.6666667 params=0.3322884012539185/-0.03768844221105527/2/40/0.3/200 float=y maxiter=300 inside=0 decomp=256 cyclerange=0/255 sound=off colors=ELL<35>W``W``Xaa<6>Zbb_cc_cc`dd`dd<45>wwwwwwxxx<2>yyy\ yyyxxx<120>3CC3CC2BB<2>0AA0AA1BB<24>DLL } Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List Post Message: fractint@lists.xmission.com Get Commands: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "help" Administrator: twegner@swbell.net Unsubscribe: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "unsubscribe fractint" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Jim Muth Subject: (fractint) FOTD, 05-02-00 (Art Nouveau Midget) (c) Date: 05 Feb 2000 01:39:52 -0500 (EST) FOTD -- February 05, 2000 Fractal enthusiasts and visionaries: I named today's fractal picture "Art Nouveau Midget" because it reminds me of the curvilinear art style that was popular around the turn of the last century. It is the third in the present series of spectacular midgets. How long can I keep the streak going? I haven't the slightest idea, since the quality of the FOTD images is largely a matter of good luck in searching. The formula behind the image is Z^(-1.05)-Z^(1.05)+C, an expression that I entered on a whim and examined with more intuition than logic. The parameter file runs in under four minutes -- still slow enough to make the download preferable. That download can be found at: and at: Happy downloading . . . The fractal weather today was cloudy with off and on flurries of snow, amounting to about 1cm. The temperature of 36F kept the cats indoors. Our friend Percy Smedley is still puzzling over that four-dimen- sional figure painted into the surface volume of his west wall. The object, if that word can be applied to a 4-D thing, is the fourth of the six regular 4-D polytopes. The monstrous thing consists of 24 octahedral cells, 96 triangular faces, 96 edges and 24 vertices. The three dimensional projection, which resembles an octahedron filled with a network of distorted octahedra, is too complex to describe in detail. To form the figure, a hypercube must be inscribed in a hypersphere, and then the centers of the eight cubical cells of the hypercube must be projected onto the hypersphere. The 16 vertices of the hypercube plus the projections of the centers of the eight cells of the hypercube form a network of 24 points on the hypersphere. These 24 points are the vertices of the 24-tope, the icosatetratope, the fourth of the six regular 4-D hypersolid polytopes. Curiously, this method also produces a regular figure in two- dimensional space, where it results in an octagon, but in three- dimensional space as well as all spaces higher than four the figure that results is not regular. Having decorated four walls of his room, Percy is still not yet finished, for he has two more walls to decorate -- the in wall and the out wall. He will decorate his in wall with a picture of a hecatonicosatope, which I will make a brave but futile effort to describe next time. Until that next time, take care, and don't try to visualize the fourth dimension -- it's not a visual thing. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com START 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE================================ Art_Nouveau_Midget { ; time=0:03:48.66 SF5 on P200 ; Version 2000 Patchlevel 6 reset=2000 type=formula formulafile=critical.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix4 function=ident passes=1 center-mag=-3.415040480289464/-2.498805152893876/240\ 7.815/1/-127.499 params=1/-1.05/-1/1.05/0/1000 float=y maxiter=2500 bailout=25 inside=0 logmap=55 symmetry=none periodicity=10 colors=000szm<6>QZpMVpIRp<3>2Cq<3>e5Lo3Dx25<6>_73W83\ T93<3>FB3<3>Q90OF3<3>J_CIeEHjHGqJFzLFqJFlHFeFFVE<2>F\ 99<15>ma7pc7rd7<3>zk7<16>IUGGTGDSH<3>3OI<10>Z_Wa`Xda\ Z<3>oeb<3>hi_fj_dkZclZalY_mYYlX<2>TcV<3>McTLcTJcSHcS\ GcREcRCeQBfQ<2>CkLDmJDmm<3>EbmF`mFYmFWmGTn<2>GMwHNz<\ 15>MPzMQzMQz<2>NQzNQzPPz<12>nIzpIzrHztHzvGzxGzyHz<4>\ zJzzJzzJzzKzzKz<5>zPzzQzzRzzSzzTz<37>zUz } frm:MandelbrotMix4 {; Jim Muth a=real(p1), b=imag(p1), d=real(p2), f=imag(p2), g=1/f, h=1/d, j=1/(f-b), z=(-a*b*g*h)^j, k=real(p3)+1, l=imag(p3)+100, c=fn1(pixel): z=k*((a*(z^b))+(d*(z^f)))+c, |z| < l } END 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE================================== Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List Post Message: fractint@lists.xmission.com Get Commands: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "help" Administrator: twegner@swbell.net Unsubscribe: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "unsubscribe fractint" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Sylvie Gallet Subject: RE: (fractint) New galleries Date: 05 Feb 2000 04:50:17 -0500 Hi Miguel, >> I got fradev.zip. Coming from you, of course I was = >> expecting some cool and interesting pictures, but I = >> was not prepared for the stuff in Lake.par... Thank you! Ultra Fractal users are already used to this lake transform= . = To see more lake's, check out my gallery #20. >> Thanks for the commented formula !!! You're welcome! Cheers, - Sylvie E-mail: Sylvie_Gallet@CompuServe.com Web site: http://www.fractalus.com/sylvie/homepage.htm = Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List Post Message: fractint@lists.xmission.com Get Commands: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "help" Administrator: twegner@swbell.net Unsubscribe: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "unsubscribe fractint" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Sylvie Gallet Subject: (fractint) Newton basin Date: 05 Feb 2000 04:50:14 -0500 Hi Kirsteen, >> I would like to create my own formula that is based on the algorithm >> newtbasin for finding the roots of z^3 - z. The pixels should be >> coloured according to which root the iterates converge to. How do I co= de >> this colouring of the pixels? Here is a formula that will work for any (z-p1)*(z-p2)*(z-p3) =3D 0 equation. In your case, the roots are 0, 1, and -1. I've added the par for the "standard" z^3-1 =3D 0 equation (the roots are 1, -0.5 + i*sqrt(3)/2, and= -0.5 - i*sqrt(3)/2), along with the par using the built-in newtbasin type= . z3_newtbasin { ; Written by Sylvie Gallet for Kirsteen Duncan ; February 5, 2000 ; ; Newtbasin for (z-p1) * (z-p2) * (z-p3) ; Use periodicity=3D0 and outside=3Dreal ; y =3D pixel , z =3D stop =3D 0 iter =3D 0 : num =3D (y-p1)*(y-p2)*(y-p3) den =3D 3*sqr(y) - 2*(p1+p2+p3)*y + (p1*p2 + p1*p3 + p2*p3) y =3D y - num / den if (cabs(y-p1) <=3D 0.001) z =3D 0 , stop =3D 1 elseif (cabs(y-p2) <=3D 0.001) z =3D 1 , stop =3D 1 elseif (cabs(y-p3) <=3D 0.001) z =3D 2 , stop =3D 1 endif if (stop =3D=3D 1) z =3D z - iter - 7 endif iter =3D iter + 1 stop =3D=3D 0 } Newt_basin_z3-1 { ; . t=3D 0:00:03= .46 ; Copyright Sylvie Gallet, Feb 05, 2000 ; ; t=3Dcalc time using a PII 300 at 320 x 200 reset=3D2000 type=3Dformula formulafile=3D_newtbas.frm formulaname=3Dz3_newtbasin passes=3D1 center-mag=3D0/0/0.6666667 params=3D1/0/-0.5/0.8660254037844/-0.5/-0.8660254037844 float=3Dy outside=3Dreal periodicity=3D0 sound=3Doff colors=3D00000e0e0wWe000<250>000 } Newt_basin_z3-z { ; . t=3D 0:00:02= .80 ; Copyright Sylvie Gallet, Feb 05, 2000 ; ; t=3Dcalc time using a PII 300 at 320 x 200 reset=3D2000 type=3Dformula formulafile=3D_newtbas.frm formulaname=3Dz3_newtbasin passes=3D1 center-mag=3D0/0/0.6666667 params=3D0/0/1/0/-1/0 float=3Dy outside=3Dreal periodicity=3D0 sound=3D= off colors=3D00000e0e0wWe000<250>000 } built-in_newtbasin { ; . t=3D 0:00:00= .77 ; Copyright Sylvie Gallet, Feb 05, 2000 ; ; t=3Dcalc time using a PII 300 at 320 x 200 reset=3D2000 type=3Dnewtbasin passes=3D1 center-mag=3D0/0/0.6666667 params=3D3/0 float=3Dy periodicity=3D0 sound=3Doff colors=3D00000e0e0wWe000<250>000 } Cheers, - Sylvie Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List Post Message: fractint@lists.xmission.com Get Commands: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "help" Administrator: twegner@swbell.net Unsubscribe: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "unsubscribe fractint" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Sylvie Gallet Subject: Re: (fractint) New galleries Date: 05 Feb 2000 04:50:15 -0500 Hi Stuart, >> New galleriesBEAUTIFUL work!!!! = Thanks! Cheers, - Sylvie E-mail: Sylvie_Gallet@CompuServe.com Web site: http://www.fractalus.com/sylvie/homepage.htm Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List Post Message: fractint@lists.xmission.com Get Commands: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "help" Administrator: twegner@swbell.net Unsubscribe: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "unsubscribe fractint" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Jean-Pierre Louvet" Subject: (fractint) Links to update? Date: 05 Feb 2000 11:58:06 +0100 Hi all, I am very grateful because many of you have included links to my pages in your sites. Walking from sites to sites, I see that most of the links to my page are outdated but you are too numerous and I can't send a mail to everybody. I know that it is difficult to update links in real time. If you have some time to do it, can you update with the URL which is below or adapt it if you refer only to one of my pages? (only the server and the directory have changed for a few months; the names of the pages are identical). Many thanks. J.P. Louvet | Phone : (33)05-56-84-58-35 IUT Universite Bordeaux 1 | 33405 Talence CEDEX France | email : louvet@hse.iuta.u-bordeaux.fr Fractales sur serveur Web Universite Bordeaux I : http://www.cribx1.u-bordeaux.fr/fractals/ Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List Post Message: fractint@lists.xmission.com Get Commands: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "help" Administrator: twegner@swbell.net Unsubscribe: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "unsubscribe fractint" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Jim Muth Subject: (fractint) FOTD, 06-02-00 (The Midget Sizzles [6]) (c) Date: 06 Feb 2000 01:53:26 -0500 (EST) FOTD -- February 06, 2000 -- Rating (6) Fractal enthusiasts and visionaries: Starting today I will rate my Fractal of the Day efforts on a zero-to-ten scale, and include the rating in the FOTD header. By doing this I will give the fractalists who are pressed for time a chance to decide if in my opinion the image is worth the effort it will take to view it. It will also give the FOTD readers a chance to see how my opinion of my own work compares with their opinion of my work. Most fractals will rate some- where in the center of the scale. It's unlikely that I'll ever achieve a rating of 10, and hopefully I'll never deserve a zero. Today's fractal, for example, I will rate a six, which means I consider today's image to be just a little above average. The scale is roughly as follows: 0 -- Totally worthless 1 -- Very poor 2 -- Much below average 3 -- Below average 4 -- A little below average 5 -- Average 6 -- A little above average 7 -- Above average 8 -- Much above average 9 -- Outstanding 10 -- The best of all time Today's midget fairly sizzles with energy, so I named the picture "The Midget Sizzles". The formula combines portions of Z^(-2.3) and Z^(-4.5). The negative exponents of the formula are apparent in the spotty nature of the features of the image, which lies at the tip of the negative tail of a far larger midget in the parent fractal. The seven minutes required to render the scene from the parameter file make a download the wiser choice. And that download can be found as always at: and at: The fractal weather was settled, with bright sun and a temperature of 34F (1C) that was too cold for the fractal cats, who have a serious case of cabin fever. Our 4-D friend P. Smedley has already decorated the north, south, east and west walls of his room. The ceiling overhead needs no decoration, and the floor beneath him is covered with wall-to-wall-to-wall carpet, but he still has two blank walls yet to decorate -- the in wall and the out wall. After much thought, he decides to decorate the in wall with a picture of the fifth of the six regular four-dimensional polytopes, a hecatonicosatope. The hecatonicosatope is a regular four-dimensional figure bounded by 120 dodecahedra, 4 at each vertex, 3 at each edge, 2 at each face. Its 3-D projection is a dodecahedron with a smaller dodecahedron at the center. In the exceedingly complex network between the two dodecahedra are found 118 deformed dodecahedra, as well as icosidodecahedra and the soccer-ball figures composed of hexagons and pentagons. At this point words fail me, but there is still one wall of Percy's room that needs decorating and one 4-D regular hypersolid yet to go. In tomorrow's FOTD I'll try to describe the hexacosioitope. I see it's time to shut down the fractal shoppe until tomorrow. Until then, take care, and be carefree. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com START 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE================================ The_Midget_Sizzles { ; time=0:07:06.44, SF5 on a P200 ; Version 2000 Patchlevel 6 reset=2000 type=formula formulafile=critical.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix4 function=ident passes=1 center-mag=-0.596045340321022/+1.077568366875516/8.1\ 13245e+009/1/134.999 params=-1.2/-2.3/-3.4/-4.5/0/0 float=y maxiter=1500 bailout=25 inside=0 logmap=126 symmetry=none periodicity=10 colors=000Crb9rb<8>7PM7LK6II<3>65B<6>_UAcYAh`A<3>xnA\ <6>kRLiNMgKO<3>`7T<2>Bu_<5>Zlhbjifik<3>ucp<5>_SiWQgT\ Of<3>FGb<3>ipH<8>ku8kv7kv6<2>kx3kx3it7<4>`dMZ`PXYS<3\ >QLc<9>VF`WE`WE`<3>YC_<3>SFQRFOCLO<3>BKHBKFAKD<3>AK7\ <8>JGMKGNLFP<2>OEUOEVQGU<3>YMU_NU`OU<9>eVSfVRfWR<3>h\ YR<2>Nfq<3>CKo<3>PPkSQjWRi<3>gVf<7>XaXVbWUcV<3>PgR<3\ >_kNalMdmL<2>kpI9qr<3>JukLviOwhQxfSye<3>azZczXfzWhzU\ jzTyzv<6>izjgzhdzf<3>Xz`<3>Dza8za3za<2>2zRPze<2>Fzc } frm:MandelbrotMix4 {; Jim Muth a=real(p1), b=imag(p1), d=real(p2), f=imag(p2), g=1/f, h=1/d, j=1/(f-b), z=(-a*b*g*h)^j, k=real(p3)+1, l=imag(p3)+100, c=fn1(pixel): z=k*((a*(z^b))+(d*(z^f)))+c, |z| < l } END 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE================================== Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List Post Message: fractint@lists.xmission.com Get Commands: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "help" Administrator: twegner@swbell.net Unsubscribe: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "unsubscribe fractint" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Sylvie Gallet Subject: (fractint) Yet another gallery Date: 06 Feb 2000 15:57:35 -0500 Hi All, I just added a new gallery (#22) to my site along with 6 images in gallery #19. Enjoy! - Sylvie E-mail: Sylvie_Gallet@CompuServe.com Web site: http://www.fractalus.com/sylvie/homepage.htm Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List Post Message: fractint@lists.xmission.com Get Commands: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "help" Administrator: twegner@swbell.net Unsubscribe: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "unsubscribe fractint" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Jim Muth Subject: (fractint) FOTD, 07-02-00 (Erin [5]) (c) Date: 07 Feb 2000 00:50:21 -0500 (EST) FOTD -- February 07, 2000 (Rating 5) Fractal enthusiasts and visionaries: Today's lush green fractal reminds me of a hypothetical scene on the Emerald Isle. I named it "Erin" accordingly. The midget is part of the fractal that results when the formula -1*(0.1Z^2)+Z^(-3.2))+C is iterated. The blocky elements reveal that a negative power of Z appears in the formula. This fractal rates an honest 5 on my own rating scale, a small comedown from the recent days' efforts. But then this is not Lake Wobegon, and only half the images can be above average. However, tomorrow is only 24 hours away, and the number of fractals is transfinite, and the odds are 50 percent that tomorrow's FOTD will be above average. The parameter file runs in under 2 minutes, about the same length of time it will take to get connected and download the image from: or from: The fractal weather was much improved today, as a bright sun and temperature of 35F (1.5C) knocked a few centimeters off the depth of the snow pack. But it was still too chilly for the fractal cats to venture out of doors. When I last checked with our friend P. Smedley, he was still working on the in-wall of his four-dimensional room, which is directly opposite the out-wall. On the out-wall he painted a picture of a hecatonicosatope, a regular four-dimensional hypersolid bounded by 120 dodecahedron cells, 720 pentagonal faces, 1200 edges, and 600 vertices. Mr. Smedley became curious when he noticed that the sixth and last of the four-dimensional figures, the hexacosioitope, is bounded by 600 tetrahedron cells, 1200 triangular faces, 720 edges, and 120 vertices. The numbers of elements are in exactly the opposite order of those of the figure on the opposite wall. Then it struck him -- the two polytopes are reciprocal to each other, just as are the cube and octahedron, and the dodecahedron and icosahedron of our familiar 3-space. The centers of the 120 cells of the hecatonicosatope mark the 120 vertices of the hexacosioitope, and the reciprocal relation is also true. I'll further describe the last 4-D figure tomorrow, when Smedley finishes his illustration; but for now, the fractal cats, who have not the slightest interest in the fourth dimension, are worrying me for their evening snack. Until next time, take care, and if the fourth dimension is impossible to visualize, why does the math work so well? Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com START 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE================================ Erin { ; time=0:01:53.36, SF5 on a P200 ; Version 2000 Patchlevel 6 reset=2000 type=formula formulafile=multirot.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix4 function=recip passes=1 center-mag=+0.10137360356864030/+0.00702471705816389\ /1.185873e+008/1/-17.499 params=0.1/2/1/-3.2/-2/1000 float=y maxiter=1200 bailout=25 inside=0 symmetry=none periodicity=10 colors=000KXX<3>S1b<2>VChVFjUMh<3>RmaRt`iWU<3>dNJcLG\ bJE<3>r3ns0tgXWFc4<3>9WB8UD7SE<3>5I84G64E5KK6<3>wc9z\ h9ItU<5>JkaKicKhd<3>KbidTWhgTlvRghXPYe7Om<5>CRbDS`DS\ _<2>GUUGUTJXW<4>WgiZil`kn<3>jty<7>gflgdjgbi<3>fXc<3>\ QgfMifHlg<3>1vi<3>XtWdtTktQ<3>eqncptbpz<2>EYk<3>C__C\ _XC_U<3>B`IXiGqrF<3>oZQnUSnPVnLX<3>OViHYlB_o<3>9Qe9N\ b9L`9JZ<3>TNNYOLbPI<3>uT7<7>RbHNcIJeJ<3>4iNCgO<3>gkR\ olSwmS<6>upcuqeuqg<2>uslusmstkqtjpuiZuVnvg<3>hxbgxae\ y`<3>_zWuzLVzw<3>XzlXziYzg<3>ZzXVzpXzhYzaczH<7>`zP`z\ Q_zR<3>ZzVGzFqz7DzRGzTIzV } frm:MandelbrotMix4 {; Jim Muth a=real(p1), b=imag(p1), d=real(p2), f=imag(p2), g=1/f, h=1/d, j=1/(f-b), z=(-a*b*g*h)^j, k=real(p3)+1, l=imag(p3)+100, c=fn1(pixel): z=k*((a*(z^b))+(d*(z^f)))+c, |z| < l } END 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE================================== Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List Post Message: fractint@lists.xmission.com Get Commands: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "help" Administrator: twegner@swbell.net Unsubscribe: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "unsubscribe fractint" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Andrew Coppin" Subject: (fractint) New Galleries Date: 07 Feb 2000 08:57:03 GMT Sylie Gallet: Gallery 22 **ROCKS**! Where do you find the time... ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List Post Message: fractint@lists.xmission.com Get Commands: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "help" Administrator: twegner@swbell.net Unsubscribe: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "unsubscribe fractint" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Mitchell Berger" Subject: (fractint) Loading Formulae Date: 07 Feb 2000 14:20:55 EST I am using Fractint in Windows 98 and have very few problems struggling along as a beginner/not-so-newbie. However I cannot seem to load any formula other than those in fractint.frm. When I use "t" to Load Formulae, the default is the fractint.frm Fractals with no ability to access the *.frm Ihave loaded in the Frm directory. There is no F6 toggle available. I have loaded sstools.ini properly and made the modifications necessary to it to be able to access all the other features I have tried. Does anyone have any ideas, or am I overlooking something really simple? Thanks, Mitch Berger ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List Post Message: fractint@lists.xmission.com Get Commands: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "help" Administrator: twegner@swbell.net Unsubscribe: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "unsubscribe fractint" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Sylvie Gallet Subject: (fractint) New Galleries Date: 07 Feb 2000 17:17:50 -0500 Hi Andrew, >> Sylie Gallet: Gallery 22 **ROCKS**! Thank you! >> Where do you find the time... I spend all my free time in playing with fractals! Cheers, - Sylvie = Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List Post Message: fractint@lists.xmission.com Get Commands: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "help" Administrator: twegner@swbell.net Unsubscribe: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "unsubscribe fractint" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Fernando Henrique Bresslau" Subject: Re: (fractint) Loading Formulae Date: 07 Feb 2000 20:38:01 -0200 ----- Original Message ----- Monday, February 07, 2000 5:20 PM > I cannot seem to load any formula > other than those in fractint.frm. > Does anyone have any ideas, or am I overlooking something really simple? Yes, very simple, indeed. press F6 when viewing the fractint.frm formulae. BTW, I got a tremendously egoistic desire to send a nice RTFM message, but, since Mitchell asked so politely, and we don´t seem to have band-with problems on this list (sofew posts lately), that I decided on being polite again. Jim, how do you color your FOTD? Do you use prefab maps or do you hit the Enter key while in colorcycling? You got me inspired and now I´m searching for midgets all around. And your nice (is it really yours?) MandelbrotMix4 is so flexible, it´s nice to use. Speaking of this formula, how do you decide wich multipliers and exponents to use? I tried integers, square roots, Pi, etc, and hoope to be in the right path. can you confirm that? Just something els: Where are you from, Mitchell? Brazilian greetings, Fernando _____ _ ___ |) |. | |(_`|) bresslau@ozdobe.org / ' ' ) / / ) | ()|| ~ |_|,_)| __________ ,-/-, /--/ /--< \ \ \ \ \ \ (_/ernando / (_enrique /____)resslau \Ø-._ ==**********============================================================`> / / / / / / fernando_bresslau@yahoo.com /_.*Ø´ ØØØØØØØØØØ http://www.ozdobe.org http://www.jugend.com.br http://polijr.mcca.ep.usp.br __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List Post Message: fractint@lists.xmission.com Get Commands: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "help" Administrator: twegner@swbell.net Unsubscribe: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "unsubscribe fractint" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Mitchell Berger" Subject: Re: (fractint) Loading Formulae Date: 07 Feb 2000 18:36:17 EST While viewing fractint.frm my F6 key unfortunately does not do anything. The legend reads "Use cursor keys or type value to make a selection. Press F2 for a description of the highlighted type". No call for the F6 key? BTW I did look in the manual before writing. Just cause I don't want to waste band width either. I'm from Toledo, Ohio (USA) and am an Organic Chemist by training. Thanks for responding. Mitch >From: "Fernando Henrique Bresslau" >Reply-To: fractint@lists.xmission.com >To: >Subject: Re: (fractint) Loading Formulae >Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2000 20:38:01 -0200 > >----- Original Message ----- >From: Mitchell Berger >Monday, February 07, 2000 5:20 PM >Subject: (fractint) Loading Formulae > > > > I cannot seem to load any formula > > other than those in fractint.frm. > > > Does anyone have any ideas, or am I overlooking something really simple? > Yes, very simple, indeed. press F6 when viewing the fractint.frm formulae. > ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List Post Message: fractint@lists.xmission.com Get Commands: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "help" Administrator: twegner@swbell.net Unsubscribe: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "unsubscribe fractint" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Jim Muth Subject: (fractint) Re: Loading Formulae Date: 07 Feb 2000 20:51:57 -0500 (EST) At 06:36 PM 2/7/00 EST, you wrote: >While viewing fractint.frm my F6 key unfortunately does not do anything. The >legend reads "Use cursor keys or type value to make a selection. Press F2 >for a description of the highlighted type". No call for the F6 key? Yor're trying to strike the F6 key while the 'select a fractal type' screen is displayed. The F6 key does not work until you highlight fractal type=formula, strike enter, and have the list of formulae in fractint.frm actually on the screen. Jim M. Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List Post Message: fractint@lists.xmission.com Get Commands: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "help" Administrator: twegner@swbell.net Unsubscribe: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "unsubscribe fractint" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Fernando Henrique Bresslau" Subject: Re: (fractint) Loading Formulae Date: 08 Feb 2000 00:13:16 -0200 Are you perhaps usein winfractint? I´m not useed to it, but my versio (20.0) and my previous one (19.6) work that way and _do_ have a call for F6, like the one for F2. What´s your verison?? Fernando __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List Post Message: fractint@lists.xmission.com Get Commands: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "help" Administrator: twegner@swbell.net Unsubscribe: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "unsubscribe fractint" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Jim Muth Subject: (fractint) Coloring the FOTD Date: 07 Feb 2000 21:25:19 -0500 (EST) At 08:38 PM 2/7/00 -0200, Fernando wrote: >Jim, how do you color your FOTD? Do you use prefab maps or do you=20 >hit the Enter key while in colorcycling? You got me inspired and now=20 >I=B4m searching for midgets all around. And your nice (is it really=20 >yours?) MandelbrotMix4 is so flexible, it=B4s nice to use. Speaking of=20 >this formula, how do you decide wich multipliers and exponents to=20 >use? I tried integers, square roots, Pi, etc, and hoope to be in the=20 >right path. can you confirm that? I have no set means of coloring. To color the FOTD I sometimes use=20 every means available in the fractint program. On occasion I even go=20 so far as to post-process the image in a graphics program. At other=20 times I simply strike once or twice, and a great color=20 palette appears almost by magic. Yes, I wrote the MandelbrotMix4 program, though the idea for a formula=20 that would automatically initialize Z to a critical point came from=20 Jay Hill of 'Fractoon of the Night' fame. You're picking the multipliers and exponents exactly as I do. Many of=20 my choices are entirely whimsical. With a little experience, you'll=20 discover which values give the best results. BTW, when you get a blank=20 screen, don't give up. If it's a blank blue screen, back off an=20 outzoom or two. With this formula, the interesting part of the image=20 often lies far from the origin. If it's a blank black screen of=20 trapped points, raise real(p3) until something appears. Bracketing is=20 often necessary to find the optimal value here. Jim M. Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List Post Message: fractint@lists.xmission.com Get Commands: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "help" Administrator: twegner@swbell.net Unsubscribe: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "unsubscribe fractint" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Mitchell Berger" Subject: Re: (fractint) Re: Loading Formulae Date: 07 Feb 2000 21:48:22 EST I knew it had to be a simple solution. Thanks Jim. BTW Love your FOTD. Mitch >From: Jim Muth >Reply-To: fractint@lists.xmission.com >To: fractint@lists.xmission.com >Subject: (fractint) Re: Loading Formulae >Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2000 20:51:57 -0500 (EST) > >At 06:36 PM 2/7/00 EST, you wrote: > >While viewing fractint.frm my F6 key unfortunately does not do anything. >The > >legend reads "Use cursor keys or type value to make a selection. Press F2 > >for a description of the highlighted type". No call for the F6 key? > >Yor're trying to strike the F6 key while the 'select a fractal type' screen >is displayed. The F6 key does not work until you highlight fractal >type=formula, strike enter, and have the list of formulae in fractint.frm >actually on the screen. > >Jim M. > > >-------------------------------------------------------------- >Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List >Post Message: fractint@lists.xmission.com >Get Commands: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "help" >Administrator: twegner@swbell.net >Unsubscribe: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "unsubscribe fractint" ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List Post Message: fractint@lists.xmission.com Get Commands: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "help" Administrator: twegner@swbell.net Unsubscribe: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "unsubscribe fractint" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Jim Muth Subject: (fractint) FOTD, 08-02-00 (Liftoff [6]) (c) Date: 08 Feb 2000 01:28:02 -0500 (EST) FOTD -- February 08, 2000 (Rating 6) Fractal enthusiasts and visionaries: Today's fractal is a fractal. I make that rather redundant statement because today's FOTD could be mistaken for a flight of balloons that has just been released to celebrate some festive event. Or it could be mistaken for a scene in the sub-atomic world of quantum uncertainty. But it is none of these things; it is in fact a fractal -- it is the Fractal of the Day for today. I rated it a 6, which equals a little above average. The image resembles swirling, twisting chains of rust-colored spheroids floating before a pale yellowish-green background. I named it "Liftoff". The formula behind the picture is number six in my series of 12 MandNewt formulas, which once were mysteries, but which I recently discovered are actually variations of the Ikenaga function. The six minutes it takes the parameter file to run is enough to make a download the wise choice. The download may be found at: and at: The fractal weather today sent the melting of the ice pack into high gear. The afternoon temperature of 50F (10C) cleared away a few centimeters of the dead old snow, but there's still many centimeters left to be eliminated. Now that Percy Smedley has finished the decoration of his four- dimensional room, there's little more to be said about his efforts. I had intended on more thoroughly describing the 600-tetrahedral-celled figure he painted into his out wall, but I had gone only a little way into the description when I realized that a complete description would be inordinately lengthy and nearly incomprehensible. I'll wrap up this current multi-dimensional indulgence with some final words tomorrow. Until then, take care, and see you in 24 hours. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com START 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE================================ Liftoff { ; time=0:06:04.72, SF5 on a P200 ; Version 2000 Patchlevel 6 reset=2000 type=formula formulafile=mandnewt.frm formulaname=MandNewt06 passes=1 center-mag=+0.028997693664177/+0.2344292076324207/65\ .01/1/-152.5 params=-1.82/-1.79/2.48/-1.18/1.28/1.63 float=y bailout=25 inside=bof60 logmap=yes symmetry=none periodicity=0 colors=000waN<6>nSKlRKlPJ<2>gLIfKIeIHdHHcGH<3>_AFZ9F\ Y7E<3>T2DR1DQ4FP7HO9Jwwv<4>wwq<2>wwnwwnwwmwwmwwlwwlw\ wkwvlwvkwumuun<8>luokupjup<3>ftpdspcsp<23>FpsEpsDps<\ 2>BpsAorAorAor<24>3oq2oq2oq<2>1oq1oq0qr<32>WHoXGoYFo\ <2>`Co`BoaCn<22>nJTnKSoKR<3>qLNtKL<10>OSZLS_IT`<2>9V\ d6We5We4Wf<3>CQVEPSFNP<2>LJGNIDNI8<14>TDPTDQUDRUCSVC\ T<4>UCU } frm:MandNewt06 {; Jim Muth z=c=(pixel*p1): a=z^3+(c-p2)*z-c b=p3*z^2+c-1 z=z-1*a/b .000000000000000000000000000001 <= |a| } END 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE================================== Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List Post Message: fractint@lists.xmission.com Get Commands: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "help" Administrator: twegner@swbell.net Unsubscribe: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "unsubscribe fractint" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Fernando Henrique Bresslau" Subject: Re: (fractint) Coloring the FOTD Date: 08 Feb 2000 19:10:22 -0200 Jim, thanks a lot for your answer. Specially the blue blank screen tip, we have met before several times (me and the blue...). I have some question though... >>>Yes, I wrote the MandelbrotMix4 program, though the idea for a formula that would automatically initialize Z to a critical point came from Jay Hill of 'Fractoon of the Night' fame.<<< Could you please explain the idea of the critical point initilization? I feel I´m missing something here that could help me a lot... >>>If it's a blank black screen of trapped points, raise real(p3) until something appears. Bracketing is often necessary to find the optimal value here.<<< And again I didn´t understand something. What do you mean with bracketing?? Thanks a lot, Fernando __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List Post Message: fractint@lists.xmission.com Get Commands: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "help" Administrator: twegner@swbell.net Unsubscribe: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "unsubscribe fractint" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Jim Muth Subject: (fractint) FOTD, 09-02-00 (Horns of Nimon [5]) (c) Date: 09 Feb 2000 01:15:48 -0500 (EST) FOTD -- February 09, 2000 (Rating 5) Fractal enthusiasts and visionaries: I recently missed a numeric curiosity that fell on February 2. The numeric representation of that date is 2-2-2000 -- the first day without an odd digit since 8-28-888. That's almost 1112 years. Not being a numerologist, I have no idea of the importance of this event, though I believe that in the occult world of numerology the even digits are considered feminine and the odd digits masculine. If you missed the big event, don't worry. It was repeated on the 4th, 6th and 8th of this month, and will be repeated on the 20th, 22nd, 24th, 26th and 28th, as well as on many more days in April, June and August of this year. Today's fractal however will not be repeated. If you miss it today, there will never be another opportunity to see it. I have named the picture "Horns of Nimon" after one of my favorite Dr. Who episodes. It is a simple, symmetrical picture, with little of the intricacy usually associated with fractals -- a rather solemn, almost mystical image, created by number 11 in my series of 12 MandNewt formulas. The parameter file is rather slow, making the few minutes it will take to download the image well worth the effort. That image has been posted to: and to: The fractal weather today was sunny but cold, with a temperature of 32F (0C) that kept the fractal cats snug by their heaters. After seeing the wondrous images our friend P. Smedley painted into the six walls of his four-dimensional room, one might wonder what figures Mr. Smedley's five-dimensional cousin, Q. Smedley might paint into the eight hypercubic walls of his five- dimensional room. In 3-D space there are five regular poly- hedrons, and in 4-D space there are six regular polytopes. Surely 5-D space must hold regular polytopes by the dozens. But alas, only disappointment awaits in the dimensions higher than four. Instead of increasing beyond limit, the number of regular polytopes in all the higher dimensions is limited to three. These are the analogs of the tetrahedron, the cube and the octahedron. All is not lost however, for the sheer variety of figures in these high dimensions more than makes up for the lack of regular figures. And now I must make up for a busy day by taking it easy for a few moments. Until tomorrow, take care, and if you could live in a space of any number of dimensions you wished, what number of dimensions would you choose? Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com START 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE================================ Horns_of_Nimon { ; time=0:22:11.08 SF5 on a P200 reset=2000 type=formula formulafile=mandnewt.frm formulaname=MandNewt11 passes=1 center-mag=-1.46088/0/0.2889142/1/-90 params=-0.882/-0.409/1.861/-0.741/2.156/-2.207 float=y maxiter=450 bailout=25 inside=bof60 logmap=yes symmetry=xaxis periodicity=0 colors=0006CV<44>RP5SP5SP4<8>ZT2_U2_U1<2>bW1bW1aV2<4\ 9>NMEMMEMME<3>LKFLKGLKGKKGKKG<2>MLGNLGOMGONF<25>jbCk\ cCldCmeCneCofCngA<34>sYisYjsYk<2>sXnsXotZs<11>rLTrKR\ rJP<3>qEGqCEqBCqA9q97q85q60<26>qVs } frm:MandNewt11 {; Jim Muth z=g=pixel, a=real(p1), b=imag(p1), c=real(p2), d=imag(p2), e=real(p3), f=imag(p3): h=z^a+(g-b)*z-f j=c*z^d+g z=z-e*h/j, .0000000000000000000000000000005 <= |h| } END 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE================================== Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List Post Message: fractint@lists.xmission.com Get Commands: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "help" Administrator: twegner@swbell.net Unsubscribe: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "unsubscribe fractint" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Fernando Henrique Bresslau" Subject: (fractint) Some questions Date: 09 Feb 2000 12:31:14 -0200 I have two questions for now: why is default.map the default map? I mean, somedody must have seen in it some quality that made it a good choice for a starting map. What quality is it? About the diffusion drawing method, it´s kind of strage to me. If I understood it right, it should give a precision equal to one pass linear method, while still giving a good preview possibility (I mean you don´t have to wait the image to be complete to guess what´s there and continue zoomign). But sometimes it seems to calculate forever... When should I use it (or don´t use it)? I couldn´t get anything different using the fill color doodad, it says it works under t, be and d, and I only got interesting results with tesseral method (and I love it!). Humberto, the diffusion method developer, happens to be the person who introduced me to fractals, and it´s nice to have something more real in this virtual world that fractint and the list seem to be... Ok, that was it for today, I´m making so many questions lately because I´m in vacations, and have time to further explore fractint. It won´t last long, unfortunately (only till 21st...) Awaiting answers, Fernando __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List Post Message: fractint@lists.xmission.com Get Commands: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "help" Administrator: twegner@swbell.net Unsubscribe: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "unsubscribe fractint" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Jim Muth Subject: (fractint) Re: Coloring the FOTD Date: 09 Feb 2000 13:44:02 -0500 (EST) At 07:10 PM 2/8/00 -0200, Fernando wrote: >Could you please explain the idea of the critical point initilization? I >feel I=B4m missing something here that could help me a lot... The critical point of a formula is the initial value of Z that draws=20 Mandeloid fractals without perturbation. These are the Mandeloids with=20 the midgets. The expression Z^2+C has a critical point of 0,0. When=20 Z is initialized to 0,0, the true, unperturbed Mandelbrot set is drawn. =20 Other expressions, such as those determined by the parameters entered=20 into the MandelbrotMix4 formula, have non-zero critical points, which=20 must be calculated and applied to initial Z before the unperturbed=20 Mandeloid can be drawn. The M-Mix4 formula determines these non-zero=20 critical points and initializes Z to them automatically. >>>>If it's a blank black screen of >trapped points, raise real(p3) until something appears. Bracketing is >often necessary to find the optimal value here.<<< > >And again I didn=B4t understand something. What do you mean with= bracketing?? By bracketing I simply mean narrowing the search. For example if 100=20 is too small and 200 is too large, I try 150. If 150 is too large, I=20 try 125. If 125 is too small, I try 138. I continue narrowing the=20 search in this manner until I find the optimal value. Jim M. Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List Post Message: fractint@lists.xmission.com Get Commands: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "help" Administrator: twegner@swbell.net Unsubscribe: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "unsubscribe fractint" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Phil McRevis Subject: Re: (fractint) Some questions Date: 09 Feb 2000 11:58:27 -0700 In article <001401bf730a$9974d060$f086f6c8@default>, "Fernando Henrique Bresslau" writes: > why is default.map the default map? I believe it is the default because long ago in the misty past that colormap was the 'default, standard' colormap for a VGA card under DOS. -- Legalize Adulthood! ``Ain't it funny that they all fire the pistol, at the wrong end of the race?''--PDBT legalize@xmission.com Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List Post Message: fractint@lists.xmission.com Get Commands: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "help" Administrator: twegner@swbell.net Unsubscribe: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "unsubscribe fractint" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Fernando Henrique Bresslau" Subject: Re: (fractint) Re: Coloring the FOTD Date: 09 Feb 2000 19:50:55 -0200 Thanks, Jim, now I know why the middle part of the formula exists, and learnt a bit of English too. Another question: As mentioned before, hitting enter while color cycling brings up a new map, I would say a rnadom one. but sometimes it seems that this map generation follows some rules. Is this correct? What rules are those? Fernando bresslau __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List Post Message: fractint@lists.xmission.com Get Commands: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "help" Administrator: twegner@swbell.net Unsubscribe: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "unsubscribe fractint" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Jim Muth Subject: (fractint) FOTD, 10-02-00 (Waking Up [7]) (c) Date: 09 Feb 2000 23:58:45 -0500 (EST) FOTD -- February 10, 2000 (Rating 7) Fractal enthusiasts and visionaries: Today's fractal is just good enough to rate a marginal 7 on my totally arbitrary scale of fractal ratings. It was created by the MandelbrotMix4 formula calculating the expression Z^(-3)-Z+C. It's one of those combinations of parameters that appears too simple to create a worthwhile fractal, but as with so many combinations it packs a surprise. I named the picture "Waking Up" because the black patches surrounded by glowing rings remind me of the things I see when a pleasant dream is beginning to break down and awakening is approaching. The parameter file runs in about three minutes. If this is too slow, the GIF image has been JPEG'd and posted without its data to: from where it may be downloaded with a minimum of hassle. The image is also available at Paul Lee's web site at: The all-unimportant fractal weather was quite pleasant today, though shirtsleeve temperatures in the high 40'sF (9C) seemed a bit out of place with snow still piled 2 meters deep at the sides of the roads. The mildness did bring the fractal cats onto the porch to enjoy a few minutes sunshine however. Before we leave our friend Percy Smedley and his fourth dimension, there is one more hyper-feature to be discussed -- the regular tilings of hyperspace. In two-dimensional space there are three regular tilings. These are with equilateral triangles six at a point, squares four at a point, and hexagons three at a point. In three-dimensional space only one regular tiling (perhaps better called a honeycomb) is possible. This is with cubes eight at a point. In four-dimensional space three regular honeycomb tilings are once again possible. These are with 8-celled hypercubes 16 at a point, 16-celled hexadecatopes 24 at a point, and 24-celled icosatetratopes 8 at a point. Just as is the case with the regular polytopes, the regular honeycombs grow scarce in spaces of more than four dimensions. The only regular honeycomb possible in these higher dimensions is the 2n-celled hypercubical one, with 2^n hypercubes at a point. And now, before I work myself into a state of hyper activity, it's time to shut down the fractal shoppe and call it an evening. Until tomorrow, take care, and if I had my choice, I'd choose space of four-dimensions to live in. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com START 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE================================ Waking-up { ; time=0:02:56.86 SF5 on a P200 reset=2000 type=formula formulafile=critical.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix4 function=recip passes=1 center-mag=+0.09710187528172434/+0.81270693394301880\ /1273247/1/90 params=1/-3/-1/1/0.05/0 float=y maxiter=800 bailout=25 inside=0 logmap=42 symmetry=none periodicity=10 colors=000000UHUMDYW9ebEoeJshOtkTunYvsbwwgxzkyvgvqct\ k`rgXobTm`QkWMhTIfPFcLBaH7YE4Y<4>AHW9JW8KV8OV7NV6TU<\ 3>3bT2dT2fTXqC<2>zs9<2>gyr<3>WtuTrvQqvNpwgWp<3>v2mhJ\ mW_m<2>vnG<3>bTWRQGGN18nx<2>DftRUVcH5<2>jj7<2>7GD<3>\ YVFcYGjaGpdGdhPUkX<2>xEK<3>vpe<3>gVocQq`Ls<2>ggW<3>s\ kNukLsgQ<3>nVhmSmlPrkMv<3>hcVhgPiV_iIji5t_PmRggIea`d\ YrJV<3>f`hcdl`ioYmsVmvYht<3>ellgmkcnh<2>Rq`<3>TuVUvU\ UwTVxSVyQ<2>WzNGzD<3>EzCDzCDzB<2>CzAkzflzemzd<3>vzrx\ zuwzi<3>vz1<3>Yz8RzALzCFzE9zFKzQVz_<6>LzjKzkJzm<3>Ez\ r<3>MzB<3>GzPQzG<3>xzg<3>2z3<2>TzO<3>bzWezYgz_iz`<3>\ MzhHziOzl<3>kzuqzwqzuqzs<4>VzrUzpUzn } frm:MandelbrotMix4 {; Jim Muth a=real(p1), b=imag(p1), d=real(p2), f=imag(p2), g=1/f, h=1/d, j=1/(f-b), z=(-a*b*g*h)^j, k=real(p3)+1, l=imag(p3)+100, c=fn1(pixel): z=k*((a*(z^b))+(d*(z^f)))+c, |z| < l } END 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE================================== Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List Post Message: fractint@lists.xmission.com Get Commands: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "help" Administrator: twegner@swbell.net Unsubscribe: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "unsubscribe fractint" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Tim Wegner Subject: (fractint) www.fractint.org Date: 09 Feb 2000 23:15:45 -0600 I have started an extremely crude web page at www.fractint.org. It basically just points to the spanky fractint pages and to the files at ftp.fractint.org. Tim Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List Post Message: fractint@lists.xmission.com Get Commands: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "help" Administrator: twegner@swbell.net Unsubscribe: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "unsubscribe fractint" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Mark Christenson Subject: Re: (fractint) Some questions Date: 09 Feb 2000 21:24:50 -0800 At 11:58 AM 2/9/00 -0700, you wrote: >In article <001401bf730a$9974d060$f086f6c8@default>, > "Fernando Henrique Bresslau" writes: > >> why is default.map the default map? You can set your own favorite default palette by adding the line colors=@mapname.map to your sstools.ini file (substitute your own mapname). Aloha, Bud Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List Post Message: fractint@lists.xmission.com Get Commands: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "help" Administrator: twegner@swbell.net Unsubscribe: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "unsubscribe fractint" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Bob Margolis Subject: (fractint) A FractInt movie ripoff? Date: 09 Feb 2000 23:47:09 -0600 Hey FractIntizens; For a mere $1,995 you can buy a program called Clustor 2.0. This program will enable one to generate movies with FractInt version 14. You read that correctly--version 14! For details, see http://www.activetools.com/examples/movie/movie.html . What a joke. Bob Margolis rttyman@wwa.com Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List Post Message: fractint@lists.xmission.com Get Commands: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "help" Administrator: twegner@swbell.net Unsubscribe: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "unsubscribe fractint" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Bob Margolis Subject: (fractint) Collatz Problem Date: 10 Feb 2000 00:24:15 -0600 Read about the Collatz Problem and how it was coded for FractInt at: http://www.cs.rpi.edu/~shapiraa/collatz.html Bob Margolis rttyman@wwa.com Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List Post Message: fractint@lists.xmission.com Get Commands: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "help" Administrator: twegner@swbell.net Unsubscribe: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "unsubscribe fractint" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Thore Berntsen Subject: RE: (fractint) A FractInt movie ripoff? Date: 10 Feb 2000 08:48:45 +0100 I'm working on a new Windows animation tool for Fractint. I hope it shall include a gif/avi animator. I hope to have a beta version ready in a few months. I plan to make it freeware... Thore Berntsen Norway -----Original Message----- From: Bob Margolis [SMTP:rttyman@wwa.com] Sent: 10. februar 2000 06:47 To: FractInt Subject: (fractint) A FractInt movie ripoff? Hey FractIntizens; For a mere $1,995 you can buy a program called Clustor 2.0. This program will enable one to generate movies with FractInt version 14. You read that correctly--version 14! For details, see http://www.activetools.com/examples/movie/movie.html . What a joke. Bob Margolis rttyman@wwa.com -------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List Post Message: fractint@lists.xmission.com Get Commands: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "help" Administrator: twegner@swbell.net Unsubscribe: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "unsubscribe fractint" Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List Post Message: fractint@lists.xmission.com Get Commands: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "help" Administrator: twegner@swbell.net Unsubscribe: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "unsubscribe fractint" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Ian Kaplan Subject: Re: (fractint) A FractInt movie ripoff? Date: 10 Feb 2000 11:27:46 -0500 On Wed, Feb 09, 2000 at 11:47:09PM -0600, Bob Margolis wrote: > Hey FractIntizens; > > For a mere $1,995 you can buy a program called Clustor 2.0. This program will > enable one to generate movies with FractInt version 14. You read that > correctly--version 14! > > For details, see http://www.activetools.com/examples/movie/movie.html . > > What a joke. I think you missed the point there... Clustor is a clustering server, for using multiple computers for any and all calculations. The fractal movie was just an example. Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List Post Message: fractint@lists.xmission.com Get Commands: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "help" Administrator: twegner@swbell.net Unsubscribe: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "unsubscribe fractint" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Bob Margolis Subject: (fractint) Re: A FractInt movie ripoff? Date: 10 Feb 2000 11:15:46 -0600 Ian Kaplan wrote: > > I think you missed the point there... Clustor is a clustering server, for > using multiple computers for any and all calculations. The fractal movie > was just an example. > Oh, I got the point all right--only after moving to other pages at the site and reading about Clustor. But when you went to the site clicking on the URL I provided, what was the first thing that hit your eyes boldly? It was this: Computer Movies: Generating a Movie with Fractint. Whoever wrote that page made it seem as if what was being advertised was an accessory for FractInt. It did not say, "Computer Movies: Generating Fractal Movies using Clustor 2.0." I was drawn to the page because of the word, "Fractint," and not by the word, "Clustor." Hence my assertion that if I wanted a FractInt movie maker, it would be a joke for me to spend $1,995 to have one, when there are already several good ones out there that cost very little money or are free. Caveat emptor. Bob Margolis rttyman@wwa.com Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List Post Message: fractint@lists.xmission.com Get Commands: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "help" Administrator: twegner@swbell.net Unsubscribe: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "unsubscribe fractint" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Charles Crocker Subject: (fractint) MAKEFCFG.EXE Date: 10 Feb 2000 23:48:39 -0500 Could someone point me in the right direction. Running MAKEFCFG.EXE that came with Fractint 20 I get an error message that says: Load error : no DPMI - Get csdpmi*b.zip I could guess that DPMI stands for Display Parameters Master Index and that it is in the zip file. However the wild card in the file name can't be correct and I can't get any results from a search for part of the name. No hints at Spanky or the Fractint web site. Thanks Charles Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List Post Message: fractint@lists.xmission.com Get Commands: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "help" Administrator: twegner@swbell.net Unsubscribe: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "unsubscribe fractint" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Jim Muth Subject: (fractint) FOTD, 11-02-00 (Fractal Medallion [8]) (c) Date: 11 Feb 2000 01:03:19 -0500 (EST) FOTD -- February 11, 2000 (Rating 8) Fractal enthusiasts and visionaries: I really like today's fractal image. That's why I gave it a rating of 8, which is much above average. The scene is part of the fractal that results when Z is subtracted from Z^(-5) and the difference multiplied by 1.1. The midget in today's FOTD almost found itself, appearing almost by magic at the end of my first random dive into the parent fractal. The brazen pattern around the central Minibrot reminds me of a medallion. I therefore named the picture "Fractal Medallion". The color palette is another fine example of serendipity. It appeared with just two strikes of the key. I manually adjusted only a few registers to fine tune the colors. The parameter file is a slow one, which takes 20 minutes on a Pentium. But salvation is at hand in the form of the JPEG file of the image, which has been posted to Usenet at: and to the Web at: The fractal weather today was unusually mild. The warm sunshine and temperature of 54F (12C) lured the fractal cats onto the porch, where they spent nearly an hour enjoying the outdoors. However, I was too busy with fractals and work to enjoy the false spring, and spent the afternoon in front of my computers. I'll likely do the same again tomorrow. The result can be only another FOTD, which may not rate another [8], but will be a fine image nevertheless. It's also time to get a bit of excitement stirred up on the languishing philofractal list. If I find the time in tomorrow's FOTD, I'll take off my mask of rational thought, put on my mask of magical thought, and post some wisdom. If I fail to find the time for wisdom, I'll still find time for a fractal. Until 24 hours from now, take care, and I've yet to read a mystery novel where the fractal was the culprit. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com START 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE================================ Fractal_Medallion { ; time=0:20:37.34 SF5 on a P200 reset=2000 type=formula formulafile=critical.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix4 function=recip passes=1 center-mag=+0.11109321279469310/+0.06660199424500757\ /3.560881e+012/1/-55 params=1/-5/-1/1/0.1/0 float=y maxiter=3000 bailout=25 inside=0 logmap=405 symmetry=none periodicity=10 colors=0009fg<21>bnrdnrens<3>jotkptkpt<19>sptsptspt<\ 3>uptvquxrvyswztxnlr<3>NZmGVl7Rl<21>aTbbTbdUceTa<3>j\ T`<3>cYRa_P``M<2>WdFUemTfURg8Ou2Qh6SXAUKEX5F<18>GibF\ kdFme<3>BujAtkAsl6mV2cE4MG<14>LbXMcYOe_<3>SicWnc<4>L\ YdIUdGRd<3>8Ed<3>QBRVBNZAKcAGm9Dz1AzmAzHAePAbXA_dAWn\ 0<2>XhUYgcXfb<12>PbSObRNaQNaPMaO<3>JdLJeKIfJIgJ<13>8\ ub8vd7we6xf6yh<3>3zm2zn2zc1zU0zKKzHUzJazK<3>_zOMzY } frm:MandelbrotMix4 {; Jim Muth a=real(p1), b=imag(p1), d=real(p2), f=imag(p2), g=1/f, h=1/d, j=1/(f-b), z=(-a*b*g*h)^j, k=real(p3)+1, l=imag(p3)+100, c=fn1(pixel): z=k*((a*(z^b))+(d*(z^f)))+c, |z| < l } END 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE================================== Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List Post Message: fractint@lists.xmission.com Get Commands: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "help" Administrator: twegner@swbell.net Unsubscribe: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "unsubscribe fractint" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Tonton Th Subject: Re: (fractint) MAKEFCFG.EXE Date: 11 Feb 2000 10:54:12 +0100 Charles Crocker wrote: > > Load error : no DPMI - Get csdpmi*b.zip > > I could guess that DPMI stands for Display Parameters Master Index and that DPMI: Dos Protected Mode Interface (or similar) It's the dos extender who enable use of 32bits features like multi megabyte memory. May be j=you can search at djgpp home: http://www.delorie.com/ -- Signature en greve - nous exigeons les 35 minutes pour tous. Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List Post Message: fractint@lists.xmission.com Get Commands: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "help" Administrator: twegner@swbell.net Unsubscribe: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "unsubscribe fractint" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: jerome schatten Subject: Re: (fractint) FOTD, 11-02-00 (Fractal Medallion [8]) (c) Date: 11 Feb 2000 08:52:37 -0800 I liked 'fractal medallion' so much I've set it as wallpaper. Thanks, jerome Jim Muth wrote: > > FOTD -- February 11, 2000 (Rating 8) > > Fractal enthusiasts and visionaries: > Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List Post Message: fractint@lists.xmission.com Get Commands: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "help" Administrator: twegner@swbell.net Unsubscribe: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "unsubscribe fractint" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Reckase, Erik Nathan" Subject: (fractint) Variables used before defined Date: 11 Feb 2000 13:07:02 -0700 I have a strange question, regarding formulas that use variables before they are defined. For example, look at Carr1313 in _rc1.frm : what happens when c is defined prior to c1 and c2? Any information on this topic would be very useful. --Erik Reckase Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List Post Message: fractint@lists.xmission.com Get Commands: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "help" Administrator: twegner@swbell.net Unsubscribe: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "unsubscribe fractint" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: George Martin Subject: (fractint) Variables used before defined Date: 11 Feb 2000 16:44:00 -0500 Erik, > I have a strange question, regarding formulas that use variables before they are defined. For example, look at Carr1313 in _rc1.frm : what happens when c is defined prior to c1 and c2? Any information on this topic would be very useful. < Carr1313 { z=3D1/pixel, c=3Dc1^2+c2^2, c2=3Dpixel/z-(1.099,0) c1=3Dconj(imag(pixel))+c2: z=3Dz*z+c+sin(z) |real(z)|<=3D100 ;SOURCE: 30carr.frm } Some predefined variables are reset to the appropriate value at the beginning of each pixel (such as pixel, whitesq, etc.) Other variables are given a specific value at pixel one (such as pi), or if not, the valu= e (0,0). These values are not reset each pixel, so going into the initialization section of pixel 2 and thereafter, these variables will still have the value which they had when the previous pixel was completed. Thus it is important to use care in initializing variables in a Fractint formula. Using your example: z=3D1/pixel, c=3Dc1^2+c2^2, c2=3Dpixel/z-(1.099,0) c1=3Dconj(imag(pixel))+c2: the second statement will have c1 and c2 equal to (0,0) at the first pixel, but at the second pixel and thereafter c1 and c2 will carry over their values from the previous pixel. This is not good formula writing technique, since different drawing options (tesseral, boundary tracing, solid guessing) will compute the pixels in different orders and therefore= give different results. This formula was rewritten by someone else to eliminate the problem; the revised formula is also in _rc1.frm. In this formula each initialization statement uses only those values which have been previously initialized i= n the initialization section, so the problem of carryover values is eliminated. This is the preferred way to write formulas. Carr1313A {; Rearrangement of Carr1313, with no ghosting z=3D1/pixel, c2=3Dpixel/z-(1.099,0), c1=3Dconj(imag(pixel))+c2 c=3Dc1^2+c2^2: z=3Dz*z+c+sin(z) |real(z)| <=3D 100 ;SOURCE: form2.frm } = Regards, George Martin Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List Post Message: fractint@lists.xmission.com Get Commands: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "help" Administrator: twegner@swbell.net Unsubscribe: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "unsubscribe fractint" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Reckase, Erik Nathan" Subject: RE: (fractint) Variables used before defined Date: 11 Feb 2000 14:55:26 -0700 I suspected that the values of c1/c2 would carry over from the previous pixel - thanks for confirming that. I saw the other version of 1313, and that's when I realized the differences. However, the images created using the two different formulas are different, are they not? --Erik -----Original Message----- Sent: February 11, 2000 2:44 PM Erik, > I have a strange question, regarding formulas that use variables before they are defined. For example, look at Carr1313 in _rc1.frm : what happens when c is defined prior to c1 and c2? Any information on this topic would be very useful. < Carr1313 { z=1/pixel, c=c1^2+c2^2, c2=pixel/z-(1.099,0) c1=conj(imag(pixel))+c2: z=z*z+c+sin(z) |real(z)|<=100 ;SOURCE: 30carr.frm } Some predefined variables are reset to the appropriate value at the beginning of each pixel (such as pixel, whitesq, etc.) Other variables are given a specific value at pixel one (such as pi), or if not, the value (0,0). These values are not reset each pixel, so going into the initialization section of pixel 2 and thereafter, these variables will still have the value which they had when the previous pixel was completed. Thus it is important to use care in initializing variables in a Fractint formula. Using your example: z=1/pixel, c=c1^2+c2^2, c2=pixel/z-(1.099,0) c1=conj(imag(pixel))+c2: the second statement will have c1 and c2 equal to (0,0) at the first pixel, but at the second pixel and thereafter c1 and c2 will carry over their values from the previous pixel. This is not good formula writing technique, since different drawing options (tesseral, boundary tracing, solid guessing) will compute the pixels in different orders and therefore give different results. This formula was rewritten by someone else to eliminate the problem; the revised formula is also in _rc1.frm. In this formula each initialization statement uses only those values which have been previously initialized in the initialization section, so the problem of carryover values is eliminated. This is the preferred way to write formulas. Carr1313A {; Rearrangement of Carr1313, with no ghosting z=1/pixel, c2=pixel/z-(1.099,0), c1=conj(imag(pixel))+c2 c=c1^2+c2^2: z=z*z+c+sin(z) |real(z)| <= 100 ;SOURCE: form2.frm } Regards, George Martin Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List Post Message: fractint@lists.xmission.com Get Commands: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "help" Administrator: twegner@swbell.net Unsubscribe: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "unsubscribe fractint" Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List Post Message: fractint@lists.xmission.com Get Commands: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "help" Administrator: twegner@swbell.net Unsubscribe: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "unsubscribe fractint" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Samee Date: 11 Feb 2000 11:17:55 +0600 Hello, I have recently joined this mailing list and have version 20.0 of fractint. But I found many formulas in the mails from this list which needs version 20.0.6. Could anybody tell me from where can I download/upgrade to this version? And, Oh! One more question. I cannot understand any of the discussions Jim Muth presents about 4D space. Could anybody explain me anything about 4D space ? Thanks in advance. Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List Post Message: fractint@lists.xmission.com Get Commands: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "help" Administrator: twegner@swbell.net Unsubscribe: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "unsubscribe fractint" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Paul N. Lee" Subject: (fractint) Re: Date: 12 Feb 2000 00:00:55 -0600 Samee wrote: > > Hello, > I have recently joined this mailing list and > have version 20.0 of fractint. But I found > many formulas in the mails from this list > which needs version 20.0.6. Could anybody > tell me from where can I download/upgrade to > this version? http://www.fractint.org/ ftp://ftp.fractint.org/ > > And, Oh! One more question. I cannot understand > any of the discussions Jim Muth presents about > 4D space. Could anybody explain me anything > about 4D space ? You might try going through several days worth of the FOTDs at the following URL: http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html There are links to specific key words (such as "4D") which will lead you to further information on that topic. Sincerely, P.N.L. http://www.fractalus.com/cgi-bin/theway?ring=fractals&id=43&go Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List Post Message: fractint@lists.xmission.com Get Commands: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "help" Administrator: twegner@swbell.net Unsubscribe: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "unsubscribe fractint" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Jim Muth Subject: (fractint) FOTD, 12-02-00 (Thistles [4]) (c) Date: 12 Feb 2000 01:04:04 -0500 (EST) FOTD -- February 12, 2000 (Rating 4) Fractal enthusiasts and visionaries: Today's fractal is a result of adding Z^(-3) to 2Z^2 and then adding C to 1/10 of the sum, and repeating the process until a fractal appears. For some reason I was reminded of a thistle plant when I saw the image. As a result I named the picture "Thistles". The parameter file is a three-minute one. I leave it up to the potential viewer whether the slightly-below-average image is worth the effort of running the file or of downloading the image from: or from: The fractal weather today was once again spring-like in the middle of winter, with warm sun and a temperature of 56F (13C) that lured the fractal cats onto the recently appeared patch of snow-free ground at the corner of the porch. The hastiness of the fractal and shortness of the discussion are a result of an unexpectedly busy day, which causes me to postpone my philosophical wisdom until tomorrow. But be patient; when the philosophy finally appears, it will have been worth the wait. Until tomorrow, take care and see you soon. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com START 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE================================ Thistles { ; time=0:03:11.36 SF5 on a P200 ; Version 2000 Patchlevel 6 reset=2000 type=formula formulafile=critical.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix4 function=ident passes=1 center-mag=-4.74707604237812400/+0.06993383907095668\ /7.578434e+007/1/-132.499 params=1/-3/2/2/-0.9/100 float=y maxiter=1800 bailout=25 inside=0 logmap=37 symmetry=none periodicity=10 colors=000anzarzenzilzlizogztezvcxzatzYnzWizUezS_<2>\ zMOzGMzAMr5Kg0KY0IO0IE0G50G00E00E00M<3>00i03o08v0Ez0\ Cz0Cz0Az0Az08z08z08z37z77zA5zE5zG5zECzEIzEOrCUgCaYCg\ OAnEAt5Az0Kn0<3>xA0z10<3>z00z00z10<3>z80zA0zC0zE0zG0\ xI0xK0oE0iA0c70W18Q0GK0QC0Y70g10o00r00r01r07r0Cr0Kr0\ Qr0Wr<2>0ax0cz0ez<2>0lz0nz0oz0rz0tz0vz0zz<2>1zz5zx8z\ tCznGziMzcQz_UzUYzQazKezGlzAoz7tz1xz0zz0zz0zz0zz0<3>\ rz0oz0nz0iz0<4>_z0Yz0Wz0Uz0Qz0<3>Iz0Gz0Ez0Cz0Az03z00\ z70zM<2>1zA<2>Ez0Iz0Mz0Sz0Wz0_z0cz0iz0<2>vz0tz0rz0oz\ 0nz0<2>gz0<2>azA_zGYzKWzOUzUSzYQzcOzgMzlKzrIzvGzzIzv\ IztKzrKzoKznMzlMziOzgOzeOzcQzaQz_QzYSzUSzSUzQUzOUzMW\ zKWzIYzGYzEYzC_zA_z8_z7Gz10z0<4>0z00z1<3>0zG0zE0zC0z\ A0zA0z80z70z50z50z30z1<13>0z0 } frm:MandelbrotMix4 {; Jim Muth a=real(p1), b=imag(p1), d=real(p2), f=imag(p2), g=1/f, h=1/d, j=1/(f-b), z=(-a*b*g*h)^j, k=real(p3)+1, l=imag(p3)+100, c=fn1(pixel): z=k*((a*(z^b))+(d*(z^f)))+c, |z| < l } END 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE================================== Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List Post Message: fractint@lists.xmission.com Get Commands: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "help" Administrator: twegner@swbell.net Unsubscribe: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "unsubscribe fractint" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Tim Wegner Subject: (fractint) If you somehow get unsubscribed ... Date: 12 Feb 2000 11:13:17 -0600 This is a common enough question about the list that I thought I'd post this to everyone. I really don't want to start a discussion about list administration here (though if you have comments feel free to email me) but occasionally this reminder is useful for list ,members, so here goes: A list member wrote: > I subscribed to the Fractint list last year, and for some reason, I haven't > received any messages since January third. I resubscribed, and sent a test > message, and have not received a reply. Did I do something wrong? You certainly haven't done anything wrong. I moderate this list with a very light hand, and if you had really done something wrong (very rare), I would let you know by email. Even if you had done something wrong (e.g. upload a binary to the list) in most cases you'd get an "oops please don't that" email and would not be summarily unsubscribed. What probably happened is this. On a daily basis I see messages bouncing from list members whose email addresses are not working for some reason. Usually after waiting a day to see if the problem fixes itself, I unsubscribe the list member's email address. I don't bother to send an email explaining because most of the time the problem is that indeed the email address is not working, so sending an email would be futile. The problem with this is that there can be internet problems that cause email to bounce that aren't really due to your email not working right. I can't always tell. So your email address could get unsubscribed even though your email account is OK. So if a few days go by with no list messages, try resubscribing. Tim Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List Post Message: fractint@lists.xmission.com Get Commands: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "help" Administrator: twegner@swbell.net Unsubscribe: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "unsubscribe fractint" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: George Martin Subject: RE: (fractint) Variables used before defined Date: 12 Feb 2000 12:41:35 -0500 Erik, Re: Carr1313 > I suspected that the values of c1/c2 would carry over from the previous pixel - thanks for confirming that. I saw the other version of 1313, and= that's when I realized the differences. However, the images created usin= g the two different formulas are different, are they not? < Yes, because at each pixel "c" will be given a different value. George Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List Post Message: fractint@lists.xmission.com Get Commands: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "help" Administrator: twegner@swbell.net Unsubscribe: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "unsubscribe fractint" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: George Martin Subject: RE: (fractint) Variables used before defined Date: 12 Feb 2000 12:41:35 -0500 Erik, Re: Carr1313 > I suspected that the values of c1/c2 would carry over from the previous pixel - thanks for confirming that. I saw the other version of 1313, and= that's when I realized the differences. However, the images created usin= g the two different formulas are different, are they not? < Yes, because at each pixel "c" will be given a different value. George Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List Post Message: fractint@lists.xmission.com Get Commands: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "help" Administrator: twegner@swbell.net Unsubscribe: majordomo@lists.xmission.com "unsubscribe fractint" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Bob Margolis Subject: (fractint) List of color names with RGB value Date: 12 Feb 2000 14:00:53 -0600 that I found at: http://www.neutralzone.org/home/faqsys/docs/rgblist.txt Hope you guys and gals find it useful. Bob ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ # Whites antique_white 250 235 215 0.9804 0.9216 0.8431 azure 240 255 255 0.9412 1.0000 1.0000 bisque 255 228 196 1.0000 0.8941 0.7686 blanched_almond 255 235 205 1.0000 0.9216 0.8039 cornsilk 255 248 220 1.0000 0.9725 0.8627 eggshell 252 230 201 0.9900 0.9000 0.7900 floral_white 255 250 240 1.0000 0.9804 0.9412 gainsboro 220 220 220 0.8627 0.8627 0.8627 ghost_white 248 248 255 0.9725 0.9725 1.0000 honeydew 240 255 240 0.9412 1.0000 0.9412 ivory 255 255 240 1.0000 1.0000 0.9412 lavender 230 230 250 0.9020 0.9020 0.9804 lavender_blush 255 240 245 1.0000 0.9412 0.9608 lemon_chiffon 255 250 205 1.0000 0.9804 0.8039 linen 250 240 230 0.9804 0.9412 0.9020 mint_cream 245 255 250 0.9608 1.0000 0.9804 misty_rose 255 228 225 1.0000 0.8941 0.8824 moccasin 255 228 181 1.0000 0.8941 0.7098 navajo_white 255 222 173 1.0000 0.8706 0.6784 old_lace 253 245 230 0.9922 0.9608 0.9020 papaya_whip 255 239 213 1.0000 0.9373 0.8353 peach_puff 255 218 185 1.0000 0.8549 0.7255 seashell 255 245 238 1.0000 0.9608 0.9333 snow 255 250 250 1.0000 0.9804 0.9804 thistle 216 191 216 0.8471 0.7490 0.8471 titanium_white 252 255 240 0.9900 1.0000 0.9400 wheat 245 222 179 0.9608 0.8706 0.7020 white 255 255 255 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 white_smoke 245 245 245 0.9608 0.9608 0.9608 zinc_white 253 248 255 0.9900 0.9700 1.0000 # Greys cold_grey 128 138 135 0.5000 0.5400 0.5300 dim_grey 105 105 105 0.4118 0.4118 0.4118 grey 192 192 192 0.7529 0.7529 0.7529 light_grey 211 211 211 0.8275 0.8275 0.8275 slate_grey 112 128 144 0.4392 0.5020 0.5647 slate_grey_dark 47 79 79 0.1843 0.3098 0.3098 slate_grey_light 119 136 153 0.4667 0.5333 0.6000 warm_grey 128 128 105 0.5000 0.5000 0.4100 # Blacks black 0 0 0 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 ivory_black 41 36 33 0.1600 0.1400 0.1300 lamp_black 46 71 59 0.1800 0.2800 0.2300 # Reds alizarin_crimson 227 38 54 0.8900 0.1500 0.2100 brick 156 102 31 0.6100 0.4000 0.1200 cadmium_red_deep 227 23 13 0.8900 0.0900 0.0500 coral 255 127 80 1.0000 0.4980 0.3137 coral_light 240 128 128 0.9412 0.5020 0.5020 deep_pink 255 20 147 1.0000 0.0784 0.5765 english_red 212 61 26 0.8300 0.2400 0.1000 firebrick 178 34 34 0.6980 0.1333 0.1333 geranium_lake 227 18 48 0.8900 0.0700 0.1900 hot_pink 255 105 180 1.0000 0.4118 0.7059 indian_red 176 23 31 0.6900 0.0900 0.1200 light_salmon 255 160 122 1.0000 0.6275 0.4784 madder_lake_deep 227 46 48 0.8900 0.1800 0.1900 maroon 176 48 96 0.6902 0.1882 0.3765 pink 255 192 203 1.0000 0.7529 0.7961 pink_light 255 182 193 1.0000 0.7137 0.7569 raspberry 135 38 87 0.5300 0.1500 0.3400 red 255 0 0 1.0000 0.0000 0.0000 rose_madder 227 54 56 0.8900 0.2100 0.2200 salmon 250 128 114 0.9804 0.5020 0.4471 tomato 255 99 71 1.0000 0.3882 0.2784 venetian_red 212 26 31 0.8300 0.1000 0.1200 # Browns beige 163 148 128 0.6400 0.5800 0.5000 brown 128 42 42 0.5000 0.1647 0.1647 brown_madder 219 41 41 0.8600 0.1600 0.1600 bro