; Date: Sat, 09 Nov 2002 10:11:57 -0500 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 09-11-02 (Intaglio [6]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20021109101349.29c7a08a@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; FOTD -- November 09, 2002 (Rating 6) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; With today's much improved image we rise out of the abysmal ; depths of yesterday's failed attempt to find fractal worth. ; Today's image rates a 6, which is actually a bit above average. ; It's not too great a jump, but it's better than nothing. ; ; I named the picture "Intaglio". I can give no definite reason ; for choosing such a name. The word simply came to mind when I ; studied the image, which actually resembles thinly stretched ; blueish cloths more than a carved image. ; ; The iterated expression that drew the image combines some ; Z^(-2.5) with about one-tenth as much Z^3, then adds (1/C). The ; parent fractal is a bloated Mandeloid with its nose to the east, ; on the verge of exploding and turning inside-out. ; ; The numbers catch the parent at a point where its sides have ; ballooned out to grotesque proportions, leaving the 'main' ; period-2 bud with its straight stem virtually invisible. Though ; the stem is small, it is there however, and scattered fractal ; debris lies beyond its tip. Today's midget lies near a larger ; midget that lies in this debris, just beyond the tip of the stem ; of its parent. ; ; When rendered with my usual outside=equal-iteration-band method, ; today's scene has little to note. But in today's image I have ; set the outside to < tdis >, a method that colors the points ; according to how far they have travelled before escaping. This, ; along with some serendipitous coloring, raised the ordinarily ; humdrum scene from a rating of 5 to one of 6. ; ; The render time of today's image on my P200 machine ranges from ; 1min 7sec with a clean boot to 1min 25sec with all the ; peripheral drivers loaded. Either way it's a fast render. The ; download of the completed image is just as fast however, and may ; be found on the internet at: ; ; ; ; and at: ; ; ; ; The Friday weather was sunny and mild, with a cat-pleasing ; temperature of 61F 16C. Accordingly, the cats were pleased. ; The aging ones spent several hours in the yard, attempting to ; romp, but actually spending more time sleeping, occasionally ; waking only long enough to shift position to follow the ever- ; moving patches of sunlight. I spent the day wrapping up another ; week's work. ; ; Today is starting sunny and even warmer, and for a change I ; have no work waiting. It should be an interesting day. To see ; how interesting, check back in 24 hours for the next FOTD. ; Until then, take care, and keep your fractal side up. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE================================ Intaglio { ; time=0:01:24.91--SF5 on a P200 reset=2002 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix4 function=recip passes=1 center-mag=-0.35372493402194550/+0.155106779433557\ 40/1.5027e+007/1/90/-1.23373533611470521e-014 params=2.75/-2.5/0.22/3/0/0 float=y maxiter=282 inside=0 outside=tdis periodicity=10 colors=000xJ9xH7xF4xM8xRBrYFlbIdhKYmOQtRKyUJb8L`EN\ `JP`OQ`ST`YU_bX_gY_k`_pa_uc_y``xYbwWcuTdtQfsOgsLhq\ JjpFknDlmAmm7nl6pk6qj6sh6th6uk6ul6um7unAupDuqFusHu\ tKwuNwwPwxSwyUwzXwz_wzgSz_tzYszXqxWpwUotTmuSlpSknY\ bx``z_ZzXWxUUtSRpPQmNNjKKfHIbEH_6KZAMYEOWJQUNRSQUR\ UVOYYNaZMe_Kc`Na`O_bQYbRWcUUcVSdWQdYPf_Nf`LgbJgcHh\ fEhgDjhBjjO`lYUmiMnuEpz5qz0sz5fzEU_MILU46_0Ab0Dc8F\ dFJfNLgVOh`QjhTknWmqYpt_swauxdxzezzhzzizzjzzjzzjzz\ jzzjzxjzwlyulxtlxqlwplunlumOfR6S36NDEJMNFVUBca7li3\ uq0zn4zl9wiEsfJpdNlaSh_YfX`bUfZSjWYk_clcimgnnktpnx\ qsxswxsynfdq_gsVhvQjxKkxFlx9mx4nx7pw8prBpnDqiEqeHq\ `IqXKsSMsONsJQsERt9Ut6Vt6Wt6Yp9YlDYjHYfLYcPY_TYWXY\ U`YQdYNhYJlYHmVMmURmSWnR_nQdnOjpNmpMspKxpJzsQswWkx\ bbxhVxnNxz`xjsxMznbnasVPz9OzDNzENxFLuILqJKmKKjNJgO\ PBVHcQH_SFWUFUVEQYEMZDI_6h56d96`E6ZH7VK9SOAORBMVDI\ ZmzmjxlxZQxWNxUKxRIxOFxMD } 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 PARAMETER FILE================================== ; ;