; Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2002 08:49:41 -0500 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 11-11-02 (Something_Fernny [8]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20021111085135.0daf143e@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; FOTD -- November 11, 2002 (Rating 8) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; State-of-the-art hi-tech is great, but it can also be quite ; annoying. One of its more annoying aspects is the constant need ; to 'upgrade'. Hardly a week passes where I fail to receive a ; file in a format that I cannot use. It is most annoying to try ; to load a file saved in super-publisher-36.2 format into version ; 36.1 of the same program and get nothing but an error message. ; Usually, a call to the customer only makes things worse, when I ; find that the document contains features that only version 36.2 ; can produce. Then I am faced with the choice of telling the ; customer that I cannot handle the document unless he makes ; changes, which he usually does not want to do, or spending ; several hundred dollars to 'upgrade' to the latest version of ; the super-publisher program. ; ; It must be a plot of the forces of evil -- most likely an ; invasion of off-world aliens set on bankrupting us so that we ; will be unable to resist the coming takeover. But I'm not ; concerned. We'll probably be better off once we have been taken ; over. ;-) ; ; Today's fractal is certainly not bankrupt. And I believe it is ; the first time I have colored an image with the outside coloring ; option set to < real >. This option does nothing but add the ; real part to the iteration count when a point escapes. But at ; least in today's case, it makes a surprising image. I named the ; picture "Something Fernny" when I had the impression of ferns ; growing on a forest floor. ; ; The iterated expression subtracts Z^(1.1) from Z^(-1.2) and adds ; (1/C). The resulting fractal consists of several large open ; areas, only one of which is an obvious Mandeloid. This ; Mandeloid is rotated -90 degrees so that its main bud points ; south and its East Valley lies on its north side. Today's scene ; is located in a small area of cut-off debris in the interior of ; this East Valley. ; ; I have rated the image at an 8. I was undecided on a 7 or an 8. ; Since the image appears somewhat different from my usual fare, ; and because of its 'illuminated from behind' effect, I finally ; decided on the rating of 8. ; ; The render time of under 2 minutes is surprisingly fast for the ; scene. The potential viewer may become an actual viewer by ; running the attached parameter file and enjoying the gradual ; appearance of the image, or by downloading the completed image ; from: ; ; ; ; or from: ; ; ; ; and missing some of the enjoyment. ; ; The Sunday weather was quite mild here at F.C., but heavy clouds ; obscured the afternoon sun, and a few sprinkles of rain dampened ; the grass enough to make things a bit unpleasant for the fractal ; duo. Being courageous cats, they endured their displeasure ; stoically, taking their comfort in the temperature of 71F 22C. ; ; Today is starting cloudy again, and to make things worse, it is ; raining and there is a tornado watch in effect. I have a fresh ; supply of work that could keep me busy until nightfall if I ; don't get busy on it. Since I would like to be finished before ; nightfall, I had best get started. As for the cats, they will ; have to shift for themselves. Until next FOTD in 24 hours, take ; iterative care, and keep iterating. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE================================ Something_Fernny { ; time=0:01:42.55--SF5 on a P200 reset=2002 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix4 function=recip passes=1 center-mag=+0.03617038931021874/+0.347379738557890\ 50/182456.1 params=1/-1.2/-1/1.1/0/0 float=y maxiter=1200 inside=0 outside=real periodicity=10 colors=000zzozzkzzjzzizzhzzgyzfxzewzdvzcuzbtzasy`r\ x_qwZpvWptTorQopNnnKnlHmjEmhCngAog9pf8qf7re6se5td4\ td3ra2qZ2oW2nT2mQ2kN2jK2iH2gE2fB2e82d75b77`79Z6BX6\ DU6FS8EQAEOBENDDNFDMGDMIDLKCLLCKNCKPCJQBJSBIUBIVBI\ XBJ_AJb9Jd8Kg8Kj7Kl6Ko5Lr5Lt4Lw3Ly3Kt5Jp7Il9HhBGdD\ F`FEXHHZJJ_LL`NNaPPbQRcSTdUVeWYgX_hZai`cjbekcgleim\ gknimojllgkiekgbjd`iaZi_WhXUgUSgSPfPNeMLeKIdHGdFEe\ GHeHJfHLfINfIPgJRgKTgKVhLXhLZhM`iNbiNdiOfjOhjPjjQl\ kQnkRpkRrkPokNlkLikJfkHckF`kEYkCVkASk8Pk6Mk4Jk3HSD\ 98N19O4AO7BOACODDOFEOIFOLGOOHORHPTIPWJPZKPaLPdMPfN\ PiOPlPPoPPqaS4ZXBWaHTeNQjTNnZKsdHwjIslJpmKlnLioMep\ NbqOZrPWsQStQPuUOtYOsaOscTpdXme`kgdhhifimckqaluZmy\ XkuYirZhoZfl_eh_ce`bb``_a_WaYTbXQbVNcUKcYL_`MWcNTf\ OPiPMlQIoQFpPHpOJqOKqNMrNNrMPsLQsLStKTtKVtJWuIYuI_\ vH`vHbwGcwFexFfxEhyEiyDkyDll`Y`xKawJavIauIatHasGar\ GbqFbpEboEbnDbmCblCckBcjA } 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================================== ; ;