; Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2003 10:26:20 -0500 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 18-12-03 (The Phantom Wave [5]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20031218102808.298f3f0e@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- December 18, 2003 (Rating 5) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Today's image has been named "The Phantom Wave". Don't ask me ; why I gave it such a name -- I have no idea. The name might ; refer to a wave of bubbles or a wave of midgets, or even a wave ; of FOTD images calculated by the MandelbrotMix4 formula. More ; likely, it's a wave in my imagination. But whatever the reason, ; there must be some kind of wave connected with the image, which ; lies in the parent fractal created by subtracting 0.9 parts of ; Z^(1.2) from 2 parts of Z^(-1.2) and adding (1/C). ; ; The bubbly effect in the image was achieved by rendering the ; scene with the outside=fmod and the proximity=3. At the moment ; I am not sure how the 'fmod' option works and how the proximity ; affects it, but the information is somewhere in the monumental ; stack of help included with the Fractint program. ; ; I could rate the image no higher than a 5, a rating that is ; ho-hum average. No, I do not expect a rush to see the image ; when I admit in the discussion that it is un-exceptional, but ; the fun lies in finding the FOTD images and writing about them. ; Profit is obviously no motive in the creation of the FOTD. ; ; The render time on my worn-out P200 machine, which just barely ; keeps slogging along, is almost exactly 6 minutes. On the state- ; of-the-art units out there the image will render notably faster. ; The fastest way of all to see the phantom wave is to download it ; from: ; ; ; ; or from: ; ; ; ; and examine the image very carefully for any signs of a wave. ; ; The Wednesday rain here at Fractal Central changed to snow at ; 2pm, but ended within an hour before accumulating on the ground. ; The cats, who spent the entire day indoors, were not concerned ; with the change-over. They needed only a small treat of tuna in ; the evening to maintain their good spirits. ; ; Today is starting partly cloudy, breezy, and cold -- the kind of ; day that keeps fractal cats indoors and the fractal human busy ; working on the next FOTD, which will appear in 24 hours. Until ; then, take care, and be at peace. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE================================ The_Phantom_Wave { ; time=0:06:00.08--SF5 on a P200 reset=2002 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix4 function=recip passes=1 center-mag=-0.38515755772367030/+0.157082089485032\ 80/89131.38/1/-30/2.018383862823e-010 params=2/-1.\ 2/-0.9/1.2/0/0 float=y maxiter=1200 inside=0 proximity=3 outside=fmod logmap=yes periodicity=10 colors=000pgopgmoglngknfkmfjlfilehkehjegjdfidfhdeg\ cdgccfccebbebadb`ca`ca_baZa`Za`Y``X__WZ_WZ_VYZUXZT\ XZTWZSVYRVYRUYQTXPTXOSXORWNQWMQWLPVLOVKOVJNUJMUIMU\ HLTGKTGKTFJSEISDHSDHRCGRBFRBFQAEQ9DQ8DP8CP7BP67O09\ O3BN6DN9FMCGLEIKHKKKMKNOKQOKRP9SP9SQ9SQ9TRATRATRAU\ SAUSAUTBVTBVUBVUBWUBWVCWVCXWCXWCXXDYXDYXDYYDZYDZZE\ ZZE__E__E__E_`F``F`aF`aFabGabGabGbcGbcGbdHcdHceHce\ HdeHdfIdfIegIegIehJfhJfhJfiJgiJgjKgjKhkKhkKhlJjkKh\ jKgiKehLdhLbgLafM`eMZdMYdMWcNVbNUaNS`OR`OP_OOZOMYP\ LXPKXPIWQHVQFUQEVRBUQCUQDTPETPFSPFSOGROHRNIRNJQNJQ\ MKPMLPMMOLNOLNNKONKPNKQMJRMJRLISLITKIUKHVJHVJHWJGX\ IGYIFZHFZHF_GE`GEaFCcGDbGDaGEaGE`GF`GF_GG_GGZGGZGH\ YHHYHIXHIXHJWHJWHJVHKUHKUHLTHLTHMSIMSINRINRINQIOQI\ OPIPPIPOIQOIQNGRPIQNJPMLPKMOJNNHPNGQMESLDTLBUKAWJ8\ XJ7ZI5_H4_I2`H3`H3`H3`H3`G3TnHUmJWmLXlNYlP_kR`kTbj\ VcjXeiZfi`ghbihdjgflghmfj } 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================================== ;