; Date: Fri, 09 Jan 2004 12:29:34 -0500 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 09-01-04 (Fractal Ribbons [6]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20040109123140.2b3f5fec@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- January 09, 2004 (Rating 6) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; With today's image we return to fractal normalcy -- a rating of ; 6. The illustrated scene lies in the same parent that produced ; yesterday's image, and once again, one of the more exotic ; 'outside' options was used, this time the 'atan' option. ; ; I read somewhere recently, probably in a letter on the list, ; that the Fractint 'atan' function has an error somewhere in it. ; If so, it's a bit late now to correct it, since if this were ; done, images such as today's, which use the incorrect version, ; would no longer work. Of course, we could always save the ; incorrect version by giving it a new name, as was done with the ; 'cosxx' function. Or even better, we could give the correct ; version a different name. ; ; Today's image reminds me of the type of image that was so ; popular around 10 years ago, and resembled curled satin ribbons. ; I named the image "Fractal Ribbons" because of this resemblance. ; I rated it a 6 because, at least by my standards, it is a bit ; above average. ; ; I cannot say why I am staying with this particular parent ; fractal, which is giving me such a hard time. Maybe I want to ; prove that potential glory lies in every fractal, even the most ; humble. Well, I'll stay with the same fractal another couple ; days. If I find nothing in it by then worth a rating of 8, I'll ; give it up and move on. ; ; Today's image renders in only 4 minutes, making it a reasonable ; value for the time spent. Hmmm, maybe I'll start giving my FOTD ; images a 'value' rating. I could take the present 0-to-10 ; rating, divide it by the minutes needed to render the image, and ; multiply the result by 100. This would make today's image worth ; 150 value points. We'll see . . . ; ; The best value of all however is still downloading the completed ; GIF image from Paul's web site at: ; ; ; ; which can be done in a minute or so. ; ; The temperature reached 34F 1C here at Fractal central on Thurs- ; day, but clouds moved in by midday, making things too chilly for ; the sensitive whiskers of the fractal cats, who passed the after- ; noon curled by the radiator, sleeping peacefully. A bit of tuna ; in the evening made their day complete. This morning is start- ; ing cloudy and cold again, with a few flakes of snow in the air, ; and even colder air due by this evening. The fractal cats will ; not be happy about this. ; ; For me, today will be another forgettable day -- that is unless ; I find a fractal that rates an honest 10. Check back here in 24 ; hours to see if I succeed, but don't be surprised if I fail. ; Fractals that rate a 10 are as rare as dodo birds. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE================================ Fractal_Ribbons { ; time=0:04:07.60--SF5 on a p200 reset=2002 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix2 function=recip passes=1 center-mag=-0.61045250190546770/-0.011003094073171\ 64/2128.036/1/-142.5/-5.97177099437296022e-011 params=1.2/-2.1/-2.1/-1.2/0/50/0/0 float=y maxiter=1200 inside=255 outside=atan periodicity=10 colors=000NjAMiALhAKgAJfAKeAKdAKcALbBLaCL`DM_OMZFM\ ZGNYHNYINXJNXKOXLOWQOWQPWRPWSPWTQWUQWVQWWRWYRW_RWa\ RWcSWdSWeSWfTWgTWhTWiUWjUWkUWlVWmVWnVWnVWoWWoWWpWW\ pWWqWWrWWsWWtWWuWXsWXtWXtWXuWXvWXwWYvWYwWYwWYxWYxX\ XyWXxWXwVWvVWuUVtUUsTTrTTqSSpSRoRRnRQmQPlQOkPOjPNi\ OMhOLgOLfNKeMJdMJcLIbLGaKG`KG_JFZJEYIEXIDWHDVHCUGC\ TGBSFARF9QE9PE8OD7ND7MC6LC5KB4JB4IA3HA2G81F92EA2DB\ 2CC3BD3BE3AF3AG49H49I48J48K57L57M56N65O65P64Q64R73\ S73T72U72V81W81X80X80ZA2_B3`D4aE5bG6cH7dJ9eKAfMBgN\ ChPDiQEkSGlTHmVInWJoYKpZLq`NraOscPtdQufRvgSufRtfQt\ fQsfPrfPrfOqeNpeNpeMoeMneLneKmdKmdJldJkdIkdHjdHicG\ icGhcFgcEgcEfdDie5lf9ogDrhFrhGrhHrhHrhIrhJrgJrgKrg\ LrgLrgMrfNrfNrfOrfPrfPreQreRreRreSreSreTrdUrdUrdVr\ dWrdWrcXrcYrcYrcZrc_rb_rb`rbarbarbbv`crbbocbldbheb\ efbbgb_hbYi_WjYUkWSlUQmRPnPNoNLpLJqIHrGFsEEtCCu9Av\ 7XwKWwJVwIUwHSwGRwFQwFzzz } frm:MandelbrotMix2 {; 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)+(p4)), 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================================== ;