; Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2004 12:23:34 -0500 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 21-03-04 (Correct version -- A Space Oddball [5] ; ) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20040321122634.2a0ffc72@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- March 21, 2004 (Rating 5) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; For today's adventure in fractal land we return to that ; rectangle in the Julia set of the Z^(2.003) Julibrot. But we do ; one thing very different. Instead of viewing it in the Julia ; direction, we turn our viewpoint 90 degrees and view it in the ; Oblate direction, which is determined by the real(Z) and imag(C) ; axes. ; ; Surprisingly, the rectangle is still a rectangle, though it is ; now quite squashed, and its top and bottom edges are no longer ; sharply defined, but have become fuzzy. ; ; When viewed from this direction, the scene has origin symmetry, ; the lateral elements being transformed into graceful swirls. ; With few more good features to tell of, the image could be rated ; no higher than a 5, which, with a 21-minute render time, equals ; an overall value of 24. ; ; Perhaps remembering that great film of 35 or so years ago, which ; was set in a future that is now 3 years in the past, I named the ; image "A Space Oddball". And I wonder why none of the things ; foreseen in that film have come true. I guess it's a plot of ; the evil space aliens to keep us helpless in preparation for the ; coming takeover and enslavememt. :-) ; ; The enlightened will avoid the aliens and save 20 minutes by ; downloading the finished image from: ; ; ; ; Those who enjoy watching their fractals come to life will run ; the included parameter file. ; ; The first day of spring turned out to be very pleasant here at ; Fractal Central on Saturday. The fractal cats took full ; advantage of the sun and temperature of 59F 15C by spending most ; of the afternoon in the yard, checking the spring bulbs that are ; already showing. At sunset, they came inside for their evening ; treat without urging. Today is starting mostly sunny and mild, ; but it is quite windy, and the duo dislikes wind, which conceals ; the sound of danger. It remains to be seen what kind of day ; they will have. ; ; Regardless of the cats' day, my day will be pleasant, and the ; fractals will all be above average. Until next time, take care, ; and hang on to your fractals. Once you lose them, they are gone ; forever. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE================================ A_Space_Oddball { ; time=0:20:55.04--SF5 on a P200 reset=2003 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=SliceJulibrot4 passes=t center-mag=0/0/3303.206/0.0232/0/-77.7313946499058\ 517 params=0/0/90/0/-1.7435/0/0.00019/0.07388/\ 2.003/0 float=y maxiter=60000 bailout=9 inside=0 logmap=66 periodicity=10 colors=0008355450532654765877999AAABBCCDEDEFEFHFHI\ GIKHJMGLNFMPENREPSDQUCRVBSXBUZAV_9Wa8Yc8Zd7_f6ag5b\ i5ck4el3fn2gp2iq1js0kt0ls3is6gr9drCbqF`qIYpLWpOToR\ RoTPnUOmVOlVOkWOjWOiXNhYNgYNfZNeZNd_Nc_Mb`MaaM`aM_\ bMZbLYcLXcLWdLVeLUgLTiKSkKRmKUoK_qKatJcuJexJhyJhzJ\ hzKhxJevKbsLZsLUoMPnMKkNFiOFgOEePEePDdQDcRCcRCbSBb\ SBaTB`UA`UA_V9_V9ZW8YX8YX7XY7XY6WZ6V_5V_5U`4U`4Ta4\ Ta5Wc5Ye6_f6bh7di7fk8il8kn9mo9pqArrAtt8wvAvuBvtCvs\ DvrEvqFvpGvoHvnIvnJvmKvlLvkMvjNviOvhPvgQwfRwfSwdTw\ bTwaUw_UwYVwXVwVWwTWwSXwQYwOYwNZwLZwJ_xI_xG`xE`xDa\ xBaxAbxBcxCdxDexEexEfxFgxGhxHixIixIjyJkyKlyLmyMnyN\ oyOpyPqyQryRsyStyTuyUvyVwyVxyWyyXzzXzzYzzYzzZzz_zz\ `zzazzbzzczzdzzdzzezzfzzgzzhzzizzjzzjzzkzzlzzmzznz\ zozzpzzpzznzzlzzkzzizzhzzfzzezzczzFzzEzzEzzDzzCzzC\ zzBzzBzzAzzAzz9zz8zz8zz7zz7zz6zz5zz5zz4zz4zz3zz2zz\ 3zz3zz3zz3zz4zz4zz4zz4zz5 } frm:SliceJulibrot4 {; draws most slices of Julibrot pix=pixel, u=real(pix), v=imag(pix), a=pi*real(p1*0.0055555555555556), b=pi*imag(p1*0.0055555555555556), g=pi*real(p2*0.0055555555555556), d=pi*imag(p2*0.0055555555555556), ca=cos(a), cb=cos(b), sb=sin(b), cg=cos(g), sg=sin(g), cd=cos(d), sd=sin(d), p=u*cg*cd-v*(ca*sb*sg*cd+ca*cb*sd), q=u*cg*sd+v*(ca*cb*cd-ca*sb*sg*sd), r=u*sg+v*ca*sb*cg, s=v*sin(a), c=p+flip(q)+p3, z=r+flip(s)+p4: z=z^(p5)+c |z|<=9 } ; END PARAMETER FILE================================== ;