; Date: Wed, 01 Sep 2004 11:51:22 -0400 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 01-09-04 (A Nice Fractal [5]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20040901115153.2aafce14@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- September 01, 2004 (Rating 5) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; I am currently involved in unpacking and setting up a new ; graphic-design computer for Fractal Central, so the discussion ; for today will be terse. Nothing unusual in that. ; ; For the first FOTD of September I wanted a nice fractal, one ; that would be interesting. I wanted something that could be ; found in a hurry. It did not need to render in under a minute, ; as I could always do other things while the image was rendering. ; But above all else, it needed to be nice. I found such an image ; in the fractal created by subtracting (Z) from 2 parts of Z^(-2) ; and adding (1/C). ; ; Today's image is nice. I leave it to the viewer to decide what ; the word 'nice' means when applied to a fractal. And the image ; is also interesting. 'Interesting' is what one says about some- ; thing when they do not really like it but do not want to offend ; its creator. ; ; I named the image "A Nice Fractal" because it is a nice fractal. ; I do kind of like the sawtooth effect surrounding the unusually ; prominent midget. I rated it at a 5 because it is a nice ; fractal. But when the render time of over 42 minutes is consi- ; dered, the overall value rates a measly 12, which is not so ; nice. ; ; But overall values are subjective things at best, and today's ; rather low value may be bypassed by downloading the finished ; image from: ; ; ; ; Here at Fractal Central, Monday was cloudy, but the rain stayed ; away. Tuesday was partly cloudy with a temperature of 84F 29C. ; The cats enjoyed ample time in the yard on both days. Today is ; starting sunny and pleasant. I expect a repeat. For me, things ; will not settle down until I get the new machine loaded and ; running. It is yet to be determined how well it will work with ; Fractint. Until next FOTD, take care, and fractals are not real ; but they do exist. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE================================ A_Nice_Fractal { ; time=0:42:38.21--SF5 on a P200 reset=2003 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix2 function=recip passes=1 center-mag=+0.21468133873538990/-0.284332453475336\ 20/7004249/1/-65/1.09182119595319094e-009 params=-1/1/2/-2/0/0/0/0 float=y maxiter=7200 inside=0 periodicity=10 colors=000`FSbEQdDOfCMhBKjAIl9Gn8Em7Co7Aq78q70r77r\ 7Dr7Js7Ps7Ws7at7gt7mt7sr9qqApoBonCmlDlkEkiFihHhfIg\ eJecKdbLc`Ma_N`YP_XQZVRXUSWSTVRUTPVSOXRMYPLZOJ_NI`\ LGaKFbJAeKEcIIaHM_GPYFTXEXVC_TBcRAgP9iM9jO8jP8jR8j\ S8jU7jV7jX7jY7j_7j`6jb6jc6je6jf5jh5ji5jk5jl5jn4jo4\ jq4jr4jt3ju3jw3jx3jy3hw6gv8etBdsDbrFapI_oKZmNXlPWk\ RUiUThWRfZQe`OdbNbeLagK_jIZlHYnMYlQYjUYhYYgaYefYcj\ YbnY`rYZvYYlZccZhW`oVZmVYlVXjVWiUVgUUfUSeURcTQbTP`\ TO_TNYTMXSKWSJUSITSHRRGQRFORDNRCMQBKQAJQ9HQ8GTA7Q7\ FO4NM1VR2SW2Q`2Od3Mi3Kn3Iq1Dr3Gr5Ir7Ls9NsBQsDStFVt\ HXtJ_tLauNduPfuRivTkvVnvXpvYrtZor_lp_jn`gl`ejabha`\ fbYdcWbcTadR_dOYeMWeJUfHSgEQgCOh9Mh7Ki4Kj0Ji2Ji4Jh\ 6Jh8JgAJgCJfEJfFJeHJeJJdLIdNIcPIcRIbTIbUIaZIaYI`aI\ `aI`dI_eI`fJ`gJ`gK`hK`hK`hL`iL`iL`iL`jL`jL`jL`kKak\ K`lKalK`lK`mK_mKZmKYnKXnKWnJVnKUmLTlLSkMRjNQiNPhOO\ gPNfNMePLcRKaTJ_VIYXHWZGU } 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================================== ; ;