; Date: Wed, 03 Nov 2004 09:36:38 -0500 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 03-11-04 (Ruby Red [6]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20041103093754.2a570f2c@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- November 03, 2004 (Rating 6) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; After being up almost all night watching election returns, I ; find myself a bit logy this morning, but still with enough ; energy to post the traditional FOTD. (Yes, the FOTD can almost ; be called traditional. In April of 1997 when I posted the ; first FOTD, if anyone had told me that I would still be as ; enthusiastic in November of 2004, 7-1/2 years later, I would ; have laughed.) ; ; Today, we continue our tour of the Fractint formulas. Moving ; past an interesting series of orbit-type formulas, we reach the ; first of the 'Magnet'-type formulas. I know little about these ; formulas, though it appears they were derived from the behavior ; of magnetic materials rather than being written for the purpose ; of creating fractals. I would assume they only coincidentally ; create interesting fractals. ; ; I created today's fractal image using the magnet1j formula. ; This formula is quite complex, and I have no idea of what it ; tells us about magnetic material, but it makes attractive ; fractals, one of which appears as today's FOTD. ; ; I named the image "Ruby-Red" for its strong ruby-colored ; elements, though its most impressive feature may be the green, ; filled-in midget Julia set at the center. Other Julia sets of a ; similar shape are scattered throughout the image. Curiously, ; these other sets are open on the inside. ; ; To add interest to an otherwise routine image, I rendered it ; with the outside set to 'real'. It is this option that causes ; the battlement shape so obvious in the bands in the ruby areas. ; ; I rated the image at a 6, perhaps a bit liberally. The render ; time is a fast 2-1/3 minutes, which gives an overall worth of ; 253. The fastest way of all to see the action of the magnetic ; materials is to download the completed GIF file from the FOTD ; web site at: ; ; ; ; The weather turned surprisingly pleasant here at Fractal Central ; on Tuesday. The dynamic fractal cats had a great day in the ; yard, where they slept early and slept often. The temperature ; of 70F 21C was perfect. Today is starting with more clouds, but ; a little blue sky is showing. Only time will tell what kind of ; day the duo will have. ; ; For me, it will be another average day. The commercial work is ; still caught up, meaning the fractals will continue coming on ; schedule. The next one will arrive in 24 hours. Until then, ; take care, and keep your chin up. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Ruby-Red { ; time=0:02:22.53--SF5 on a P200 reset=2003 type=magnet1j center-mag=-0.67118/1.252\ 61/1.449612/1/-90/3.88578058618804789e-016 passes=1 params=2.079812206572769/1.677557411273484 float=y maxiter=2500 bailout=100 inside=0 outside=real logmap=-3 symmetry=none periodicity=0 colors=000bcaVjaRmYOpV`Rdl2nj4gh6af8WrAQmCKhEEcG8Z\ ICWKFTMINNLIPOFRRCSUMUZWVceWhaZkZ`mWboTdqPfsMhuJjw\ GlyOpvVstavr_itYXuWKvV7woPGpOHpOIpOJpNKpNLqNMqNNqM\ OqMPqMQqMRnPTlSVjVXhYZf``dcbafd_ifYlhWojUrlSunQwoz\ Wbu_XpcSkgNgjHbnCYr7Uu2VrEWpPXn`XlkVmiUmhTmfSneRnd\ PnbOnaNo`MoZLoYKoXLkVMgTNdSO`QPXOQUNRQLSMJTJIUFGVC\ FPNKKYOEhT9rXDsYGsZJs_Ns`QsaTtbXtc_tcbtdfteiuflugp\ uhsuivuitvjrvjqvjovjmvjlvjjwkhwkgwkewkcwkbwk`7U_QA\ bSJeTShU`kVheUj`UlWUnRTpLTrGTtBSv6Sx1SzCSFBWJAZN9a\ Q8eU8hX7k`6od5rg4uk4xn5wi6ve6va7uY8uU8rA9qAApAAoAB\ nACmAClABkAAjAAiD9hH8gL8fO7eS7dV6`Z5Kz5Hz4Ez4BzAEz\ FGzKIzPKzVMz_OzdQziSznUzjSzgRzdQzaGzdIzfKzhMzjNzmP\ zoRzqTzsUzpPzmKzkFzhAze5zc0zMQz4ozWtzTqzRozOjzLezI\ `zFWzDRzCVzBZzAaz9ez8hz7lz6ozDnzKmzQlzXkzcjziizjcz\ kYzkSzlNzlHzmBzm6ziBzeFzaJzZNzVRzRVzNZzKbzR_zXXzcV\ ziSzpPzvNzkXz`ezZbzY`zXZz } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ; ;