; Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 11:55:18 -0500 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 16-11-04 (Something is Fishy [5]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20041116115645.29a749a4@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- November 16, 2004 (Rating 5) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Today we see what we can wring from the manlam(fn||fn) formula, ; a variation of the Mandelbrot formula that was proposed by ; Jonathan Osuch. In the formula, the magnitude of the current ; orbit value is used to switch between two different variable ; functions. (In C programming language the '||' is the logical ; 'or'.) Curiously, I have never counted the number of different ; functions available in Fractint, though my guess would be around ; 20, which would give this formula the ability to draw around 400 ; different fractals. ; ; As would be expected, some combinations of functions draw blank ; screens, while other combinations draw very interesting ; fractals. With a total of around 400 combinations to try, I was ; forced to let many go untried. I finally chose the cos/sqr ; combination, which draws two distorted Mandelbrot sets sitting ; butt to butt. Raising the shift value to an astronomical ; 1000000 revealed that these Mandeloids are surrounded by an ; extraordinary array of filaments, which with only a little ; imagination can be seen as herring-bones. I named the final ; image "Something is Fishy" because the filaments surrounding the ; central midget remind me of fish skeletons. ; ; The formula almost certainly has better fractals in it than I ; was able to find in only an hour. The rating of a 5 is my way ; of saying that today's image is nothing exceptional among the ; images that the formula might produce. ; ; Like a witch's broom, today's image is as fast as lightning. It ; renders in only 21 seconds, and this with the single-pass ; rendering option, which is the slowest, most accurate method of ; rendering. This hyper-speed gives the image an unjustified ; overall worth of 1394. ; ; The fun way to see the image is to run the included parameter ; file. The convenient way is to download it from the FOTD web ; site at: ; ; ; ; The fractal cats were quite happy when the sun shone brilliantly ; and the temperature rose to 61F 16C here at Fractal Central on ; Monday. They spent over three hours in the yard, doing next to ; nothing. When evening arrived, they came inside without a ; complaint. BTW, fractal cats are indistinguishable from ; ordinary every-day non-fractal cats. The only difference is ; that the pet humans of fractal cats are fascinated by fractals. ; Today promises to be warm again, but with perhaps a bit less ; sun. The cats should be happy again. The commercial work is ; still up to date, so I'll be happy too. ; ; The next FOTD will appear in 24 hours at this same place. Until ; then, take care, and count those fractal carbs. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Something_is_Fishy { ; time=0:00:21.53--SF5 on a P200 reset=2004 type=manlam(fn||fn) function=cos/sqr passes=1 center-mag=-1.263291907718205/+2.94746802\ 7564623/8.384535e+007/1/107.5/-2.8308692836265e-006 params=0/0/1000000 float=y maxiter=267 bailout=1000000 inside=0 logmap=12 periodicity=10 colors=00058A6GB7LB9TJTbPhpUzlDwsFzrOcozckzchzvtzt\ bcrLWq4WnASkGOhMKfSGcYC`c8Zh4_f6`h7`k8anAbqBbtCXwE\ RzFLzHFzIIzFKzDMzAOz8Qz5Sz3Pz4Nz4Kz4Iz4Fz5Dz5Az58z\ 5BzCEzIHzOKzUNz_QzeTzkWzqRzjMzcIzXDzQ9zJ4zC0z6CzGO\ zP_zYkzfvzowzkwzhxzdxzaxzYyzVyzRyzOwzFvzLuzQuzWtz`\ szfszkmzfgzaazXYz_VzaSzdPzfMziJzkQzcXzWczPjzHqz9xz\ 2Yz98zF7zL7zR7zWEzXLzYSzZZzZez_lz`rz`lzcfzeazhWzjR\ zmLzoGzqFzqFzqEzqEzqDzqDzqEzoEznEzmEzlEzkEziEzhEzg\ Fz2EzfEzeEzdEzbEzaEz`Ez_EzZEzXEzWEzVEzUEzTEzSFzQFz\ PFzOFzNFzMFzKFzJFzIFzHFzGFzFFzDpzVpzMqzDqz4jzDdzMZ\ zUTzbNzkHzsRzq`zpizosznzzmyzivzdsz`pzWmzSjzNgzJpzG\ yzEzzCzzGuzKozNizRczUYzYSz`WzZZzXbzVezUazZYzbUzfQz\ jMznIzrEzuJzjNz_QzYSzXVzVXzU_zTazRdzQfzPgzThzWizZi\ zbjzekzhkzkjzjizihzhgzgfzffzfizbkzZmzVpzRrzNtzKMzX\ Pz_SzaVzcYze`zgbziazh`zh_zgZzgYzgVzdTzbRz`PzZizczz\ hzzkyzmwzouzqGzMBzH7zD3z9 } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ; ;