; Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 10:33:18 -0500 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 23-11-04 (The Evil Masque [7]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20041123103449.0da750de@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- November 23, 2004 (Rating 7) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Today's image was created by the next formula in line, the ; 'marksmandelpwr' formula, which was proposed by Mark Peterson. ; This formula is set apart from the other mandelbrot formulas by ; the function coefficient C that is initialized for each pixel to ; Z^(Z-1). It draws quite a variety of fractals, some of which ; are very interesting. ; ; With only a limited time to become familiar with the formula, I ; obviously have missed most of what it can do, but even in the ; short time I worked with it, I found today's 7-rated image. ; ; I named the image "The Evil Masque". I used the fancier ; spelling for the word 'mask' just to be cute. Actually, a ; masque is a masquerade ball rather than a covering that ; disguises the face, so today's image, which resembles a leering ; alien face, could more properly be titled "The Evil Mask". ; ; To produce the mask, I set the function to 'tan' and the inside ; to 'atan'. The object that I rotated -90 degrees and turned ; into a mask is right on the surface of the resulting fractal. ; ; The leering face effect is even more striking when seen from ; across the room. The unusually smooth color gradients go a long ; way toward giving the impression of reality. Unfortunately, I ; can not take credit for the color palette. The program did most ; of the work, leaving me only a few registers to tweak. ; ; Such an evil apparition surely deserves a high rating. I rated ; the image at an appropriate 7. The render time of a mere minute ; gives an overall worth of 552, but all things such as rendering ; and overall worths can be ignored by downloading the finished ; image from the FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; The clouds hung heavy all day here at Fractal Central on Monday, ; but the temperature was a mild 59F 15C, and the rain was limited ; to a sprinkle that fell after dark. The fractal cats managed ; enough outdoor time to keep their moods bearable. Today is ; starting cloudy but dry. The cats will likely have a similar ; day. ; ; My work is rather heavy today, but not heavy enough to keep me ; from the fractals. So until next time, take care, and don't be ; a gloomster, be a fractalist. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= The_Evil_Masque { ; time=0:01:16.02--SF5 on a P200 reset=2004 type=marksmandelpwr function=tan float=y center-mag=-0.217674/0/1.450501/0.8113/-90/3.88578\ 058618804789e-016 params=0/0 passes=1 bailout=1600 inside=atan logmap=yes periodicity=10 colors=000zYSxXSvWStVSrUSpTSnSSlRSjPShOSgNSgMSfLSf\ KSeJSdIScHSbDJaEM`FP_GSZGVXJYVM_TPcQShOVmLYrJ`v6cz\ A`vD_sHYpCWmEVmFUmHTmISnKRnLQnNPnOOoQNoRPoTRpUTpWV\ pXXpZZq_`qabqbdrdfrehrgjrhlsjnskpsmrtnttpvtrwuqxtp\ xtoxtnxtmxtlxtkxtjxtjxsixshxsgxsfxsexsdxscxsdxucxt\ cxsbxrbwrbwqavpavpauo`un`tm`sm_sl_rk_rkZqjZqiYphYo\ iYogXngXnfXmeWmdWlcWlcVkbVkaVjaUj`Ui_TiZThZTgYSfXS\ eXSdWRcVQbUPaUO`TN_SMZSLYRKXQKWSKVRKURKTRMSRKSQKRR\ KRPKQQKQPKPPKPOKOPKOOKNOKNOKMOJMNILNHLNGKMFKMEJMDJ\ KCIKBIKAHJBHJCHJDHIEGIFFIFEIFDHECHEBHEBGDAGD9GD8FC\ 7FC6FC5EB4EB3EC09B2CB3EB4HB5JB7MA8OA9RAATACVADY9E_\ 9Fb9Hd9Ig9Ji3Gt5Hq6Io8Jm9KkBLiCMgENeFOcHPaIQ_KRYLS\ WNTUOUSQVQRWOTXMUYKWZIX_GZ`E_aCabAbc8ec1dd3cd5cd6b\ d8adAadB`dD_dF_dGZdIZeJYeLXeNXeOWeQVeSVeTUeVTeXTeY\ Sf_Sf`RfbQfdQfePfgOfiOfjNflOdpNeoNenNfmNflNgkohSng\ SnfSmeSmdSlcSlbSkaSj_SjZS } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ; ;