; Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2005 10:10:22 -0500 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 03-02-05 (Final Beast [4]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20050203101248.0d776170@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- February 03, 2005 (Rating 4) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Today's image gives us one last, and perhaps one too many ; glimpses of the fractal beast. We have now distorted the beast ; almost beyond recognition. The colors are still the same, but ; even with the aid of the colors, the spirals and converging arms ; are nearly impossible to pick out. There are only spirals that ; try to get started but never quite succeed, and arms that set ; out promisingly, but lead nowhere. ; ; Because the center of rotation of all the 'Beast' images lies in ; the open area at the center of the original Mandelbrot midget, ; the hole that once appeared as that midget is still in the ; picture. It has been stretched beyond recognition however, and ; now exists as a narrow slit in the bottom-center part of the ; frame. Curiously enough, this slit still retains some of its ; original Mandelbrot character, needing only some stretching in ; the right direction to return it to its recognizable, though ; somewhat warped, Mandelbrot shape. ; ; The rating of a humble 4 is all I could do for the image. ; Actually, I expected better things from the beast when I started ; the series. I guess my disappointment shows. The name "Final ; Beast" is a simple statement that after today we shall see no ; more of this beast. ; ; Th render time of under 2 minutes on my machine is the fastest ; of the 'Beast' series. But for the convenience of those who ; dislike hunting and rendering, the beast has been captured and ; caged, and is being kept on the FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; from where it may be safely downloaded. ; ; No philosophy is ready today, but the next batch should be ; included in the philofractal version of tomorrow's FOTD. ; ; A nearly perfect mid-winter day here at the Fractal Central on ; Wednesday made for near perfect fractal cats. With warm sun, a ; temperature of 41F 4C, and melted snow waiting for them, the duo ; enjoyed several peaceful hours in the yard. Even the crows that ; raided a neighbor's trash can failed to disturb the dynamic duo. ; In the evening I gave them their tuna treat just to make the day ; perfect. Today is starting cloudy, but it is milder and no more ; snow is expected. The cats' day will likely be another good ; one. ; ; For me, the work is moderate. I should be finished by early ; afternoon, leaving me plenty of time to shape up the latest ; installment of philosophy, which, unless something unexpected ; goes wrong, will appear in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and ; just wait. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Final_Beast { ; time=0:01:56.06--SF5 on a P200 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=SliceJulibrot2 center-mag=-0.000046448\ 18451324/-0.00001890775131802/337663.9/0.01552/\ 158.981743903266619/85.1656595908049638 float=y params=51.916/-157.216/-82.429/166.391/0.288136932\ 805/0.482645405409/0.288136932805/0.482645405409 maxiter=5000 inside=0 logmap=288 periodicity=10 colors=000SYrSXrSWqSVpSUoSTnSSmSQlTOkUMjVKiWIhXGgY\ Ef_CeaAdcAceAbgAaiA`kC_mEZoGYqIXrKWsMTrOSqQRpSQpUP\ oWOnXNnYMmZLl_KlaJkcIjeHjgHkhGkgFlfEldDmbCm`BnZAnX\ 9kV8hT8eR8bP7_N7XL7UJ6RH6OF6LD5IB5FC5CC49D46D43D45\ E57F59G6AH6CI6EJ7FK7HL8JM8KN8MO9OP9QQARRATSAVTBWUB\ YVC_WC`XCaYEbZGbZHc_Jd`Kd`MeaNebPfbQgcSgdThdVheWif\ YjgZjh`kiakjclkdmlfmlgmmimminmjomjpmjqnjrojtpjuqjv\ rjwsjxtlxujwtivshurgtqftpdsocrmbqlapk`oj_oiYnhXmgW\ lfVkdUjcTjbRiaQh`Pg_OfZNfYMgXKgVJgUHhTGhREhQDiPBiN\ AiM8jK7jJ5jI4kG2kF1kE0gH1dJ1aM2ZO2WR3TT3QY4Na4Kf5U\ o5cs2mz5mz8mzBhtEcrHZqKUoNPnQLmTMkWNjZOiaPidQhgRhj\ SgmTgpShsTgrTfrTfqTeqUepUbpU_pUZoUUoVTnVTnVSnVSmVR\ mWRnWQoWQpWPqWPsXOuXOwXNxXNzXMzYMzYLzYLzYKzYKzVOzS\ SzQWzN_zLczPgzUkzZozcszhvzmuzmwzmvzmvzmuzmuzmtzmtz\ mszmszmrzmrzmrzmqzmqzmpzmpzmozmozmnzmnzmmzmmzmmzml\ zmlzmkzmkzmjzmjzmizmizmiz } frm:SliceJulibrot2 {; 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=sqr(z)+c |z|<=9 } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ; ;