; Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2005 11:58:40 -0500 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 27-02-05 (Tessellation-II [10+]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20050227115909.0d5fe442@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- February 27, 2005 (Rating 10+) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; No one but no one is perfect, and I am not Mister No-One. I ; made a minor error when I posted yesterday's 'Tessellation' ; image. I had calculated and made parameter files of two ; versions of the same scene, one with the functions set to ; flip/ident, the other with the functions set to ident/flip. ; I inadvertently included the wrong parameter file in ; yesterday's FOTD. ; ; The flip/ident image, which was drawn by yesterday's parameter ; file, rates a 9.5, which I rounded off to a 10. The ident/flip ; image, which is drawn by today's file, rates a 9.7, which also ; rounds off to a 10. ; ; Today's image is basically the same as yesterday's, but the ; overall form is in a different orientation and the tessellation ; in the upper half is even more impressive. The problem is that ; I gave yesterday's image a rating of 10, which is the highest ; possible rating, yet today's image is slightly better, and there ; is no such thing as a rating of 11. (Such a rating would be as ; meaningless as the claim that one owns 10 square kilometers of ; land 100 miles north of the north pole.) This is why I have ; always been conservative in my ratings. But I had to do ; something to show that today's image exceeds yesterday's, so I ; gave today's image a rating of 10+ and left it to the viewer to ; decide exactly what such a rating means. ; ; I could have named today's image something like, "Son of ; Tessellation" or "The Return of the Tessellation" or "The Curse ; of the Tessellation" or "The Tessellation Strikes Again". But ; in keeping with the current trend in the film industry, I named ; it "Tessellation-II". ; ; The render time of 12 minutes may be avoided by downloading the ; finished image from the FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; As expected, I was away all Saturday afternoon, looking at the ; things that other people had discarded. As a result, the ; fractal cats could not go out. They were forced to enjoy the ; warm sun and temperature of 46F 8C from their window shelf. ; When we returned in the evening, the duo was rightfully irate, ; and loudly demanded extra tuna. Only when the tuna was ; delivered did they settle for a quiet evening. This morning is ; starting sunny and calm, but cold. I hope the duo has time ; enough in the yard today. More snow is forecast for tomorrow. ; ; I expect a slow day. Slow days make great fractals, so check ; back tomorrow to see what happens. It will not be another ; repeat. Until then, take care, and be rational but wise. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Tessellation-II { ; time=0:12:16.61--SF5 on a P200 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=multXYZWcompjb-min function=ident/flip passes=1 center-mag=-0.0315473/0.306062/0.9536765/\ 1/45/-3.77822773067748585e-014 params=89.8/90/1.2/\ 0/1.1/0/0/0/0/0.814 float=y maxiter=1000 inside=bof61 logmap=yes periodicity=10 colors=000P0zK0zk0WzW0W00z00W00s00Q00S02U03W05Y06_\ 09a0Dc0He0Kg0Ni2Rk5Um9XoA`qDdtHhvInuSwmbzhkzcqzduz\ dxzdyzdzzfzxfztfzqfznhzihzfhzchz`izWizSizPizMhzKfz\ IfzHdzFdzDczCcxAbv9`t6`q5Zp3Zm2Xk0Xh0Wf0Wd0U`2SW9R\ SFPNMNKSMFZKCcMFdMIdMKdMNdMRdNSfNWfNXfN`fNcfPdhPhh\ PkhPmhPphPqhWfcbX`hNWmDSs3Ny0Kz0Hv5MnPRfhWZz`RzcRz\ WRzNRzFRz6Rz0Rz0Rz0Sz0Uz0Wv2Xq6ZmD`hIbcPcZUdU`fPdh\ KkiFp`IdRMWINK9RA0U00W00X00X00Z02Z03`06`29b3Cb5Fc6\ Hc9KdCMdDPfFRfHUhIWhKSfMPdMMcMIcMFbMC`N9ZN6ZN3XN0W\ N0UP0UP0SP0RP0RP0PR0NR0MR0MR0KR0IR0HR0HR0FS0DS0CS0\ CS0AS09S06S06S03S02S00S00S00S00S00S00S02`CIfPZm`ns\ UhpNbmHWiAPf5IcAWsDhzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmz\ zmzzmzz0zz0zz0zz0zt0xq0vp0tn0sm0qk0pi0nh0mf0kd0hc0\ fb0d`0cZ0bX0`W0ZU0XS0WR0SP0000RN0PM0NK0MI0KH0IF0HD\ 0FC0CA0A909606505303202000000000000000000000P00S20\ W60ZD0bI0dP0hW0kS2cf2qk3z } frm:multXYZWcompjb-min {; draws 6 planes and rotations ;when fn1-2=i,f, then p1 0,0=M, 0,90=O, 90,0=E, 90,90=J ;when fn1-2=f,i, then p1 0,0=M, 0,90=R, 90,0=P, 90,90=J a=real(p1)*.01745329251994, b=imag(p1)*.01745329251994, z=sin(b)*fn1(real(pixel))+sin(a)*fn2(imag(pixel))+p4, c=cos(b)*real(pixel)+cos(a)*flip(imag(pixel))+p5, q=(c^(p3-1)): z=(-z)^(p2)*(q)+c, |z| < 400 } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ; ;