; Date: Wed, 19 May 2010 23:48:06 -0400 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 20-05-10 (Writhing Tentacles [7]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20100519234910.2ac7ac9e@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- May 20, 2010 (Rating 7) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Today's image, a totally graphic black-and-white, is rated at a ; 7. Basically, it's a study of what is possible with the pre- ; cooked color palettes built into Fractint. ; ; To create the image, I returned to one of the old MandNewt ; formulas, number 6 to be exact, entered some random whole-number ; parameters, and let her rip. ; ; I'm not sure what these formulas actually do, but what came up ; was a virtually blank screen consisting of 'inside' stuff. ; Never giving up on blank screens without at least a little ; fight, I applied the 'bof60' inside fill option to the blank ; screen and was surprised by the result. ; ; The first image was near total color-chaos, but when I turned on ; the logmap and applied one of the broad color palettes, things ; shaped up fast. Today's image shows the final result, which is ; surprisingly three-dimensional for a flat fractal. ; ; I named the image "Writhing Tentacles" since a tentacle was the ; first thing that came to mind when I saw the finished image. ; ; The calculation time of a zippy 49 seconds will pass in a flash. ; The trip to the FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; to see the completed image will pass in a flash also. ; ; The skies were brighter here at Fractal Central on Wednesday, ; but the sun was still hidden. The temperature of 64F 18C was ; warmer than the past few days, but still fell short of the 72F ; 22C that is typical for mid-May. The fractal cats were quite ; alert most of the day, dashing from one window to another. I ; think a stray cat was prowling nearby, though I never saw one. ; ; My day was a very dull average. FL's day was a little above ; average. The next FOTD, also a little above average, will be ; posted in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and after all these ; years, I still don't know what a proton looks like. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Writhing_Tentacles { ; time=0:00:49.75-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=mandnewt.frm formulaname=MandNewt06 passes=1 center-mag=2.21949\ /0.923324/0.3180807/1/-140/0 params=1/6/3/8/5/6 float=y maxiter=100 inside=bof60 logmap=yes periodicity=0 colors=000zzzyyyxxxxxxwwwwwwvvvvvvuuuuuuttttttssss\ ssrrrrrrqqqqqqppppppoooooonnnnnnmmmmmmllllllkkkkkk\ jjjjjjiiiiiihhhhhhggggggffffffeeeeeeddddddccccccbb\ bbbbaaaaaa``````______ZZZZZZYYYYYYXXXXXXWWWWWWVVVV\ VVVVVUUUUUUTTTTTTSSSSSSRRRRRRQQQQQQPPPPPPOOOOOONNN\ NNNMMMMMMLLLLLLKKKKKKJJJJJJIIIIIIHHHHHHGGGGGGFFFFF\ FFFFFFFFFFDDDCCCCCCBBBBBBAAAAAA9999998888887777776\ 66666555555444444333333222222111111000000000000000\ 11111122222233333344444455555566666677777788888899\ 9999AAAAAABBBBBBCCCCCCDDDDDDEEEEEEFFFFFFGGGGGGHHHH\ HHIIIIIIJJJJJJKKKKKKLLLLLLMMMMMMNNNNNNOOOOOOPPPPPP\ QQQQQQRRRRRRSSSSSSTTTTTTUUUUUUVVVVVVVVVWWWWWWXXXXX\ XYYYYYYZZZZZZ______``````aaaaaabbbbbbccccccdddddde\ eeeeeffffffgggggghhhhhhiiiiiijjjjjjkkkkkkllllllmmm\ mmmnnnnnnooooooppppppqqqqqqrrrrrrssssssttttttuuuuu\ uvvvvvvwwwwwwxxxxxxyyyyyy } frm:MandNewt06 {; Jim Muth z=c=(pixel*p1): a=z^3+(c-p2)*z-c b=p3*z^2+c-1 z=z-1*a/b 0.000000000000000000000000000001 <= |a| } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ; ; ; ; _______________________________________________ ; Fractint mailing list ; Fractint@mailman.xmission.com ; http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fractint ;