xfractint renders a large solid color. Compare to <http://www.nahee.com/FOTD/FotD_97-04-22.html> ; Date: Tue, 22 Apr 1997 12:51:04 -0400 (EDT) ; ; To: fractal-art@aros.net ; ; From: Jim Muth <jamth@mindspring.com> ; Reply-To: fractal-art@aros.net ; ; Subject: [fractal-art] FOTD 22-04-97 ; ; Id: <1.5.4.16.19970422125159.0acf2746@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; Fractal visionaries: ; ; Here is the formula and parameter file of my latest fractal of ; the day. I have also posted the finished image to ABPF for ; those of you who have been requesting that I do so. The ; subject of the ABPF posting is "Fractal of the day, 22-04", the ; same as the subject of this posting. I really should have been ; doing this all along. When my web page is up and running in a ; few months, I'll post my best images there also. ; ; I found today's fractal formula more or less by lucky accident ; while noodling around with random numbers. To get the full ; feeling of the picture, imagine yourself an intrepid explorer of ; an alien world. You have just landed deep in an ancient crater ; and are climbing to the rim. Gradually, the sky is coming into ; view. Suddenly, you see above the rim these unearthly shapes, ; streams of energies flowing from nowhere to nowhere. What does ; it mean? ; ; You'll never know! ; ; ; As is apparent by this time, I am a surrealist. I suppose many ; fractal artists are. I love those vast empty landscapes, but ; more the peaceful yet mysterious ones of Yves Tanguy than the ; sensationalized ones of Dali. ; ; Are fractals mere mappings of reiterated formulas -- yes! Are ; they works of art -- yes! They are works of art because their ; creators declare them to be so. If an object owes its existence ; to a human being, and if at least one person finds pleasure in ; it, then that object is art. The very concept of art is a human ; invention; the very fact that people are debating whether ; fractals are or are not art, makes them art. ; ; Everything in the universe is a work of art; indeed, the universe ; itself is the grandest artwork of all. If anyone still doubts ; that fractals are art, let him show that non-art exists. Let him ; present one object that could not in some way be appreciated as ; art. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE================================================== other { reset=1950 type=formula formulafile=other.frm formulaname=other passes=t center-mag=-0.738637/0.586415/4.020715/1/-52.5 float=y maxiter=430 bailout=100 inside=255 symmetry=xaxis periodicity=10 colors=000KBBSGT<14>Aiv<22>NrcNrcQsd<13>xtg<8>YXQWVPVXO<3>RbOQcOObM<6>5W\ 5<5>nNNoQPpTRqWT<2>nYZRC3<27>ElG<5>g`K<11>M_cKZeKZjKZoLZt<13>drLftIfqK<1\ 0>mCm<8>ei1<11>jgQM9H<15>P7L<13>y2l<12>9_C<16>`VeaXgbZhrrG } frm:other {; Jim Muth z=c=pixel: z=z+(-4*(z^-4))+c^10+c, |z| <= 100 } ; END PARAMETER FILE==================================================== ; ; ------------------------------------------------------------- ; Thanks for using Fractal-Art, The Fractal Art Discussion List ; Post Message: fractal-art@aros.net ; Get Commands: majordomo@aros.net "help" ; Administrator: noring@netcom.com ; Unsubscribe: majordomo@aros.net "unsubscribe fractal-art" -- "The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline" -- DirectX 9 draft available for download <http://legalizeadulthood.wordpress.com/the-direct3d-graphics-pipeline/> Legalize Adulthood! <http://legalizeadulthood.wordpress.com>