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FW: AOTD 2-25-10 pakman video; effects; color map
by Hal Lane 27 Feb '10

27 Feb '10

JackOfTradeZ, Jay, fellow fractaleers, Contents: - Comments on the pakman video, - Visual effects caused by viewing the pakman video, and - Instructions for seeing & using the pakman fractal's color map for other fractals. - Viewing Color Maps in Raymond Filiatreault's FintMap app - Pakman Fractal Authorship - Pakman Fractal Parameter File - Pakman Color Map Listing - Please answer this question. Thanks! ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Animation of the recently described "pakman" fractal is posted I enjoyed your video a lot! Especially anticipating the "pakman's" appearance... There's also a *nifty visual effect* caused by the brain's visual system that appears after watching the video. (See below for more about this.) > ...can't tell if it's comin' or goin' ! > loox weird like you zooming in and out at the same time You're right -- the left side of the fractal is expanding (zooming in) and the right side is shrinking (zooming out) simultaneously. As you say, it can be a bit disorienting... Visual Effects Caused by Viewing the Pakman Video ------------------------------------------------- After sizing the video to full screen, the sequence starting after the pakman's appearance at 33 seconds in, fills the screen. Viewing the animation from this point through to the end, I can almost picture myself *sliding to the left* of the fractal hovering in space in front of me. My perceived 'motion' is caused by the left side of the video expanding in size -- with the right side simultaneously shrinking. It's a pretty strong vertigo-like effect for me. ["Vertigo" - Dizziness characterized by a sensation of whirling motion, either of oneself or of external objects. http://www.thefreedictionary.com/vertigo ] I've had videos where the point of view rapidly slides sideways make me feel this 'out of control' sliding, vertigo effect before. ----------------------------------------------------------- Does anyone else feel this 'out of control' vertigo effect? ----------------------------------------------------------- One other thing I noticed about viewing a video of a fractal that continuously shrinks or expands. After watching 'expanding' video for 30 seconds or more, apparently the brain's visual system starts to think that 'continuously expanding' is the way the world always is. Anyway, immediately after watching the expanding video, if you look at a *still frame* of the video carefully, you will see that your visual system continues to make the still image appear to change in size. The effect causes the still frame to expand on the right and shrink on the left. This effect fades for me after 10 or 15 seconds. The effect is strongest for me if I stare at the small white center area while watching the video and still frame. ----------------------------------------------------------- Does anyone else see the still frame of the fractal expand on the right and shrink on the left after viewing the last 1/2 of the video? ----------------------------------------------------------- JackOfTradeZ, I'm curious as to why you zipped your WMV video file. The video is 20.14 MB unzipped and 19.98 MB zipped. The WMV appears pretty well compressed by its codec already and doesn't get any appreciable size reduction from zipping... Pakman Fractal's Color Map -------------------------- The pakman's color map (DIAG.MAP) used in the fractal is quite nice. I've applied it to some of Jim Muth's Fractals of the Day that he said he didn't have time to work on the coloring of as much as he wanted and it's provided good coloring for me on some of these fractals. I put a screen capture of the DIAG.MAP onto my server of the color map in Fractint's "Palette Editor" color map viewer/editor popped up over the "pakman" fractal : http://www.emarketingiseasy.com/TESTS/Fractals/2010-02-26_Palette-Editor-ov… or: http://tinyurl.com/PaletteEditorOverPakman You can also see the pakman's color map (or any fractal's color map) in the "Palette Editor" color map viewer/editor in Fractint by saving the pakman fractal's .GIF using the link Jay gave: http://ecn.ab.ca/~brewhaha/img/PakMan.gif to your hard drive; (right click > Save Image/Picture As...) then: - Reloading the PakMan.GIF image into Fractint using the <r> key, - Hitting the Extended "Palette Editor" key: <e> - Hitting <Enter> to view the editor and the colors in the fractal's color map. - <esc> closes the "Palette Editor". The "pakman"s color map appears to be 8 sequences of 32 entry-long sections smoothly varying from black to white and back to black -- with each of the 32 sections going through a different section of colors of the rainbow. I pasted a copy of the DIAG.MAP below my signature in this email, so you can put it into a file and try applying it to fractals you have on your hard drive. If you look at the numbers in the columns of Red, Green and Blue values in the color map below you can see them varying the colors up and down in saturation and hue (intensity and color). To grab a copy of the map to apply to other fractals, just copy and paste the map's numbers (below) into any .TXT file and save it as: DIAG.MAP in Fractint's /maps/ directory. You can then try it's colors out on any fractal in Fractint by: - Viewing a fractal in FractInt that you want to try the DIAG.MAP out on. <r> reloads .GIF fractals that are on your hard drive. - Hit the Extended "Palette Editor" editor key: <e> - Hit <Enter> to view the editor and the colors in the fractal's color map. - Hit the <L>oad Color Map key and navigate to the folder/directory with the DIAG.MAP in it. - Hitting enter while ".." is highlighted moves you up a folder/directory; Hitting enter while a name of a directory is highlighted moves you "down" into the directory. - Names of directories end with a trailing "/". - Highlight "DIAG.MAP" and hit <Enter> to load this color map. - You see the new colors immediately applied to whatever fractal you are viewing. (If you're viewing the "pakman" fractal there will be no change -- it already has the DIAG.MAP color map in it.) - <.> and <,> rotate the values in the map and fractal. Watch the colors scroll in the "Palette Editor" as you do this. - You can <s>ave the newly colored fractal if you like it -- but first close the "Palette Editor" with <esc>. Viewing Color Maps in Raymond Filiatreault's FintMap App. --------------------------------------------------------- Raymond's program provides a wonderfully visual way of seeing and manipulating Fractint-format color maps. There are a color swatch of the complete color map, a 256 entry grid of 'paint chips' showing all the colors, as well as graphs of the red, green and blue values in the map. The built-in editor lets you 'draw' lines on the graph and create your own new color maps. And it's really great to be able to step through the color maps on your hard drive to see what they look like. A screen capture of the FintMap in action (with the pakman color map loaded) is here: http://www.emarketingiseasy.com/TESTS/Fractals/FintMap-viewing-pakman-color… or http://tinyurl.com/FintMapWpakmanColorMap Paul N. Lee mentions on www.fractalforums.com that Raymond has a recent update to his FintMap program: http://www.fractalforums.com/other-b130/fintmap-ver-1-40/new/ or http://tinyurl.com/PaulsPostReFintMap Raymond's description of the program and download links are here: http://www.nahee.com/Software/+FIntMap/ On his web page Raymond describes sometimes needing to get a copy of the older Windows Help File viewer, WinHlp32.exe from Microsoft's web site: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=6EBCFAD9-D3F5-4365… or http://tinyurl.com/Get-WinHlp32-exe-From-MS I also saw some older posts on the MS TechNet Forum: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/forums/en-US/itprovistaapps/thread/3cf1… or http://tinyurl.com/ForumPostsReWinHlp32 telling how to obtain the program that allows viewing .HLP files in later Windows versions. Pakman Fractal Authorship ------------------------- Jay Litwyn [brewhaha(a)freenet.edmonton.ab.ca] did not specifically claim authorship of the pakman fractal in his 2/21/2010 posts to the [Fractint] list serve. Perhaps you can enlighten us on this point, Jay. Pakman Fractal Parameter File ----------------------------- In Jay's post with the pakman formula and parameter file in it, the parameter file shows: map=diag.map as the map used to color the pakman fractal. That's the name I recommend you save this color map with. In order to get Jay's parameter file to calculate the pakman fractal: - I capitalized the formulaname: Mandelbroh to match the name in the frm: formula file, and - Added: float=yes The parameter file calculates an 800 x 600 pixel pakman fractal in under 10 seconds on my not-all-that-recent computer. (I've been calculating fractals recently using Richard's unreleased Fractint for Windows ver 20.99.8. beta 5.) ===== Start of pakman parameter file w above 2 items in it: ========= Pakman { ; 56.19s/megapixel w 866MhzPIII/XP. 2:56.47s/MP ; w intejerz. ; map=diag.map Double precision floats ; auto-truncated. ; CC-BY-NC-ND IOW, all rights reserved; ; Copies on optical disk or paper must be gifts. ; Fractint Version 2004 Patchlevel 4 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=fractint.frm formulaname=Mandelbroh function=ident/ident passes=t center-mag=-1.39576/0/1.388562/1.4324 params=2/4/3/0/0/0 maxiter=255 inside=0 invert=0.0016776448/-1.396/0 symmetry=xaxis periodicity=0 float=yes colors=000zzz<3>LzzBzz0zz<3>0__0TT0MM0FF088<3>0NZ0Re0Vl0Zs0bz<3>RlzYoz\ dqzktzrwz<3>SazLWzERz7Lz0Fy<3>09Z07T06M04F028<3>41Z51e61l71s80z<3>WRza\ Yzgdzmkzsrz<3>fSycLy`EyY7yU0x<3>H0ZE0SB0M80F408<3>S0YY0dc0ji0qp0x<3>tR\ xuYxvdxwkxxry<3>xSqxLoxEmx7kw0h<3>U0NN0HF0C806806<3>Y0Ec0Gj0Ip0Kw0M<3>\ xVexbjyjoyrtyrt<3>xSTxLMwEFw78v00<3>U00N00F00800800<3>XA0bC0iF0oH0vK0<\ 3>xdVxibyojytrytr<3>wmSwkLviEvg7ue0<3>TL0MG0FB0860860<3>UW0Za0dh0in0ou\ 0<3>twVuxbwxjxyrxyr<3>iwSevLavEYu7Ut0<3>FT0CM08F0480480<3>6W06a07g07m0\ 8s0<3>ZvVewblxjsyrsyr<3>SvYLvTEuN7tI0sC<3>0S60L50E3072072<3>0VH0`L0fP0\ lT0rX<6>ryvryv } frm:MandelBroh { ; Anglicized spelling. Recommends sticky functions. z=fn1(pixel) +P2, c=fn2(pixel) +P3: z=z^real(P1) +c |z| <= imag(P1) } ===== End of parameter file ============= -------------------------------------------------------------------- Anyone know what: "CC-BY-NC-ND IOW" (in the parameter file) means? -------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------- Are the sequences of Fractint keystrokes I include in some of my posts ever of any use to anyone? -------------------------------------------------- Email me or the [Fractint] list about Fractint keystrokes, please. If no one replies, I won't take the time to include them in the future. - Hal Lane ################################ # mailto:hallane@earthlink.net # ################################ ============================================================ ################### # DIAG.MAP # R G B ################### 0 0 0 252 252 252 212 252 252 168 252 252 128 252 252 84 252 252 44 252 252 0 252 252 0 228 228 0 200 200 0 172 172 0 144 144 0 116 116 0 88 88 0 60 60 0 32 32 0 44 56 0 60 84 0 76 112 0 92 140 0 108 168 0 124 196 0 140 224 0 156 252 24 164 252 52 176 252 80 184 252 108 196 252 136 208 252 164 216 252 192 228 252 220 240 252 196 220 252 168 196 252 140 176 252 112 152 252 84 128 252 56 108 252 28 84 252 0 60 248 0 56 224 0 48 196 0 44 168 0 36 140 0 28 116 0 24 88 0 16 60 0 8 32 4 8 56 8 8 84 12 8 112 16 4 140 20 4 168 24 4 196 28 4 224 32 0 252 56 24 252 80 52 252 104 80 252 128 108 252 152 136 252 176 164 252 200 192 252 224 220 252 212 196 252 200 168 252 188 140 252 172 112 248 160 84 248 148 56 248 136 28 248 120 0 244 108 0 220 96 0 192 84 0 168 68 0 140 56 0 112 44 0 88 32 0 60 16 0 32 40 0 56 64 0 84 88 0 108 112 0 136 136 0 164 160 0 188 184 0 216 212 0 244 216 24 244 220 52 244 224 80 244 228 108 244 232 136 244 236 164 244 240 192 244 244 220 248 244 196 240 244 168 232 244 140 224 244 112 216 244 84 208 244 56 200 244 28 192 240 0 180 212 0 160 180 0 136 152 0 116 120 0 92 92 0 68 60 0 48 32 0 24 32 0 24 56 0 32 84 0 40 108 0 48 136 0 56 160 0 64 188 0 72 212 0 80 240 0 88 240 28 108 240 60 128 244 92 148 244 124 168 244 156 188 248 188 208 248 220 228 248 220 228 248 196 200 248 168 172 244 140 144 244 112 116 244 84 88 240 56 60 240 28 32 236 0 0 208 0 0 180 0 0 148 0 0 120 0 0 92 0 0 60 0 0 32 0 0 32 0 0 56 8 0 80 20 0 108 28 0 132 40 0 156 48 0 184 60 0 208 68 0 236 80 0 236 100 28 240 120 60 240 144 92 244 164 124 244 184 156 248 208 188 248 228 220 248 228 220 248 224 196 244 216 168 244 208 140 240 200 112 240 192 84 236 184 56 236 176 28 232 168 0 204 148 0 176 128 0 148 108 0 116 84 0 88 64 0 60 44 0 32 24 0 32 24 0 52 48 0 76 76 0 96 100 0 120 128 0 140 152 0 164 180 0 184 204 0 208 232 0 212 232 28 216 236 60 224 236 92 228 240 124 232 244 156 240 244 188 244 248 220 244 248 220 232 248 196 216 244 168 200 244 140 184 240 112 168 236 84 152 236 56 136 232 28 120 228 0 108 200 0 92 172 0 76 144 0 60 116 0 48 88 0 32 60 0 16 32 0 16 32 0 16 56 0 20 80 0 20 104 0 24 128 0 24 152 0 28 176 0 28 200 0 32 224 0 56 224 28 84 228 60 112 232 92 140 236 124 168 240 156 196 244 188 224 248 220 224 248 220 196 248 200 168 244 180 140 240 156 112 236 136 84 236 116 56 232 92 28 228 72 0 224 48 0 196 44 0 168 36 0 140 32 0 112 24 0 84 20 0 56 12 0 28 8 0 28 8 0 52 20 0 76 36 0 100 52 0 124 68 0 148 84 0 172 100 0 196 116 0 220 132 28 224 144 60 228 160 92 232 176 124 236 192 156 240 204 188 244 220 0 0 0 192 192 192 ################### # end of DIAG.MAP ################### -----Original Message---------------------------------- From: fractint-bounces(a)mailman.xmission.com [mailto:fractint-bounces@mailman.xmission.com]On Behalf Of JackOfTradeZ(a)comcast.net Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2010 10:07 PM To: fractint(a)mailman.xmission.com Subject: [Fractint] AOTD 2-25-10 Animation of the recently described "pakman" fractal is posted I dunno, can't tell if it's comin' or goin' ! loox weird like you zooming in and out at the same time might leave you cross-eyed when it ends http://www.fractal-animation.net/vid/tempest.zip 20 MEG for 67 seconds you only see the pakman briefly at the exact center of the viddie, and it was made by varying the y-value inversion parameter from -1.296 -> -1.496 in steps 0.0001 enjoy . -----End of Original Message--------------------------- --------- End of Email --------------------------------

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Re: [Fractint] FOTD 20-02-##
by Brian Prentice 25 Feb '10

25 Feb '10

Paul, The trivial errors that you reveal don't in any way reduce the fascination and enjoyment that Jim's readers get from his daily posting. Rather than engage in such criticism, your time might be better spent in correcting the known errors in your Fractal Census here: http://www.nahee.com/Census/Census_B.html Brian Prentice

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Re: [Fractint] FOTD 20-02-##
by Jim Muth 25 Feb '10

25 Feb '10

At 07:12 AM 2/25/10 -0600, you wrote: >Jim Muth wrote: >> >> FOTD -- February 20, 2010 >> NEW FORMULA ALERT! Today's formula is new. >> > >Jim Muth wrote: >> >> FOTD -- February 24, 2010 >> The minimal calculation time of XXXXXX minutes... >> > >Usually it is fairly easy to play "editor" and correct the slight >mistakes in the FOTD postings, but not sure about the above two. > >The first one says it is a new formula, but it has been used before in >the past. > >And the second on has "XXXXXX minutes", but it actually renders in a few >seconds. > > >Sincerely, >P.N.L. This kind of stuff happens because of a lack of time to get things right. I knew I had a formula somewhere that calculated (-Z)^n+C, but had no time to find it. To save time, I made a slight adjustment to the earlier formula and named it number 5. There might have already been a formula with the same name. The wrong time is a simple mistake. When I get rich from doing fractals and can retire from other money-making pursuits, (if ever), I'll have full time to devote to the FOTD, which will then reach its full potential. Jim M.

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FOTD 25-02-10 (The Fat Man Dances [?])
by Jim Muth 25 Feb '10

25 Feb '10

FOTD -- February 25, 2010 (Rating ?) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today's image was again produced by a hard-coded formula, which shows that it is possible to produce interesting images with the good old 'warhorse' formulas. There is a strange rectangle in many of the Julia sets of the East Valley area of the large minibrot on the main stem of the Z^(2.003)+C Mandeloid, which is in the process of splitting into two separate minibrots. I have shown this rectangle many times over the FOTD years, but rarely have I distorted it and tracked it to its dissolution. In today's image I dissolved the rectangle by raising the exponent of Z ever so slightly to see what effect the change would have on the rectangle. The effect was dramatic. The rectangle began to break up and soon totally disappeared. But it left its ghost behind, and this ghost was made visible by rendering the scene with the inside set to 'bof61'. The rectalngle's ghost appears as the 4-sided area of chaos in the throat area of the 'fat man', which inspired the name "The Fat Man Dances". The fat man figure is actually the 'inside' part of the fractal. I could give no rating to an image that is 90-percent mathemati- cal interest and only 10-percent artistic, so I let it go with a rating of a question mark. But it's still a rather interesting image that calculates in a measly 43 seconds, at least on my machine. To make things even simpler, the pre-calculated image is or soon will be posted for instant gratification on the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> A cloudy day with a temperature of 39F +4C here at Fractal Central on Wednesday kept the fractal cats near the heat. My day was close to average. The next FOTD will be posted in around 12 hours. Until then, take care, and fractals defy Occam's razor. Jim Muth jamth(a)mindspring.com jimmuth(a)aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= The_Fat_Man_Dances { ; time=0:00:43.26-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=julzpower passes=1 center-mag=0.00019/0.0602946/10.81732 params=-1.7435/0/2.00312/0 float=y maxiter=750 bailout=9 inside=fmod periodicity=6 colors=000AMQAojAjgA5iA5fA6cA6`A7YA7WA8UA8SAAFA9QA\ APAAOAAMABQABUCCYECaFCeKGaOKZSOVWSS_WOc_L`bKYdJVfJ\ ThIQjHNlHLnGIpGFrFDtEAvE7xD9zDBxLHvSNt_TrfZpm`lpbi\ rcftecvg`xhYze_ucapack_efYgaWiYUkTSmOQoJUqEZsActBh\ tCmuDruEvuFzvzzvzzwzzwzzwzzxzzxzzyzzzzzz`zzazzb9_c\ 8`d7be7cf6eg5fh4hi3ij3jkFaPQT2RW8RZDSaJSdOSgUTjZTm\ dTpiUsoUvtUyyTtuTpqSlmSgjRcfR_bQV_QRWPNSPIPOELOAHO\ 6ERBHUGJXLM_QObVQe_ThdVkiYnn_pranpbmoblnbjmcilchkc\ gjchb_iVXjNTt8tQ7PT9QWAQZBQ`CQcDQfEQiFQD2EI4GM6HR8\ JV9KZBMcDNgFPhk6icBjWGkOLoQgmLZCPy05eG9_WDVqy7oiEm\ VK1d`9_ZHWXPSVXOTdKRtXbrT_pQXnMVlJSf_AgWEhSHiOKjKN\ 8tAGkEOcHWWKcON`bQxiHK4_P6YT8XYAVbCTlKPgER_XeaUbcS\ `ePZfNWhKUjIS9DuFEpLEkQFgWFb`GZfGUPFBXGGdGLKG40__8\ WYGTWOQVWMTcJRr9WkPTTCDXDG_EIbEKeFMhGOw`_uYYsVXqSV\ pPUnMSlJRw4k8agGXcOT_WOXcKT1_f7XcDVaJS_PQYVNW`LUfI\ SYKCbIHgHM`pLbiMdcNfYOhSP } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================

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FOTD 20-02-10 (Sesquioxidizing [4])
by Jim Muth 25 Feb '10

25 Feb '10

FOTD -- February 20, 2010 (4) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: NEW FORMULA ALERT! Today's formula is new. Actually, this new 'SliceJulibrot5' formula is almost exactly the same as the old "SliceJulibrot4' formula. Only the sign of iter- ated 'Z' is changed. The new formula has potential, but due to lack of time, I was unable to do much experimenting with it. I did find a minor scene in a near-Julia-set of the East Valley area of a minibrot on one of the main stems of the (-Z)^(2.5)+C Mandeloid. Unfortunately, I had no time to do much with the image, which I post here for some mild interest and amusement. Searching the image, I could find nothing in it worth more than a rating of a miserable 4. To add to the insult, the calcula- tion time of over 8 minutes is more than the image is worth. The name "Sesquioxidizing" has something to do with chemistry and little to do with today's image. I chose it because it is the word that scored the most points in Scrabble history for a single word -- around 1050 points. Those who enjoy less-than-mediocre fractals may view today's failure by running the included parameter file or by surfing out to the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> A few clouds Friday morning here at Fractal Central cleared out by noon, leading to a pleasant afternoon with lots of sun and a temperature of 43F 6C. The fractal cats thoroughly enjoyed the afternoon sun on their shelf in the southwest window. As stated above, my day was rather hectic. The next FOTD will be posted in all of 24 hours, that is unless FL gets the urge to visit and explore a local flea market or antique emporium or something. Until whenever, take care, and why do women who claim to dislike all the violence in the world, read so many murder mysteries? Jim Muth jamth(a)mindspring.com jimmuth(a)aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Sesquioxidizing { ; time=0:08:08.02-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=SliceJulibrot5 center-mag=+0.080821215\ /-0.146371482/13884/1/-76/0 params=89.97/0/89.97/0\ /-1.42086/-0.22447/0/0/2.5/0 float=y maxiter=32767 inside=255 logmap=32 periodicity=6 colors=000MKcOKcQKcSMcUPcWScYVc_Yca`cccaef_gfZigYh\ hYgiYejYckYbkY`lXZmXYnXWoXUpXWnZXmaTpXQsTNvOPxKWzL\ ezMjzMqzNwvNmrOcmOUkPKiPKgQKbQK`RJeTKbSK_RLXRLUQLR\ PMOPMLONIONFNNCMO9MO6LN2KO4LO6MP8NPAOPBOQDPQFQRHRR\ IRRKSSMTSOUSPUROQRNMQMIQLEPKAPJ6LE0NH2PJ3QL4SN5UQ7\ VS8XU9ZWA4MRKSJ_YB`XC`XD`XDaXEaXEaWFbWGbWGbWHeVEcW\ GbWHaWI`WJ_WKZXMYXNXXOWXPVXQUYSTYTSYURYVWN_TTYQYWN\ cVLhTInSFsQAzODxPFvQHuQKsRMqROpSRnTTlTVkUYiU_gV`eT\ afVbgXbhZci_djadkcelefmffnhgojhpljuqhpmfliehecdaa`\ Y`XUZTQu52iFCYPMGwnJjdMZVQPHPOJPNLPNNOMPOMROLTOLVN\ KXNKZNJ`NJbMIdMIfMHhFNmJKkE_gC_iB`k9am8bo0ix7bqEXk\ KReRLZYFTf5Lc9N`COYGPVJQSMSPQTNTUKXVH_XEbYBfZ8i_6l\ `AjbDicGhdJgfMfgQehTdjWckZblaane`oh_pkZrnYsqXtNFuV\ IvaLvhNvoQvvSvnUngWf`YZU_RKcDN`KPYRRVYTTcVQjXNqZLw\ UQrQVmL_hJYcIacHdcHhcGkcGocFrc8yXFzcLzjRzqzzxzzdzz\ IzzMzzQzzUzzYzzazzezzizzm } frm:SliceJulibrot5 {; draws all 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=(-z)^(p5)+c |z|<=9 } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================

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Re: [Fractint] antiquing expedition
by JackOfTradeZ＠comcast.net 24 Feb '10

24 Feb '10

. I have always wondered if there could be a fractal program to convert sound fed into it into a visual fractal, either a still or an animation. Seems it should be possible; the sound data could "seed" the equation(s) in the fractal generator. I would like to compare what we get with classic Beatles and Doors compared with todays garbage rock. Classics and Jazz would be interesting also. Just musing .... Still trying to animate the PakMan .... not much luck yet .... Stay cool. .

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FOTD 24-02-10 (Strawberry Orchard [7.5])
by Jim Muth 24 Feb '10

24 Feb '10

FOTD -- Feb 24, 2010 (Rating 7.5) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: To show that there is nothing lacking with hard-coded formulas, I will spend a while with them. And who knows! I might even produce some pretty good images. Today's image is one of the first I found when Fractint gained the ability to calculate fractional powers of Z. It is the Julia set of the western edge of the main bay of the parent fractal -- the Mandeloid that results when the formula Z^(1.5)+C is iterated. I use the term 'main bay' with reservations. The size of the bay hardly justifies the use of the word 'main'. I named the image "Strawberry Orchard". There must have been some reason I did, but if so, I have totally forgotten it. Maybe it's the strawberry coloring of the fractal trees around the edges of the certral feature. These tree-like features are quite fascinating. With a little work, they can be made to closely resemble real trees, and the result can be quite artistic. I might have a go at creating a fractal forest for tomorrow's FOTD. Today's image rates a 7-1/2, one-half of which is due to the coloring, which was half luck and half work. The minimal calculation time of XXXXXX minutes may be waived by surfing to the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> and viewing the finished image there. Heavy clouds hung tough here at Fractal Central on Tuesday, while a continuing mist kept things unpleasantly damp. The fractal cats' spirits must have been suppressed by the lack of sun. They kept to themselves most of the day. My day was busy but uneventful. The next FOTD will be posted in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and watch for those alien space craft. Jim Muth jamth(a)mindspring.com jimmuth(a)aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Strawberry_Orchard { ; time=0:00:29.85-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=julzpower center-mag=0.27543/0/1.25 params=-0.186/0/1.5/0 float=y symmetry=xaxis periodicity=0 maxiter=1500 inside=0 colors=000ISPHRPHQPGPPGOPFNPFMPELPEKPDJPDIPCHPCGPB\ FPBEPADPACP9BP9AP8AP8AQ7AR7AS6AT6AUIAVGAWAAWAAYAAZ\ AA`ALaAJcAGdAEfACgA9iA7jA5kA4jA4iA4hA4gA0gA4fA4eA4\ dS4cS4cR4bR3aQ3`P3_P3ZO3YN3XN3WM3WM3VL3UK3TK2SJ2RI\ 2QI2PH2OH2OG2NF2MF2LE2KD2JD1IC1HB1GB1GA1FA1E91D81C\ 81B71A619608508A07F06K05P04U03Z02c01h00l28j17h17f1\ 7d16b16a16_15Y15W15U15T14R14P14N03L03J03I02G02E02C\ 02A01901701500300100L6WH5QE4LA3G72A315zzWzzVzzUzzT\ zvSzrRzmQvhPrfOmdNhbMcaL__KZYJXWIVVHTTGSRFQPEOODMM\ CLKBJJAHH9w_ztYzrWzpUznSvlRtjQrhPpfOndNlbMj`Lh_KfY\ JdXIbVH`TGZSFXQFWPEUNDSMCQKBOIAMH9KF8IE7GC7FB6D95B\ 74963K42U31ce0nf9si8rl8qo8pr8ou8nw8mz7lz7kz7jz7iz7\ hz7gz6fz6ez6dz6cz6bw6au6`q5_m5ZR_OS`NTaLVaKWbIXbGY\ cFZdD_dC`eAae9`dA_dA_cBZcBZbBYbCYaCXaCX`DW`DW`DV_E\ V_EUZEUZFTYFTYFSXGSXGRWGRWHQWHQVHPVIPUIOUIOTJNTJNS\ JMSKMSKLRKKRLKQLJQLJPMIPM } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================

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FOTD 23-02-10 (Dissolution [6])
by Jim Muth 23 Feb '10

23 Feb '10

FOTD -- February 23, 2010 (Rating 6) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: With today's image we return to the MandAutoCritInZ formula, a formula that often but not always initializes 'Z' to a critical value, and is without doubt the most productive formula in FOTD history. Today's iterated expression is (Z^2)+2(Z^0.9)+C, which produces a fractal that resembles nothing as much as a half-dissolved Mandelbrot set. The name "Dissolution" refers back to this unseen parent fractal. Today's scene is located on the shattered remnants of the once- mighty negative stem, not too far east of the once-prominent large minibrot, but far enough that most of the typical East Valley stuff has disappeared. The few remnants that do remain add a modicum of interest to the central minibrot. The rating of a 6 is what I think the image is worth. The rating is held down by the coloring, which could use a bit more work. As it is, I had too little time to devote to bringing out the scene's full potential. The calculation time of just under 3 minutes will pass in a slow flash for those running the included parameter file. The trip to view the finished image on the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> will pass in a fast flash. Clouds moved in overnight Sunday here at Fractal Central, lead- ing to a cloudy day Monday with a temperature of 41F +5C and a few spurts of tapioca snow (graupel). The fractal cats took the whole thing in stride, dividing their time between the heat and their window shelf. My day was boringly busy. It was reported on the list that the FOTD images were quite suc- cessful when I created them with the formulas hard coded in the Fractint program. I'm not sure I totally agree, but who knows -- maybe I'll have another go at those surprisingly simple yet productive formulas. The next FOTD will be posted in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and listen close to today's music if you want to know what's wrong with the world. Jim Muth jamth(a)mindspring.com jimmuth(a)aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Dissolution { ; time=0:02:58.23-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=MandAutoCritInZ function=ident passes=1 center-mag=-1.616933041801702/-0.2780341565794527/\ 1.3e+010/1/22.5/0 params=1/2/2/0.9/0/0/0/0 float=y maxiter=1500 inside=0 logmap=176 periodicity=6 colors=000KEKLFKMGKNHKOIKPJKQKKRLIXMGbNEhOBmP8rVKv\ _UzdczjmzorztvzzzkxzcwzWvzOuzHuzKswMqrPpmRnhUgcWaZ\ ZVU`P6XRKUTYRZjw0EqDJkSNebS`lWKsQ4zK8wRBtXFrbIohMm\ nPjtShzsFctFdtFeuFeuFfvFgvFgwIawLWwNQwQLwSFwV9wX4z\ mDzrMzmQzRUzKYlE`eJX_OTTSPNXLG`HAeD4i9Fe8Pb7__6iX5\ sU4fzQbsU_lYXeaUZeRThK`bChX5pS4qX4r`3rd3si2tm2tq6r\ p9ppCnpFlpIjoMhoPfoSeoVcnYana_ndYngWmjUmmSmpRmoSnn\ TonTpmUqmVrlVslWtkXujXvjYwiZxiZyh_zh_zjbrkdkmfcniX\ pkPqmImjKjgLfdMcaN_ZPXWQTURQRSMOUJLVFIWCFX9DYYUkvi\ yrgtnfojdkgcfcab_`YX_UUYWSWXQUYOT_MR`JPaHNbFMdDKeB\ If9HgCGhFGiHGjKGkMGlPGmSGnUFoXFpZFqaFrdFsfFtiFukFv\ OKVWPVbUVdXZfZbh`fjbildmnfqphuqjxpkwYVGXVMWVSWVYaW\ ZgX_mX_sY`xY`u`_scZpeZnhYljYYNIK02mb7kb6ib5gb4ee4c\ h3ak2_n1Yq1btCgwNlzXizYgzZdz_bz_czYczWczUczSczQfzR\ hzSjzSlzTnzTpzUrzUfzTVzdKzo9zzLzWWz2TzCQzMNzWLzdTz\ X`zQhzIpzBxz4jzJKz9JjBIzC } frm:MandAutoCritInZ {; Jim Muth a=real(p1), b=imag(p1), d=real(p2), f=imag(p2), g=1/f, h=1/d, j=1/(f-b), z=(((-a*b*g*h)^j)+(p4)), k=real(p3)+1, l=imag(p3)+100, c=fn1(pixel): z=k*((a*(z^b))+(d*(z^f)))+c, |z| < l } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================

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Bug Report: Lost Parameters in 2004/patch 4.
by Jay Litwyn 22 Feb '10

22 Feb '10

http://ecn.ab.ca/~brewhaha/img/BreastPlate.gif Retrieve that image. Save the parameters. Change something to re-jenerate the image. I did not get the same image, and P2 and P3 were zero, which is wrong. You will need this formula in fractint.frm: MandelBroh { ; Anglicized spelling. Recommends sticky functions. z=fn1(pixel) +P2, c=fn2(pixel) +P3: z=z^real(P1) +c |z| <= imag(P1) } It is not losing P1. It is losing the remaining numbers. I do not know whether they are in gif comments and not being read or not being written in the first place. It has been awhile since I used this feature. I *was* in the habit of saving two parameter files before I saved gifs. Maybe I will remember what I did.

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FOTD 22-02-10 (The Clutching Claw [5])
by Jim Muth 22 Feb '10

22 Feb '10

FOTD -- February 22, 2010 (Rating 5) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: The FOTD for Feb. 21 is missing because an antiquing expedition arose on Saturday. The FOTD was a loss, but it was made up for when we found a stack of CD recordings of golden oldies from the 1950's and 60's. We picked up over 250 songs for $20, and that is a deal that can hardly be bettered. Included were many of FL's easy-to-find favorites such as 'Duke of Earl' and 'Little Darling' etc. On one of the disks I even found one of my not-so- easy-to-find favorites -- 'Love You So'. Yes, I know I'm show- ing my age, but back then we had something other than 'today's' stuff to listen to. Today's fractal is not much -- We spent most of Sunday listening to some of the CD's we found Saturday. But at least I cranked out a kind of image. The image shows a much-enlarged part of the Seahorse Valley of the (-Z)^1.5+C Mandeloid peeking through the Julia set of the same area. I named the image "The Clutching Claw". I must have been think- ing of a junky horror movie when I came up with the name. There is a kind of claw-like effect in the image to justify the name however. The image promises little and delivers little, but at least it makes the delivery in a very fast 1-1/4 minutes. The rating of a 5 was pretty much a guess. I'm sure I could have done better, but then I might have done worse also. The image is worth at least a quick glance, so why not forget running the parameter file and surf out to the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> to 'enjoy' the finished image there. Total sunshine and a temperature of 48F 9C made Sunday the best day so far this year here at Fractal Central. The fractal cats made the most of things, spending several hours stretched in the sun coming in the southwest window. My day was pleasant enough, especially when I saw the grass starting to reappear beneath the snow in the yard. If all goes well, and even if things don't go quite so well, the next FOTD will be posted in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and if someone were to ask me what is wrong with today's 'music', the danger is that I might spend the next week telling them. Jim Muth jamth(a)mindspring.com jimmuth(a)aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= The_Clutching_Claw { ; time=0:01:15.68-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=SliceJulibrot5 center-mag=-0.288401/0/\ 1.25 params=89.99/0/89.99/75/-0.740752/0.004/0/0/\ 1.5/0 float=y maxiter=1500 inside=0 outside=tdis periodicity=10 colors=000WanRXmMSmHNlCIl7Dk28k5Fl8LmBRnDYoGcpJiqL\ orNooPolRojTogVodXobZo_`oXboVdoSfoPhoNjoKloIjjHifG\ hbFgZEfVDeRCcNBbJAaF9`B8_77Z37TC8NK8HS9C_9GXDKVGOT\ JSRNWPQ_NTcLWaNV_PVYRUWTUUVTSXTQZTO`SMbSKdRIfRGhQE\ jQCwJDqNDkQEfTE`WFWZFQaRHeNJdJKdFLdCMc8Nc4Oc1Pcf06\ a9AXHDSPGIVDKWFMWHOXJPXLRYNTYOVZQWZSYZU__Wa_Xb`Zd`\ `fabhadQq`yqfqieiaecP_bRabTcbVeaXgaZiZaia`jc_jeZjg\ YjiXjkWjmVjoUjqTjsSjuRjwQjyQjvPktPkrPkoPkmPkkPkiPk\ fPldPlbPl_PlYPlWPlOXmRTlUPlXLk_HkdBkaEkZHkWKkTNkQP\ kNSkKVkHYkE_kBbk8ek5hkhE4gC3fA1f90cB2`C4ZE6WF8TH9R\ IBOKDMLFJNGGOIEQKBRM9SNEULJVKNWJSXIXZH`_Ge`FiaEkbH\ mbKnbNpcQqcTscWtcYpdWmeVjfUggSchR`iQYiPVjNSkMOlLLm\ JInIFoHCoGHnJMnMRnPWnS`nVenYjn`onctnfyniwidud_t_Wr\ VRqQNoLInGElB9k65gCCcIJ_OQWUWS_bOeiKkpHqvNhqT_lZRg\ cJc_GdWDeSAfP8fL5gH2hE0hJ3eN5bS7_W9X_CUdERhGOlIMjL\ QiOThRWgU_eWbdZecaibdlafo } frm:SliceJulibrot5 {; draws all 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=(-z)^(p5)+c |z|<=9 } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================

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