Well, I intensely dislike the presence of closed-source $$$ fractal generators. I always suspect that big hunks of their code were taken from the freeware generators, they're just not giving credit where credit is due. So I understand a bit of OrbitTrap's complaints. (Now whether or not Damien is a personal target of there's for other reasons, I don't know.) But I'm used to how most such exhibitions are done, this one isn't much different. Money gets involved, especially when you're doing a physical exhibition. How many electronic art contests have judges from Adobe, for instance? Or, just as bad, famous artists who use only Adobe products and don't even know anything else exists??? There are freeware fractal generators that work in 24-bit color - Chaos Pro is one I use - so spending money on UltraFractal or other commercial products isn't needed. I would be very very surprised if ANY image generated by Fractint was selected. A 256-color palette spread over that big an image? A 24-bit-color capable Fractint would be nice for that ... Damien Jones wrote:
Paul (since Maryetta Campbell is your sock puppet, I'll address you directly),
The linked article is written by someone who knows next to nothing about the contest, but does have a very big grudge. He's entitled to his opinion, but it's neither authoritative nor even remotely unbiased. Considering the authors of the Orbit Trap blog have dedicated considerable effort over the past couple of years to attack me and anyone associated with me, I'd take anything they say with a grain of salt.
--Damien
Maryetta Campbell wrote:
Damien Jones wrote:
I would like to inform you that the Benoit Mandelbrot Fractal Art Contest.... http://www.fractalartcontests.com/2009/
For further reading concerning this contest, please use the following link:
http://orbittrap.blogspot.com/2009/08/has-2009-benoit-mandelbrot-fractal-art...
-- David gnome@hawaii.rr.com authenticity, honesty, community