Mike, Thanks for posting the links to your nice images: Shut_Eye and Spike Star. I verified that DOS Fractint can read and run the parameter files written by Fracton that you provided. And I appreciate your web page with the clear explanation of the "Line Method". When I had previously read an explanation given at: http://stardust4ever.deviantart.com/art/Making-X-Fractals-155341193 I felt it wasn't clear enough to immediately know how to go about using it. Nice images! - Hal Lane ######################## # hallane@earthlink.net ######################## ============================================================= Author: Mike Frazier Date: 2011-08-05 14:38 -400 To: Fractint and General Fractals Discussion Subject: [Fractint] Shut Eye Kind of looks like a closed eyelid or a sideways cat's eye. Here is a link to a web page with an image: http://www.fracton.org/fmlposts/shut_eye.html Here is a link to a page with a step by step method for making line fractals: http://www.fracton.org/fmlposts/line_method.html The parameter file used to make the image: Shut_Eye { ; Exported from Fracton. ; time = 5 min 36 sec at 640 x 480 with no aa ; on a Mac Pro 2 x 2.8 Ghz Quad-Core Xeon ; by Mike Frazier, public domain reset=2004 type=mandel passes=1 float=y center-mag=-0.637200976593501474305583909687372908\ 30227891481784063632604796741094157599156902438932\ 939287497/-0.4949950432196933461151370819730504957\ 83472228433228355943547904232277233494056237054403\ 58652795/5.3333334e+76/1/42/0 params=0/0/0/0/0/0/0/0/0/0 maxiter=10000 inside=0 proximity=0 colors=qaHtcGwfGziFwfFtdFqaEnZEkWEhUEeREaODZMDWJDT\ GDQDCNBCK8C413000443775BB8EFAIIDLMFPQISUKWXNZ`PbdS\ egUikXloZprasvcsvcsvcsvcqsaoq`mnZlkXjiWhfUfdTdaRbZ\ P`XO_UMYRKWPJUMHSJFQIJOHMMFQKETIDWGB_EAbDCeCEgBGjA\ Hm9Jp8Lr7Nu5Px5Nu6Kr7Ho8El8Bi98fA5cB6`D6ZE7WF8UG8S\ H9QJANKBLMCIOFKQHNSKPUNSWQUYSX_VZ`Y`b`cdcfffihiljl\ olornrulprkmnikkgihffdddabbZa`W_YSYWPWUMVRITPFRNCQ\ K8OI5RK7TN9WPBYRD`TFbWHeYJg_LiaNkcPneRpgTsiVulYxn_\ zpawn`tk_piYmfXjdWgaVcZT`WSYURVRQROPOLOKJNHGMDDLAA\ KADMAGNAIPALQAOSARUBUWBXYB__CbaCecChfCkhDnjDqlDtnC\ qlBmjBjiAfg9cf8_d8Xc6SY5NS4IM3EH29B145000311632943\ D54G75J87MA8QB9TCAWEBZFCbHEfHBjH9nH7pH6rH5vH3zH0vH\ 2rG3mE2hD2cB2ZA2U81P71K51F41A30510000330760BA1ED1I\ G1LJ1PN2SQ2WT2_W2b_3fb3ie3mh3ql4tq3wu1zz0ww1tt2pp3\ mm5jj6gg7cc8``9YYAXVBURBROBOKBLHBJDBGABD6CA3C80CC4\ CH8DMCDRGEWKE`OFeSFkWInZH } ============================================================= Author: Mike Frazier Date: 2011-08-06 09:52 -400 To: Fractint and General Fractals Discussion Subject: [Fractint] Spike Star Zooming deeper into the center of yesterdays post Shut Eye doubles the number of arms. Here is a link to a web page with an image: http://www.fracton.org/fmlposts/spike_star.html The parameter file used to make the image: Spike_Star { ; Exported from Fracton. ; time = 10 min 52 sec at 640 x 480 with no aa ; on a Mac Pro 2 x 2.8 Ghz Quad-Core Xeon ; by Mike Frazier, public domain reset=2004 type=mandel passes=1 float=y center-mag=-0.637200976593501474305583909687372908\ 30227891481784063632604796741094157599156894004533\ 254891959565453745/-0.4949950432196933461151370819\ 73050495783472228433228355943547904232277233494056\ 06774192000330176229172915/2.150537661290323e+90/1\ /-10/0 params=0/0/0/0/0/0/0/0/0/0 maxiter=10000 inside=0 proximity=0 colors=siVulYxn_zpawn`tk_piYmfXjdWgaVcZT`WSYURVRQR\ OPOLOKJNHGMDDLAAKADMAGNAIPALQAOSARUBUWBXYB__CbaCec\ ChfCkhDnjDqlDtnCqlBmjBjiAfg9cf8_d8Xc6SY5NS4IM3EH29\ B145000311632943D54G75J87MA8QB9TCAWEBZFCbHEfHBjH9n\ H7pH6rH5vH3zH0vH2rG3mE2hD2cB2ZA2U81P71K51F41A30510\ 000330760BA1ED1IG1LJ1PN2SQ2WT2_W2b_3fb3ie3mh3ql4tq\ 3wu1zz0ww1tt2pp3mm5jj6gg7cc8``9YYAXVBURBROBOKBLHBJ\ DBGABD6CA3C80CC4CH8DMCDRGEWKE`OFeSFkWInZHqaHtcGwfG\ ziFwfFtdFqaEnZEkWEhUEeREaODZMDWJDTGDQDCNBCK8C41300\ 0443775BB8EFAIIDLMFPQISUKWXNZ`PbdSegUikXloZprasvcs\ vcsvcsvcqsaoq`mnZlkXjiWhfUfdTdaRbZP`XO_UMYRKWPJUMH\ SJFQIJOHMMFQKETIDWGB_EAbDCeCEgBGjAHm9Jp8Lr7Nu5Px5N\ u6Kr7Ho8El8Bi98fA5cB6`D6ZE7WF8UG8SH9QJANKBLMCIOFKQ\ HNSKPUNSWQUYSX_VZ`Y`b`cdcfffihiljlolornrulprkmnikk\ gihffdddabbZa`W_YSYWPWUMVRITPFRNCQK8OI5RK7TN9WPBYR\ D`TFbWHeYJg_LiaNkcPneRpgT } ============================================================= ----