This is my first parameter file post to the Fractint Mail List. If you have been reading my earlier posts you are already aware that I released Fracton for the Mac yesterday. One of the first things I would like to test is Fracton's ability to export .PAR files. I don't have a PC so I haven't been able to test the exported files with Fractint. Thats where I am hoping someone here can help. Would at least one person please reply whether or not this par file works in FractInt and gives the same image as the fracton.orgweb page link below. While testing Fracton I used parameter files from Jim Muth's Fractal Of The Day website as test cases. I have looked at hundreds (maybe even thousands) of them and I have a lot of favorites. Occasionally, I would spend a few minutes exploring the image and I was often rewarded with interesting things. One thing I always tried was zooming into noisy areas to see what was there and I found one that I thought was spectacular. The FOTD in question is Spirit_of_The_All from October 28, 2009 which is at: http://www.Nahee.com/FOTD/FotD_09-10-28.html The original image is one of my favorites but if you move just off the top of the image and zoom in you will find something that looks like Beads and Wheat in 3D. I usually wouldn't post a pan and zoom parameter file but this image looks so different than the original it's unusual. It is also important to have a similar original PAR file that does work in FractInt to compare with the Fracton exported one. You can get the original with different pan and zoom from the FOTD link above. When I was first looking at the image I wondered if anyone else noticed it. I looked on the mail list and no one said anything so by posting this par file this potentially undiscovered image will be documented. I have a web page that shows what Fracton thinks the image looks like at: http://www.fracton.org/fmlposts/20100813_beads_and_wheat.html START PARAMETER FILE======================================= *Beads_and_Wheat { ; Exported from Fracton. reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=fracton.frm formulaname=F_20100813_1540 passes=1 float=y center-mag=-0.185/0/13.3333335/1/-90/0 params=-1.38/-0.99/-1.98/0.47/-0.48/3.46/0/0/0/0 maxiter=250 inside=bof60 logmap=yes colors=000zzzzyzzxzzwzzuyzsyzqyzoxzmxzkxzixzhwzgwz\ fwzewzdvzcvzbvyavx`uw_uvZtuYttXssWsrVrqUrpTqoSqnRp\ mQplPokOojNniMmhLlgKkfJjeIidHhcGgbFfaEe`Dd_CcZBbYB\ aXB`W9_V9ZU9YT9XS9WR8VQ8UP8TO8SN8RM6QL6PK6OJ6NI6MH\ 6KG5KF5IE5GD5GC5EB3DA3D93B839739628526426325223113\ 11201101101001000000000000000000000000000000000000\ 00000000000000000000000000000000000000000010020030\ 0500600800900B00D00G00I00K00M00O00Q00S00U00W00Y00W\ 00U00U00S10S10Q20Q30O50O60M60M80K90KB0ID0ID0GE0EG0\ EI0DK0DK0BM0BO09Q09S08U08U06W06Y05_05a03a02d02f01h\ 01j00j00l00o00q00s00w00zK0zP0zU0zX0zU0zP0zK0x00u00\ s01q02o05l06j08f0Bd0Da0G_1IY3MW5OU7SS9UQBWQDUQFSQH\ OQJMQLKQNIQPGQRDQTBQV9QX8QZ5Q`3Qb2Qd1Qf0Qh0Qj0Ql0Q\ m0Wl0_j0fh1jf3od5ua8zYBzYEzXIzXKyYPw_UubZsecqhhokm\ mnrkquitxhwzfzzdzz_zzYzzUzzSzzQzzMzzKzzIzzEzzDxzBs\ z9oz6lz5hz3dz2_z0Wz0Sz0Oz } frm:F_20100813_1540 { ; Pan and zoom of Fractal of the Day for October 28, 2009 ; Spirit_of_The_All by Jim Muth ; It looks like Beads and Wheat ; Posted to Fractint Mail List by Mike Frazier ; time = 7.1 sec on Mac Pro 2 x 2.8 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon ; using Fracton at 640 x 480 with no anti-aliasing z=g=pixel,a=real(p1),b=imag(p1),c=real(p2), d=imag(p2),e=real(p3),f=imag(p3): h=z^a+(g-b)*z-f, j=c*z^d+g, z=z-e*h/j, .0000000000000000000000000000005<=|h| }* * * END PARAMETER FILE========================================= -- Mike Frazier www.fracton.org