FOTD -- April 17, 2004 (Rating 7) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Once again the time has come to enter Fractal Land, that strange land that exists somewhere between the real world around us, which might not be totally real, and the imaginary worlds within us, which might not be totally unreal. The irregular real(p3) parameter of today's image shows that its parent fractal was found by the Fractint 'evolver' feature. Normally, I round off the odd numbers this feature produces, but for some reason I skipped the rounding process when I started working with today's parent. The parent fractal is a hugely bloated area of mostly disconnec- ted rings. Today's scene is located near a larger midget that lies in the interior of a ring in the distant north-northeast suburbs of the parent. The unusual detail inside the midget itself is a sign that the scene has been evaporated, and the ghost brought to life by the bof61 inside fill. Fractals in which all the exponents of Z are negative can be evaporated by raising the escape radius to a full googol, which is the amount entered as the imag(p3) para- meter of today's image. This trick usually traps every point. For reasons known only to myself and the 'intelligent designer', (whatever you consider this to be), I named the image "Polyester Minibrot". I might have done myself a favor when I rated it at a 7, but the image is really rather pleasant to look at, and I feel it earns its rating. The reasonably fast render time of under 4 minutes gives an overall value of 184. The render time is fast, but the fastest way of all to enjoy the image is to download it in finished form from the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> With a temperature of 67F 19C, gentle breezes, and warm sunshine to keep them happy, the fractal cats put on their best moods Friday. When the day was finished, they were so exhausted that they forgot their customary evening treats, and went right to sleep. Today is starting mostly sunny and warmer. I expect a similar day. For me, most of the graphics work is caught up. If I can muster the energy this afternoon, I'll give the grass the first trimming of the season. If not, I'll do it tomorrow or Monday. Until next time, take care, and don't get hot under the collar when a cool fractal appears. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE================================ Polyester_Minibrot { ; time=0:03:48.11--SF5 on a P200 reset=2003 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix4 function=recip passes=1 center-mag=+25.24771384422294000/+103.017140882474\ 40000/4599911/1/-22.5/6.18164318095387744e-005 params=2/-1.4/0.2/-8.6/-2.597094637897885/1e+100 float=y maxiter=1200 inside=bof61 periodicity=10 colors=00000U00o00u00x80zOAzdOzuazzozzzzzzzzzzzzzz\ zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzdz0Iz00u50UX02x00zo0Dz00zG0zg0\ U0za0zg0zl0zu0rz0dz0Qz2Gz52zA0zD0zA0z80u50i20_05O0\ AA0G00L00Q00X00a00g00l00g00a00X02U08O0AI0GD0LA0Q50\ X00_00UD0NQ0LgGIoXDzhAsz5zz2zzzzxozodugQo_GiQ2KK00\ Q0ou8_f0zD0zD2zDDzDLgDXODm520a00z00z20z80uD0rI0lL0\ iQ0gX0aa0_g0Ul0Qo0Ou0Ux0_z0az0gz0iz0oz0rz0xz0zz0zz\ 0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz2zzAzzIzuQzi_z_gzOozDxz2zz0zx0zu\ 0zr0zo0zl0zlIzlazluolzglzXlzOlzQozQozUozUozXrzXrz_\ rz_rz_rzdxzizzlzzrzzuzzzzzzzzuzzlzzgzz_zzUzzGzz5zz\ 0lz0Xa_dAzi5zl0zl0zo0zo0zr0zr0xu0uu0ox0lx0iz0gz0dz\ 0iz0oz0rz0xz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0z\ z0zz0zz0ro0da0UL2G822050080080000000000000A00O02a0\ 8r0Dz0Iz0Oz0UiG_QadAxi0zo0zu0za0zI5x2Qi0lX0zI0z800\ 00I0Gz0Gz0Gz0Gz0Gz0Gz0Gz0Gz0Gz0Lu0Oo0Ql0Ug0Xa0__0a\ U0dQ0gL0iG0lD0o80O0080008 } frm:MandelbrotMix4 {; 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, k=real(p3)+1, l=imag(p3)+100, c=fn1(pixel): z=k*((a*(z^b))+(d*(z^f)))+c, |z| < l } END 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE==================================