On Wed, 22 Jan 2003 13:48:31 Lee H. Skinner wrote:
Hi Russ, I don't understand. Were you not able to generate the images from the pars which contain the colors without need of a colormap? Or, if you want, I can e-mail you my completed 1600x1200 images privately to your e-mail address?
Lee, When I try to run any of the last five par files that you've posted, I get an error message, "Oops. I couldn't understand the argument: Color=000LBU... Where the color string is whatever was supplied in the par. I'm running version 20.0 of Fractint. The image then renders with the default map. I suppose, if nothing else, you could send me the .map file, which I could then select for the rendered image, but I'd like to be able to go with what I've got; i.e., maybe the color info is just somehow slightly corrupted, and I can perhaps tweak it back into usefulness...? But hey, you could also send an image so that I know I'm trying to accomplish. Just the Cave, if you will, so that my mailbox doesn't overflow. Thanks, Russ _____________________________________________________________ Get 25MB, POP3, Spam Filtering with LYCOS MAIL PLUS for $19.95/year. http://login.mail.lycos.com/brandPage.shtml?pageId=plus&ref=lmtplus
Russ,
When I try to run any of the last five par files that you've posted, I get an error message, "Oops. I couldn't understand the argument: Color=000LBU... Where the color string is whatever was supplied in the par. I'm running version 20.0 of Fractint. <<
I have been able to reproduce the colors from my messages on the list, and so have others (JackOTradez for one), so I think there may be a problem with your e-mail reader interpreting special characters that may be in the colors parameter. (Others have mentioned this in the past, but I don't know what solutions they came up with.)
The image then renders with the default map. I suppose, if nothing else, you could send me the .map file, which I could then select for the rendered image, but I'd like to be able to go with what I've got; i.e., maybe the color info is just somehow slightly corrupted, and I can perhaps tweak it back into usefulness...? But hey, you could also send an image so that I know I'm trying to accomplish. Just the Cave, if you will, so that my mailbox doesn't overflow.<<
I'll send you two zipped map files with two thumbnails to your e-mail address. Anybody else out there having problems - or not with these pars? Lee
Sylvie Gallet tells me that the lines are too long, thereby causing extra CR's to be inserted. So, I've shortened the lines lengths in the pars - and here they are again: 60118007 { ; Cave of the Fire Pit ; t= 0:21:46.41 on a P4 2Gh at ; 1600x1200 Image Copyright 2003 ; by Lee H. Skinner ver=2002 ; Version 2002 Patchlevel 3 reset=2002 type=formula formulafile=fractint.frm formulaname=tman1 passes=1 center-mag=-0.14109239066731250/+0.63265570738880520/\ 95831.26/1/-44.9999999998383586/-5.38782074510635312e\ -011 params=-0.4/0 float=y maxiter=18000 inside=0 logmap=139 symmetry=none periodicity=10 colors=000LBUFEVAHV<2>4A9<3>BONCRQEVT<2>JdbLhfOig<12>\ mttouuqvv<3>zzzxzz<16>UcOTaLR`J<3>JV9LY4<11>OG4OF4OD4\ <2>P94Q74Q86<21>EVmDWoDXq<3>Aaz<2>`Lz<5>lcZnfUpiP<2>v\ sBxv6xvH<3>zzz<3>jqdfo_blU<3>Mb8<3>LQ8KM8KJ8<3>MD6NC5\ NA5O94P73<3>aI8eLAhMBiODjQF<3>qeBriAtm9vq8xu7zz5zz4zz\ 3<8>zY4zV5zS5<3>zE6<28>jEJiEJiEK<3>fDMhENjFPlLS<3>rdh\ tilvoqxtuzzz<3>pvzmtzgpz`lzUhz<3>iWzmTzrPz<3>z3z<4>Q8\ U } 60118013 { ; Fiery Forest ; t= 0:07:39.35 on a P4 2Gh at ; 1600x1200 Image Copyright 2003 ; by Lee H. Skinner ver=2002 ; Version 2002 Patchlevel 3 reset=2002 type=formula formulafile=fractint.frm formulaname=tman1 passes=1 center-mag=-0.14072100474163920/+0.63232110386355890/\ 380133.7/1/-142.500000001225942/7.55598403290314025e-\ 010 params=-0.4/0 float=y maxiter=18000 inside=0 logmap=110 symmetry=none periodicity=10 colors=000JXzSRz`Lz<3>hXgj`clc_nfVpiQrmL<3>vsewujxvoy\ xtzzz<3>jqdfo_blU<3>Mb8<3>LQ8KM8KJ8<3>MD6NC5NA5O94P73\ <3>aI8eLAhMBiODjQF<3>qeBriAtm9vq8xu7zz5zz4zz3<8>zY4zV\ 5zS5<3>zE6<6>wE9vE9uEA<3>sEBrEBqEA<13>cE3bE3aE2<3>XD0\ <3>fVMiZSlcY<9>LmoJnpGor<3>4sz<41>MgzMgzNgz<2>OfzPeyO\ ex<63>D_vD_vD_vD_vD_vCZuB_wAaz } 60118021 { ; Fig Tree Strangling a Mandelbrot ; t= 0:04:09.58 on a P4 2Gh at ; 1600x1200 Image Copyright 2003 ; by Lee H. Skinner ver=2002 ; Version 2002 Patchlevel 3 reset=2002 type=formula formulafile=fractint.frm formulaname=tman1 passes=1 center-mag=-0.14094542272236100/+0.61891532192206370/\ 284916.1/1/-37.499999999989555/1.37909239583677845e-0\ 10 params=-0.4/0 float=y maxiter=18000 inside=0 logmap=63 symmetry=none periodicity=10 colors=000bOvdRqfUlhXgj`c<2>piQrmLsnQ<3>wujxvoyxtzzz<\ 3>jqdfo_blU<3>Mb8<3>LQ8KM8KJ8<3>MD6NC5NA5O94P73<3>aI8\ eLAhMBiODjQF<3>qeBriAtm9vq8xu7zz5zz4zz3<8>zY4zV5zS5<3\
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Lee wrote:
Sylvie Gallet tells me that the lines are too long, thereby causing extra CR's to be inserted. So, I've shortened the lines lengths in the pars - and here they are again:
The continuation backslashes (the "\" charcater) is the clue. Once you realize that each line of the colors= ends with a backslash, it is easy to clean up in an editor. However, posting PARs with a narrower colors= lines as you did is probably a courtesy for folks. Also occurs to me we could fix this in Fractint and allow sloppier syntax, though I am not sure that is a good idea. Tim
Tim wrote:
The continuation backslashes (the "\" charcater) is the clue. Once you realize that each line of the colors= ends with a backslash, it is easy to clean up in an editor.
However, posting PARs with a narrower colors= lines as you did is probably a courtesy for folks. Also occurs to me we could fix this in Fractint and allow sloppier syntax, though I am not sure that is a good idea. << The default maxlinelength parameter in Fractint defaults to 72. I put maxlinelenth=53 in my sstools.ini (as this is apparently what Jim Muth uses in FOTD posts), but I could have probably gotten away with a larger value. I think this is a better solution than allowing sloppier syntax, as the pars should be easily read by both computers and humans. Lee
My e-mail program "wrapped" the color maps- they will work if you go through and make sure every line before the end of the color map ends with \ or sometimes it's easier to make the color map one long string and remove the\ at the end of the line breaks. Kathy Roth Russell Walsmith wrote:
On Wed, 22 Jan 2003 13:48:31 Lee H. Skinner wrote:
Hi Russ, I don't understand. Were you not able to generate the images from the pars which contain the colors without need of a colormap? Or, if you want, I can e-mail you my completed 1600x1200 images privately to your e-mail address?
Lee, When I try to run any of the last five par files that you've posted, I get an error message, "Oops. I couldn't understand the argument: Color=000LBU... Where the color string is whatever was supplied in the par. I'm running version 20.0 of Fractint.
Russell Walsmith wrote:
When I try to run any of the last five par files that you've posted, I get an error message, "Oops. I couldn't understand the argument: Color=000LBU...
Look if there are any empty lines in the par within the color-code after the "colors=" statement and remove them (the lines with the funny-looking code should all end with a backslash except the last one). I hope this works (at least the few munged pars I ever received had this problem), but it's possible there are other errors. Regards, Gerald
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