FOTD -- March 22, 2010 (No Rating) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: POSSIBLE NEW FORMULA! It's another minor variation on the workhorse MandAutoCritInZ formula. This might or might not be the first time I have posted it. In any case, I'll probably use it very rarely. We were still a bit depressed here at FC on Sunday, and I actually felt a bit angry -- not the proper conditions for fractal work -- but with today's off-beat formula I still turned up a quick image, which appears as today's FOTD. The parent fractal is nothing more than two small and distorted Mandelbrot sets. Today's image lies in a disconnected area of chaos near the southernmost Mandelbrot set. Since I put no effort into the image, I gave it no rating. The name "Steroid Fractal" grossly exaggerates the worth of Sunday's fractal work. The calculation time of a near-instant 1-2/3 minutes may be avoided by viewing the finished image on the FOTD web site at: <http://www.Nahee.com/FOTD/> Sunday here at Fractal Central proved to be partly cloudy with a temperature of 70F 21C. The fractal cats approved. The next FOTD will be posted in 24 hours. Until then, take care and prosper. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Steroid_Fractal { ; time=0:01:40.65-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=MandAutoCritMinZ2 function=ident passes=1 center-mag=+0.51281696902199680/-1.206448\ 617750352/2.39553e+013/1 params=0.3/-2/-1/2/0/0/0/0 float=y maxiter=1500 inside=0 outside=tdis periodicity=6 mathtolerance=0.05/1 colors=000rXarZfq`kpbppdteiqWmoLqmBuk1yiCqfNidXahf\ VlpOpqRoqUnqWmqZmq`lqckqekrhjrkirmhrphrrgrufrwfmsd\ iobek`ag_XcYT_WPWVLSTGORCKQ8GO4CM09L1AM2BN3CO4DP5E\ Q6FR6GS7HT8IU9JVAKWBLXCMYCNZBOYBOYBOXBPXAPXAPWAQWA\ QW9QV9RV9RU9RU8SU8ST8ST8STBUZEWdGYjJ_pL`uMbpNdkOff\ OhaPiXQkSQmNRoISqD4dX8fTBhPFjMIlIMnFPpBIGwJKrKOmLR\ hMVdNY_OaVPdQQhMRkHSoCWt8Us8Tr8XOUWSRVVPVZMUaKUeHT\ hFTlCSoAEFAFI9GL9HO9IR9JU9KX9LZ9Ma8Nd8Og8Pj8Qm8Rp8\ TDzSHuSKpSOlSRgSVcSVZSTUYUU_UU`UUbUUcUUUL0K5uJ5iJ5\ ZTJQaXHji9lSDnZHpTLzcPzcTzcWzcZzcazAdV90O80I80LE0N\ K0QP0SVAU_1eK7q4DZQWGjnHikHhhHgeHfbHe_HdXHcUHcR6me\ 5qg4th3wj2zkOjRhV7_bCSiHJpMBwQJvNQvKXvIdvFkvDrvAyv\ 8`sICqRGsNKtKOuHSvEWwB_x8cy5RfKFOZPMaZKchIeqHgkNce\ T__ZWUdSOjOIpKDoH8oE3oB7hCBbDEXEIRFMKGPEHT8IW2JZ4M\ a5Od7Rg8TjAWmBYoC_lRVjeQhtMgsNfsNfsNesNdrNdrNcrNcr\ NarKZrHXrEUrB2sT6rQ9rNsUX } frm:MandAutoCritMinZ2 {; 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)+(p4)), k=real(p3)+1, l=imag(p3)+100, c=fn1(pixel): z=k*((a*((-z)^b))+(d*(z^f)))+c, |z| < l } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================