Paul, You said: --------------------------

Too bad the FOTD web page image could not easily be made to draw the image in an animated way just as it was rendered.

Once upon a time (quite a few years ago) I ran across a 'compute server' on the web that you could submit a fractal to. They would render it (probably on a really large computer for the time) and then display your fractal in your browser. This would allow "...draw[ing] the image in an animated way..." I haven't looked for anything like this for a while. btw, I try many of Jim's FoTDs in Richard's Fractint for Windows beta 5. I have found that Richard's version of Fractint doesn't like to do fractals that use the MandelbrotBC3 -- this one included. - Hal Lane ######################### # hallane@earthlink.net <mailto:hallane@earthlink.net> # #########################

-----Original Message----- From: fractint-bounces+hallane=earthlink.net@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:fractint-bounces+hallane=earthlink.net@mailman.xmission.com]On Behalf Of Paul N. Lee Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2009 3:49 PM To: fractint@mailman.xmission.com Subject: Re: [Fractint] FOTD 18-04-09 (Cheshire Elephants [6])

Jim Muth wrote:

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After all, how impressive can a couple disembodied elephant trunks sitting over some half-squashed buds be?

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Cheshire_Elephants { ; time=0:01:50.06-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basic.frm formulaname=MandelbrotBC3 passes=b

I have always enjoyed watching the drawing method of "Boundary Tracing" (using the passes=b option). And this particular image had that extra little "flare" towards the end of the rendering process, which one does not always see in your FOTD images that use this setting. (I understand why it happened to draw that way, it just is not seen that often.)

Too bad the FOTD web page image could not easily be made to draw the image in an animated way just as it was rendered. I think many people who do not use FractInt would get an extra trill viewing. :-)

Sincerely, P.N.L. ------------------------------------------------- http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/PNL_Fractals.html http://www.Nahee.com/Fractals/

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