; Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 19:25:49 -0400 ; ; To: fractint@mailman.xmission.com ; cc: philofractal@lists.fractalus.com ; ; From: Jim Muth ; Reply-To: Fractint and General Fractals Discussion ; ; ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 26-07-07 (Before or Behind [7]) ; ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20070725193119.2b3fbf00@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- July 26, 2007 (Rating 7) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; To create today's parent fractal I corrected the error that has ; plagued the FOTD images for the past two days. I changed 1.68 ; to 1.618. This change makes a surprisingly large difference in ; the appearance of the resulting fractal, which grows even larger ; and looses even more of its main stem, while the Elephant Valley ; wedge grows narrower and more chaotic. Today's image is located ; in an area of near total chaos in Elephant Valley. ; ; I named the image "Before or Behind" because the depth of its ; elements is ambiguous. Is the large chaotic area that contains ; the midget in front of the light blue background or is it behind ; that background? Its position is especially confusing when the ; blue background turns a bright red, then fades to black spirals, ; curling around and apparently now in front of the chaotic area. ; Actually, the question is meaningless, for no depth is involved ; at all. It's all done with colors. ; ; When I finished tweaking the colors, I rated the image at a 7. ; It might not be the grandest 7-rated image of all time, but what ; the h...? I decided to reward myself for the extra effort I put ; into the color palette. ; ; No one can complain about the calculation time of 42 seconds. ; Such a brief wait would make even a zero-rated image a bargain. ; ; And everyone loves a fractal with no wait at all. For this sur- ; prise go to the FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; and view the finished GIF image there instantly. ; ; An average (partly cloudy, 84F 29C) midsummer day went un- ; noticed here at Fractal Central on Wednesday. Of course, I ; noticed it. Otherwise, how would I know it was average? The ; fractal cats scampered around the house all afternoon. They ; were angels most of the time, but Cassie managed to get into ; trouble when she grabbed an incoming fax from the tray and ; ran off with it. The fractal cats are fascinated by the ; workings of fax machines. ; ; My day was average. Tomorrow will likely be the same. The next ; FOTD will appear in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and some- ; times a fractal doesn't know whether it's coming or going. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Before_or_Behind { ; time=0:00:41.58-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandAutoCritInZ function=ident passes=1 center-mag=-0.86993121549170300/-0.075331779451652\ 18/342.6201/1/101.3/-5.90179849435656934e-011 params=-1/1.618/1/1.4142/0/0/0/0 float=y maxiter=1500 inside=0 logmap=20 periodicity=10 colors=000EYzHZzJ_zM`zPazSazVbzYcz_dzbezefzhfzkfzn\ fupekoWXnNSmENiDIfDDcDA`D9YD8VD8SD7PD6LC5I94F64C33\ 9026013000000H50L90PD0UI0UM0UQ0UU4UQ8UNDUKHUHLUEQU\ BUU8YU5bU2fU0jU0kU0kU0lW0lY0m_0ma1nc2nc3oc3oc4pc5p\ c6pc6oc9ocCncEncHncKmcMmcPmcSlcUlcXlc_kcakcdkcgjci\ jcljcnecgacaXcVTgPOlIKqDKqILoNMmSMkXNiaOgfOejPcnPa\ nQ_nQYnQWnQVnQTnRRnRQnROnRMnRLnUKnXKnZKnaKncKnfJnh\ JnkJnmJnpJnrJnlKnfKn`KnVLnPLnKLnJRnJWnJ`nIfnIknIpn\ MlnPinSfnVbnY_n`XndTngQnjNnmJnpGnsDnpFnnGnlHniInhK\ nhLnhMnhNnhOnhQnhRnhSnhTnhUnhTnhTnhTnhUnhVnhWnhXnh\ YnhYnhhnhfnhdnhbnh`nhGnhEnhCnhAnh8nh6nh4nh2nh0nh4n\ h7nhAngDndGnaKnZNnWQnSTn9inPWnM_nJbnGenDhnAknqHneQ\ nUYnIfn7sn7rn7qn7pn7pn7on7nnOinJknFlnBmn7An7En7Gn7\ Jn7Ln7On7Qn7Tn7Vn7Yn7_n7bn7dn7gn7in7lnWknTlnRlnPln\ NlnLmnJmnHmnFmnDnnBnn9nnR_n2pn3on4on5on5nn6nn7nn8H\ n7Mn7Rn7Wn7`n7en7jnoPnlRn } frm:MandAutoCritInZ {; 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========================================= ; ; ; _______________________________________________ ; Fractint mailing list ; Fractint@mailman.xmission.com ; http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fractint