; Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2011 20:15:23 -0400 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 31-03-11 (Little Lost Orphan [No Rating]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20110330191525.103ffe84@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- March 31, 2011 (No Rating) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; NOTICE! Do not try to recreate today's image from the included ; parameter file, which contains only the 3-D transform informa- ; tion. To view the image, you must go to the FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; where Hal has posted it. ; ; Today's image is named "Little Lost Orphan" because it has lost ; its parent fractal. It is an image from years ago, when I ; briefly experimented with making 3-D transforms of type=plasma ; images. Such transforms can make rather convincing landscapes, ; but for some reason I quickly grew bored with the icy images. A ; few rather impressive scenes showed up before I turned to the ; 4-D Julibrot stuff however. ; ; The type=plasma image to which the transform was originally ; applied was long ago discarded, but today's parameter file may ; be applied to any other type=plasma image (or any Fractint image ; at all) to create different landscapes, so feel free to create ; as many scenes as your adventurous heart desires. (The process ; is a bit convoluted, so I recommend reading the 3-D transform ; instructions.) ; ; I have no idea how today's image might compare with what might ; be possible using the 3-D transform feature on type=plasma ; images, so I could give the image no rating. ; ; The calculation time of 3-1/3 minutes is the time it took for ; the original transform to calculate on the old 80486-100mhz ; machine. On modern units, the image would finish in a matter of ; seconds. ; ; A bit of good news is that the start of my own FOTD web site has ; been uploaded and needs only a bit of link-tweaking before being ; made public. ; ; In view of all this excitement, do not forget the original web ; site at: ; ; ; ; Tuesday brought lots of sun and a temperature of 50F 10C to ; Fractal Central. Wednesday brought heavy clouds and similar ; temperatures. The fractal cats enjoyed the sun on Tuesday and ; complained about the lack of it on Wednesday. ; ; My day, as well as FL's day, was quite busy both Tuesday and ; Wednesday. Things that do not work right keep popping up on the ; web site. But the goal is in sight, so all that patience will ; soon be rewarded. The next FOTD will be posted in 48 hours or ; so. Until then, take care, and I have lots of answers but I've ; lost the questions. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Little_Lost_Orphan { ; time= 0:03:20.36-SF5 on P4-2000 3d=yes scalexyz=125/100 roughness=125 waterline=45 filltype=6 lightsource=1/-1/1 smoothing=7 randomize=5 ambient=20 rotation=73/0/0 perspective=160 xyshift=0/0 colors=muz9IU9IU9IU9IU9IW9JW9JW9JW9JW9JW9JX9JX9KX9\ KX9KX9JX9JZ9JZ9JZ9JZ9LZ9LZ9L_9K_9K_9K_9K_9L_9La9La\ 9La9Ka9Ka9KaALcALcALcBLcBLcBLcDLcDLcDMcEMcEMcFMcFM\ cFMcFMcGMcGOcGOcHOcHOcHOcJOcJOcJOcJPcJPcKPcKPcKPcK\ PcKPcLPcLRcLRcLRcLRcMRcMRcMRcMRcMTcMTcOTcOTcOTcOTc\ OTcQTcQUcQUcQUcQUcRUcRUcRUcRUcRVcTVcTVcTVcTVcTVcUV\ cUXcUXcUXcUXcVXcVXcVXcVXcVYcXYcXYcXYcXYcXYcYYcYYcY\ _cY_cY_cY_c__c__c__c__c_ac`ac`ac`ac`ac`acbacbacbbc\ bbcbbcdbcdbcdbcdbcdbcedcedcedcedcedcfdcfdckgckgckg\ cmecmecm`ccjychyeeyjhyeeyjhyefyjiyegyegyclycbycglh\ glcglhglcglhglallfglaglfglaglfglaglfdledledledledl\ eblebleblebldbldbldbldbldbldaldaldacbacbacbacbacba\ lbalb_lb_l`_l`_l`_b`_l`_l`_l`_l`Yc_Yc_Yc_Yc_Yc_Yc_\ Yc_Yc_YcYYcYXcYXcYXcYXcYXcYXcYXcXXcXXcXVcXVcXVcXVc\ XVcXVcVVcVVcVVcVUcVUcVUcVUcVUcUUcUUcUUcUUcUTcUTcUT\ cUTcTTcTTcTTcTTcTTcTRcTRc } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ; ; ; ; _______________________________________________ ; Fractint mailing list ; Fractint@mailman.xmission.com ; http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fractint ;