; Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:20:05 -0500 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 02-02-12 (Blobs in the Night [8.5]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20120202152143.2baff01c@earthlink.net> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- February 02, 2012 (Rating 8.5) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Today's image is a blast from the past, a slight tweaking of an ; image that appeared several years ago. The image was created by ; the MandelbrotMix3 formula, which mixes four powers of Z on each ; iteration instead of the two that the MandAutoCritInZ formula ; mixes. The big drawback of the MandelbrotMix3 formula is that a ; critical value of initial Z must be found by hand, and even ; using the graphic method, which can be done with Fractint, the ; task is laborious. ; ; The real(p5) parameter is the critical value of today's iterated ; expression. ; ; In today's image, 0.4 parts of Z^(1.8), two parts of Z^(-0.8), ; one negative part of straight Z and two parts of Z^(0.8) are all ; combined before (1/C) is added. This strange mixture draws a ; parent fractal that resembles a ragged figure 8 with a broad ; stripe of chaos running horizontally through it and an obvious ; Mandeloid in the center of the stripe. To find today's image ; however, I checked the jagged southern edge of the figure 8, ; where the minibrots are plentiful. ; ; Much of the blob-like effect was achieved by rendering the image ; with the inside set to 'bof60'. The rating of 8-1/2 is held ; back because the image is a recycled one. The name "Blobs in ; the Night" came to mind when the image reminded me of one of my ; favorite junky old sci-fi movies, 'The Blob'. ; ; With so much stuff to calculate on each iteration, the image ; takes 4-1/4 minutes to finish, which is a bit slow by FOTD ; standards. But once again the web sites ride to the rescue. ; ; Be prepared for rescue by viewing the finished image on the ; official FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; And view it in high-definition at: ; ; ; ; The entire history of the FOTD is available at: ; ; ; ; Too many clouds filled the sky here at Fractal Central today, ; which made the day less than perfect. The temperature of 43F ; +6C was mild enough, but the lack of sunshine kept the fractal ; cats in sulky moods. The humans, FL and I, had an uneventful ; routine day. I know it's dull to write about, but that's how ; everyday life on earth goes. ; ; The next FOTD will be posted in 24 hours. Until then, take ; care, and it appears that every weather event that happens turns ; into a sign of global warming. My opinion is that the world is ; indeed slowly growing warmer, but we can do nothing about it, so ; let's stop trying to pass more laws that will surely fail, and ; use our resources to prepare for the warmer environment that is ; sure to come. It will not be nearly as catastrophic as the ; doomsday prophets with political agendas would have us believe. ; (The ever-increasing numbers of humans are the real problem.) ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jimmuth@earthlink.net ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Blobs_in_the_Night { ; time=0:04:15.00 SF5 at 2000MHZ reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix3 function=recip passes=1 center-mag=-0.3431319198053787/-0.226238684265287/\ 1.850898e+008/1/-57.5/0 params=0.4/1.8/2/-0.8/-1/1\ /2/0.8/1.1003729163945/0 float=y maxiter=1800 inside=bof60 periodicity=6 colors=000RnBMsDIwEQ2HP2IP2JP2JO2KO2KO2LO2LN2MN2MN\ 2NN2NM2Ozzzvwzruzoszmqzkozimzhkzgizfgzeevdcrcanb`j\ a_f`Zc_X`ZWYYUWXSUVQSTOQRMOOKMLJKIJI000MJEMMCMPAMS\ 8MV7MW8MY9M_9NaANcANeBNfCNhCNjDNlDNnENoEPkHQgKScMT\ _PVWRWSUXPWWT`WWdW_iWbmWfrWkzWezS`zPTxMIwJ0vl`vjZu\ hXtfVsdTscRqaQo_QmYPkWOiUMhSIfQGdOEbMD`LC_KCYLCWMB\ UOBSPNQQPPRQNTRLUSJVTHWUGZWIcYKh_LmaNrcOveQzgSziTz\ kVzlWzn`oodlqihrmetrbuv_vzYtxXsvVrtUpsToqcnoclmckl\ cjjcihcgfcfececmcamb_maZm_XmZVmYTmXSmVRzURzSRzRQzQ\ QzOQzNQzLPzKPzJPzHOzGOzFOzDOzCNzANz9Nk8Mm6Mo5Mq4Mq\ 6Lq7Kq8Kq9JqBIqCIqDHqEGqFGqHFqIEqJEqKDqLCqNCqOBqPA\ qQAqR9qT8qU8qV7qW6qX6pZ5o_5n`4ma4mb3lc3kd2je2jf2lg\ 4ng6pg7rg9shBuhCwhEyhGzhHyfGxdGzcGzaGz`GzZFzYFzWFz\ VFzTFzSFzRKzROzQTzQXzP`zPezOizOmzNrzNvzNzzInzDbz8R\ z4Fz5Jz6Mz7Qz7Tz8Xz9_z9czAfzBjzBmzCqzDtzDwzGtzJqzL\ ozOlzQjzTgzQ3zV5z_6zd8ziA } frm:MandelbrotMix3 {; Jim Muth z=p5, c=fn1(pixel), a=real(p1), b=imag(p1), d=real(p2), f=imag(p2), g=real(p3), h=imag(p3), j=real(p4), k=imag(p4): z=(a*(z^b))+(d*(z^f))+(g*(z^h))+(j*(z^k))+c, |z| <= 100 } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ; ; ; ; _______________________________________________ ; Fractint mailing list ; Fractint@mailman.xmission.com ; http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fractint ;