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FOTD 23-01-03 (Somber Planet [7])
by Jim Muth 24 Jan '03

24 Jan '03

FOTD -- January 23, 2003 (Rating 7) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: The plethora of triternion formulas from various sources continues to increase, though I have yet to see one that draws a perfect M-set as its 0,0 default, as intuition suggests it should. Since posting variation number one of the original formula, I have made four more variations. Today's variation, number five, draws a reasonably perfect default M-set, yet still creates the criss-crossing elements that make these formulae so interesting. I have named today's image, which resembles a nighttime scene at the edge of a fantastic forest on some dreary planet "Somber Planet". The coloring is perhaps the darkest and most somber of any FOTD image, so dark in fact that the image is best viewed in subdued light. Even the reddish clouds in the distance, about to be illuminated by a rising sun, are somber. The rating of 7 is based on the curious resemblance of the image to an actual scene on another planet. A brighter color palette might have earned it a higher rating, but being the type of person who enjoys less-cheerful things such as slow, solemn funeral music, I stuck with the dreary blue tones. The render time of 4-1/2 minutes is not too dreary, but dreary enough to make the download a better choice. The download may be found on the W.W.Web at Paul's site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> and at Scott's site at: <http://sdboyd.dyndns.org/~sdboyd/fotd/index.html> Unusual cold settled into the Fractal Central area on Wednesday, chilling the cats' whiskers thoroughly. With their whiskers chilled by the 20F -7C temperature when I opened the door, the fractal cats didn't even think of going out. They passed the day huddled thankfully by the heat, behaving like little cat angels. Today will be even colder, so I expect a repeat. My day will also be spent indoors, working rather than sleeping. And when the work is done, I shall take a trip to Fractal Land. Until tomorrow at about this same time, take care, and unless I am mistaken, cat's whiskers were once a part of simple radios. Jim Muth jamth(a)mindspring.com jimmuth(a)aol.com START 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE================================ Somber_Planet { ; time=0:04:26.83--SF5 on a P200 reset=2002 type=formula formulafile=triter.frm formulaname=tman5 passes=1 center-mag=-0.663490902\ 33551570/+0.47769924811431790/22426.46/0.1228/-46.\ 3/-56.3053693362961667 params=0.1/0.15 float=y maxiter=1600 inside=0 logmap=122 periodicity=0 colors=000F0TG0UH0VI0WJ0XK0YL0ZM0_N0`O0aP0bQ0cP0eO\ 0dN0cM0bL0bK0aJ0`I0_H0_G0ZF0XE0VD0UC0SB0QA0PA0PA0O\ A0NG0MH0MH0LH0KH0JH0JH0IH1HH2GH3GH4FH5EH6DH7DH8CH9\ BH8AH6AH59H48H26H37H38H48H49H5AH5AH5BH6CH6CH7DH7EH\ 8JH8FH8QH9QH9RHASHASHKTHNTHOUHCWHHWHQYHKZNQ_OP`HEY\ OPYPO_PN`QJ`QOaQQbHHbHMcHIdHJdHJeGIdHJaHJZHJWHJTHJ\ SHJRIKQIKPIKOIKOIKNIKMJLLJLKJLJJLIJLHJLGKMGLMFMMEO\ MDQMCSMBVNAXN9ZN8`N8bN7dN6gO5XO4WO3VO2UO1TO0SO0RM8\ QKGOINMHVKFzIDz4Dz3Cz3Cz3Cy3Cx3Cw3Cv3Bu3Bz3Bz3Bz3B\ z3Bz3Az3Az3Az3Az3Az3Az39z39y39x39w39v39u38u38t38t3\ 8s38s38r37r37r37r37r37r37r36r36r36r36r36r36r35r35r\ 35r35r35r35r34r34r34r34r34r34r33r33r33r33r33r20r32\ r33r34r45r46r47r58r59r5Ar6Br6Cr6Dr7Er7Fr7Gr8Hr8Ir8\ Jr8Kr9Lr9Mr9NrAOrAPrAQrBRrBSrBTrCUrCVrCWrDXrDYrDZr\ E_rE`rEarEbrFcrFdrFerGfrGgrGkrGkrGkrGkrGlrGlrGlrGl\ rGlrGlrGlrGlrGlrGlrGlrGlr } frm:TMan5 { c1=real(pixel),c2=imag(pixel),c3=p1 z1=z2=z3=0: t1=z1*z1+2*z2*z3 t2=z3*z3+2*z1*z2 t3=z2*z2+2*z3*z1 z1=t1+c1,z2=t2-c2*c2,z3=t3+c3 z=z1-z2+z3 |z| < 8 } END 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE==================================

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Testing, testing...
by Russ Walsmith 23 Jan '03

23 Jan '03

Thanks for the advice on the colormaps thing, y'all... much better now, and I appreciate having more insight into the process. The next little anomaly to deal with is the fact that all of my previous letters tend to sprawl all over the page in the archived versions. I didn't see where I had any options to choose from in Mailcity that might affect this result, so I'm using Hotmail for this attempt... Ciao, Russ _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail

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Re: [Fractint] Triternions
by Russell Walsmith 23 Jan '03

23 Jan '03

On Wed, 22 Jan 2003 13:48:31 Lee H. Skinner wrote: >Hi Russ, I don't understand. Were you not able to generate the images from the pars which contain the colors without need of a colormap? Or, if you want, I can e-mail you my completed 1600x1200 images privately to your e-mail address? Lee, When I try to run any of the last five par files that you've posted, I get an error message, "Oops. I couldn't understand the argument: Color=000LBU... Where the color string is whatever was supplied in the par. I'm running version 20.0 of Fractint. The image then renders with the default map. I suppose, if nothing else, you could send me the .map file, which I could then select for the rendered image, but I'd like to be able to go with what I've got; i.e., maybe the color info is just somehow slightly corrupted, and I can perhaps tweak it back into usefulness...? But hey, you could also send an image so that I know I'm trying to accomplish. Just the Cave, if you will, so that my mailbox doesn't overflow. Thanks, Russ _____________________________________________________________ Get 25MB, POP3, Spam Filtering with LYCOS MAIL PLUS for $19.95/year. http://login.mail.lycos.com/brandPage.shtml?pageId=plus&ref=lmtplus

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Triternions
by Russell Walsmith 23 Jan '03

23 Jan '03

Hola, Fellow Phractophiles, There was a brief murmur of interest in triternions when Tim Wegner broached the subject on 12/9/02, which was about as much as the concept, then embryonic, warranted at the time. Its evolved some since then, and the Tsets now offer more opportunity for exploration; so I thought I put the latest formulas out there and see what happens next. TMan { c1=real(pixel),c2=imag(pixel),c3=p1 z1=z2=z3=0: t1=z1*z1+2*z2*z3 t2=z3*z3+2*z1*z2 t3=z2*z2+2*z3*z1 z1=t1+c1,z2=t2-c2*c2,z3=t3+c3 z=z1+z2+z3 |z| < 8 } There is, I believe, a rather nice rendition of this set on page 12 of http://fibonacci-arrays.com/Triternions.pdf The formula is a 2-D slice (in the X,Y plane) of a 3-D object at whatever value is chosen for p1. In appendix #2 of the paper, some variations are explored. Ive also noticed that sign changes may have nice effects. E.g., z1=-t1+c1,z2=t2+c2*c2,z3=t3+c3, t3=-z2*z2+2*z3*z1, and so forth. It seems a bit challenging to define a Julia set version of the TMan; Maybe someone can see a way to go with that. I'm looking forward, eventually, to seeing these objects in full-on 3-D. Ciao, Russell Russ Walsmith russw(a)lycos.com _____________________________________________________________ Get 25MB, POP3, Spam Filtering with LYCOS MAIL PLUS for $19.95/year. http://login.mail.lycos.com/brandPage.shtml?pageId=plus&ref=lmtplus

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Running fractint
by Fr. Jim Lacasse 23 Jan '03

23 Jan '03

This may be a question answered many time, however, when Jim Muth and/or others put the long set of parameters for the given fractal at the bottom of their posting, Where or how is that to be entered into Fractint so I can make and or explore the same fractal. Thanks Jim LaCasse

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Re: [Fractint] Triternions
by Russell Walsmith 22 Jan '03

22 Jan '03

-- On Wed, 22 Jan 2003 10:27:11 Lee H. Skinner wrote: >Hi Russell, Morgan, et al, I would like to request whenever anyone makes revisions or improvements to a formula, that a revision number be included in the formula name. Otherwise there may be confusion among the list members as to which version to use in any posted pars. Sounds like a reasonable course of action, Lee. If you are to send me the colormap or whatever other info I need in order to behold 'The Cave of the Fire Pit' in all of its blazing glory (wait... throw in the 'Fractal Forest too...) then I guess I will be persuaded to your cause. Thanks, Russ russw(a)lycos.com _____________________________________________________________ Get 25MB, POP3, Spam Filtering with LYCOS MAIL PLUS for $19.95/year. http://login.mail.lycos.com/brandPage.shtml?pageId=plus&ref=lmtplus

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FOTD 22-01-03 (Antibrot [6])
by JimMuth＠aol.com 22 Jan '03

22 Jan '03

FOTD -- January 22, 2003 (Rating 6) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today's image is named "Antibrot". I named it when I noticed the almost-Mandelbrot shapes surrounding the obvious Mandelbrot shape at the center. It is another of my evaporated scenes consisting totally of trapped inside points made visible by the < fmod > inside option. The scene was created by combining Z^(-0.7), Z^(-6.4) and (1/C). The rating of a 6 might be a bit generous for an image that uses so few colors of the palette, but those colors create a good impression of fractal objects floating in space, so the rating could be considered appropriate. The render time of 59 minutes is quite slow. The download from: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> or from: <http://sdboyd.dyndns.org/~sdboyd/fotd/index.html> A fresh dusting of snow and a temperature of 26F -3C kept the dynamic fractal cats confined to the indoors all day Tuesday. But they endured their hardship intrepidly, and slept most of the time by the heat. Today is starting sunny but even colder. I hope they can maintain their intrepidness. As for me, I'm ready to have an intrepid day at the work desk. When I finish, I'll take a trip to Fractal Land. The best thing I find there will appear as tomorrow's FOTD. Until then, take care, and when drowning, strap on a fractal. They weigh almost nothing and will keep you afloat indefinitely. Jim Muth jamth(a)mindspring.com jimmuth(a)aol.com START 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE================================ Anti_Mandelbrot { ; time=0:59:10.93--SF5 on a P200 reset=2002 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix4 function=recip passes=t center-mag=+1.7148895301837/-0.0375140875302/29702\ .9/1/57.5/-2.1386011017643369e-010 params=0.6/-0.7\ /0.7/-6.4/0/1e+100 float=y maxiter=1800 inside=fmod proximity=0.45 logmap=yes periodicity=10 colors=000Kgj`UWCjbXVUF7FKyoWidfVV4GITGKhJJkIKmHKo\ GLQySXmQcbOjRMRl0dWBk9maLhcSfdZcfeahlZisXai`V`dOSh\ GIl99p20s43p66m88jABgCEdEGaFJ_HLXJOULRRNTOPWLQYJZS\ KhMLS28d9F9NLnOooMgpK_qISoQRpNPpLOqIMUmhJjj8hkBmjE\ riHwhAV`lmhqn_uoRypJCyIDoWEeiFXvpaNhOIqUMqNLfRlJvz\ ``efXViSSlOQoKNmaYoUTpNP7VGMhnU`faU_iNSD0wVHQfGNcZ\ ZeQEgujl`Y6EsIFjUFaeGTXOS`9aiDTbPbjKUT3tIz9RnC_bFh\ RIlw`nlXoaTpRPQkrSDqdF`7TeJP_VMVfJQebQpKlNqubZbDo8\ RcDdSHneLoZLpTLqMLMHwaGcKkX`WR7tGNfIbTKC8yNAnXCdgE\ VW`jfQYaCaEFbjShlPbnMXpJRKpa`YT2k3SWC0y5YL3bJ8gICl\ HH`9QeBOiDNmFMOH6YGBgGGUcDeSHLi0aVBNzwYjjgVYehbiZX\ mPRY8YgCRzmUz_RqMOA7A`ADpCGhEJcxaglXjaTnRPMX58f_qQ\ e3oRky_miVoVQ1k3Fc8SWCdOH1lxSWd7kLVWL_avS6idBXQyx_\ ijhVYptiqf`qTT0IbRHUm_geZGiSImMKNpZVfVbYSjPO4gyMSr\ aMawe_uXVsOQSUk`PbiKUtzerbVcHGE13S69dBFgzZ7ozknQnX\ NfejjXanOT4epJ8G`CJpnh3us } frm:MandelbrotMix4 {; 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, k=real(p3)+1, l=imag(p3)+100, c=fn1(pixel): z=k*((a*(z^b))+(d*(z^f)))+c, |z| < l } END 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE==================================

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Re: [fractint] FOTD 19-01-03 (Maximum Spirals [5])
by Lee H. Skinner 22 Jan '03

22 Jan '03

The TMan1 formula can really produce some incredible images. Here's one deep in the parent of Jim's FOTD of Maximum Spirals. I think it's one of the most beautiful images that I've ever created, but well worth the wait to calculate at the highest resolution you can. It reminds me of some of the images I created with the Carr2821 PHC formula, but the TMan1 formula is not a PHC formula. 60119015 { ; Fractal Forest t= 0:40:10.96 ; on a P4 2Gh at 1600x1200 Jan 21, 2003 22:06:37 ; Image Copyright 2003 by Lee H. Skinner ver=2002 ; Version 2002 Patchlevel 3 reset=2002 type=formula formulafile=fractint.frm formulaname=tman1 passes=1 center-mag=-0.00595484452179773/+0.74507406570897650/2.889005e+008/1/-44\ .9999986561148546/-1.7144370605542969e-006 params=0/0 float=y maxiter=4200 inside=0 symmetry=none periodicity=0 colors=000ah0<3>`g0`f0`f0<31>DSCDRDCRDBQEAQE9PF<5>CNBDMBDMA<3>GK9HK9JJ9<\ 22>j73l63m63<2>q42r42r72<3>tM1uP1uT1vW1v_1wc0<4>xmPxoUxqZ<2>ywmzzsyzs<12\ >_pvYpvWov<2>QmwOlwOlu<17>MiGMiEMiC<2>Mi5Lh2Mh3<24>prkqrmssn<2>vttxuvxuv\ yvv<6>ypSyoNynJ<2>yk5zj0xh0<8>ZP1XN2UK2<3>IB3<38>`g1 } frm:TMan1 { c1=flip(real(pixel)),c2=imag(pixel),c3=p1 z1=z2=z3=0: t1=z1*z1+2*z2*z3 t2=z3*z3+2*z1*z2 t3=z2*z2+2*z3*z1 z1=t1+c1,z2=t2-c2*c2,z3=t3+c3 z=z1+z2+z3 |z| < 8 }

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Re: Fractint digest, Vol 1 #368 - 7 msgs
by JackOTradez 21 Jan '03

21 Jan '03

In recent fractint mailing lists there were postings about the TMan1 (Russ Wallsmith, tweaked by Jim Muth), and Sylvie Gallet's "rising lake" effect. I have figured how to animate them both; they are currently rendering right now and should be posted on my site in a few days or so. They look 2B seriously cool. Lee Skinner also posted 4 PAR formulas in the last mailing, one of them, "Cave of the Fire Pit" is awesome! If you didn't check it out, do it! I rendered it at 1600x1200, printed out a hardcopy, and hung it up on my wall - I don't often do that. I really see a view from the air of a shallow Carribean sea dotted with little islands. In the middle is a gaping black hole, as if an asteroid had just impacted, with a definite 3D appearance and a wall/cliff (tidal wave?) next to it. And fire spewing out of it like there would be. Now if I could animate the fire w/o affecting the rest of it ... ...

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FOTD 21-01-03 (Sub-Marine Scene [6])
by Jim Muth 21 Jan '03

21 Jan '03

FOTD -- January 21, 2003 (Rating 6) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: As the extended fractional value of the real p1 and p2 para- meters of today's image shows, the coefficients were found by Fractint's evolver feature, the robot fractal explorer that can go intrepidly where men would dare not venture. The exponents however were chosen by the man, who had no time to dare to venture intrepidly. The image itself is another of those ghostly ones created by finding an interesting scene in a fractal which contains negative exponents, then raising the bailout until every point is trapped and the image consists of nothing but the infinite fractal ocean. At this point, if an inside fill such as bof60 is applied, a reflection of the original image almost magically reappears, sometimes looking even better than the original itself. I named the image "Sub-Marine Scene", though it has little resem- blance to the underwater world. I rated it at a 6, which might be a bit optimistic considering the hasty and somewhat muddy coloring. The render time of 12 minutes (on my tired machine) can be avoided by downloading the completed image from: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> or from: <http://sdboyd.dyndns.org/~sdboyd/fotd/index.html> With a warm sun, the temperature reached 37F 3C here at Fractal Central on Monday, but the winds were over 40mph 64kph, which made the intrepid duo quite skittish, and cut their outdoor time to a few minutes. They must be getting used to being house- bound, because they were actually quite happy with themselves through the long afternoon. At dinner time I rewarded their patience with a treat of tuna. But today is much colder, and light snow is falling. Their patience will be tried far more severely. Looking at the clock on the wall over my desk, I see that it is time to get busy on the unexpectedly tall pile of tasks on the shelf beside me. Until next time, take care, and be sure to try the fractal diet. Eat only fractals for a month and watch those pounds and ounces (kilograms and grams) vanish like magic. Jim Muth jamth(a)mindspring.com jimmuth(a)aol.com START 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE================================ Sub-Marine_Scene { ; time=0:12:16.60--SF5 on a p200 reset=2002 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix4 function=recip passes=1 center-mag=+2.27593538850584600/+0.293765268933583\ 40/3.698853e+008/1/57.5/-8.49740486379493842e-005 params=-11.49790215765862/-1.3/-10.61464473403119/\ -9.4/0/1e+100 float=y maxiter=1200 inside=bof61 symmetry=none periodicity=10 colors=000zlJzmJznKzoKzpKzqLzrMzsOztQzuSzvUNBWQCZR\ C`SCbAcaAc`9b_8bZ8bY7bX6aW6aV5aU5aT6bV6bX7cY0007da\ 8db8ed9ef9fg9fiUYVSXXQVZOU`MTcKReIQgGPiENlCMnALp5G\ q9KrDOrGSrKWrNZrRbrVfrYjranr`wsdqrhlqkgqoapsXoxQpv\ SotUnrWmqYlo_km`jkbijdhhfgfhfeiedjdckcclcbmbambana\ `oa_p`_p`Zq_Zr_YsZXtYXtYWuXVvX000UwWTxVTyVSzUSzUUw\ WWuXYsY_pZan_cl`ejaggbieckcdmaeoZfqXgsVhvRguTitVjs\ XkrZmq`nt`pqaoq`pp_qpZroYsoXtnWumUvuWDrYGo_JlbNidQ\ ffUbiX_k_XmcUpfRrjOtmKwqKwpKwpLwnMwmNwkOwiOwhPwfQw\ eRwcSwaTw`TwZUwY000WwUXwTYwRYwQZwO_wM`wLawJbwHdrHg\ lGjgFmaEpXDsRCvLBrSEqTGpUIoVKnWMmXOlYQkZSj_Ui`Wgxz\ fzzevzduzctzbszarz`qy_pxZowYnvWmuYjqYioXhmXgkWfjWe\ hWdfVcdVbbU`aU__TZYTXWTVUSTTSRRRPPRNNQKLQLLROMRPMS\ SNSTPRWRQYTP`VObXNdZMf`LibKkdJnfIpiOndTobYo`bpZgpX\ lqVrrTsmQthNufNvdNwbNx`NyZMzXMzYMzZMz_Mz`LzaLzbLzc\ LzdLzeKzfKzgKzhKziKzjJzkJ } frm:MandelbrotMix4 {; 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, k=real(p3)+1, l=imag(p3)+100, c=fn1(pixel): z=k*((a*(z^b))+(d*(z^f)))+c, |z| < l } END 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE==================================

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