FOTD -- November 03, 2004 (Rating 6) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: After being up almost all night watching election returns, I find myself a bit logy this morning, but still with enough energy to post the traditional FOTD. (Yes, the FOTD can almost be called traditional. In April of 1997 when I posted the first FOTD, if anyone had told me that I would still be as enthusiastic in November of 2004, 7-1/2 years later, I would have laughed.) Today, we continue our tour of the Fractint formulas. Moving past an interesting series of orbit-type formulas, we reach the first of the 'Magnet'-type formulas. I know little about these formulas, though it appears they were derived from the behavior of magnetic materials rather than being written for the purpose of creating fractals. I would assume they only coincidentally create interesting fractals. I created today's fractal image using the magnet1j formula. This formula is quite complex, and I have no idea of what it tells us about magnetic material, but it makes attractive fractals, one of which appears as today's FOTD. I named the image "Ruby-Red" for its strong ruby-colored elements, though its most impressive feature may be the green, filled-in midget Julia set at the center. Other Julia sets of a similar shape are scattered throughout the image. Curiously, these other sets are open on the inside. To add interest to an otherwise routine image, I rendered it with the outside set to 'real'. It is this option that causes the battlement shape so obvious in the bands in the ruby areas. I rated the image at a 6, perhaps a bit liberally. The render time is a fast 2-1/3 minutes, which gives an overall worth of 253. The fastest way of all to see the action of the magnetic materials is to download the completed GIF file from the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> The weather turned surprisingly pleasant here at Fractal Central on Tuesday. The dynamic fractal cats had a great day in the yard, where they slept early and slept often. The temperature of 70F 21C was perfect. Today is starting with more clouds, but a little blue sky is showing. Only time will tell what kind of day the duo will have. For me, it will be another average day. The commercial work is still caught up, meaning the fractals will continue coming on schedule. The next one will arrive in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and keep your chin up. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Ruby-Red { ; time=0:02:22.53--SF5 on a P200 reset=2003 type=magnet1j center-mag=-0.67118/1.252\ 61/1.449612/1/-90/3.88578058618804789e-016 passes=1 params=2.079812206572769/1.677557411273484 float=y maxiter=2500 bailout=100 inside=0 outside=real logmap=-3 symmetry=none periodicity=0 colors=000bcaVjaRmYOpV`Rdl2nj4gh6af8WrAQmCKhEEcG8Z\ ICWKFTMINNLIPOFRRCSUMUZWVceWhaZkZ`mWboTdqPfsMhuJjw\ GlyOpvVstavr_itYXuWKvV7woPGpOHpOIpOJpNKpNLqNMqNNqM\ OqMPqMQqMRnPTlSVjVXhYZf``dcbafd_ifYlhWojUrlSunQwoz\ Wbu_XpcSkgNgjHbnCYr7Uu2VrEWpPXn`XlkVmiUmhTmfSneRnd\ PnbOnaNo`MoZLoYKoXLkVMgTNdSO`QPXOQUNRQLSMJTJIUFGVC\ FPNKKYOEhT9rXDsYGsZJs_Ns`QsaTtbXtc_tcbtdfteiuflugp\ uhsuivuitvjrvjqvjovjmvjlvjjwkhwkgwkewkcwkbwk`7U_QA\ bSJeTShU`kVheUj`UlWUnRTpLTrGTtBSv6Sx1SzCSFBWJAZN9a\ Q8eU8hX7k`6od5rg4uk4xn5wi6ve6va7uY8uU8rA9qAApAAoAB\ nACmAClABkAAjAAiD9hH8gL8fO7eS7dV6`Z5Kz5Hz4Ez4BzAEz\ FGzKIzPKzVMz_OzdQziSznUzjSzgRzdQzaGzdIzfKzhMzjNzmP\ zoRzqTzsUzpPzmKzkFzhAze5zc0zMQz4ozWtzTqzRozOjzLezI\ `zFWzDRzCVzBZzAaz9ez8hz7lz6ozDnzKmzQlzXkzcjziizjcz\ kYzkSzlNzlHzmBzm6ziBzeFzaJzZNzVRzRVzNZzKbzR_zXXzcV\ ziSzpPzvNzkXz`ezZbzY`zXZz } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================