FOTD -- January 27, 2007 (Rating 7) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: After a minor consideration, today's fractal work was rated by me at a 7. I almost rated it at an 8, but I couldn't find that certain something hidden in it that would knock it up a notch. As it is, a rating of 7 is still well above average, and someone who spends the few seconds needed to render the image will not be disappointed. The parent fractal was created by whimsiclly subtracting 2.2 parts of Z^(-2.2) from 1.1 parts of Z^(1.1) and adding C. It resembles a slightly distorted Mandelbrot set with clumps of fractal debris holding tiny M-sets scattered around it. Today's image is located in one of these satellites. The 'outside' parts of today's image were rendered with the rarely-used 'summ' option in effect. The rating of a 7 shows that, in today's image at least, this option works better than anything else available. The render time of 40 seconds is about as brief as it gets, making rendering the scene from the attached parameter file the fastest way of seeing the scene. But some of the newer SOTA machines will choke on Fractint parameter files. Those with such prima-donna computers will need to venture to the FOTD web site, where the completely rendered GIF image is posted, ready for viewing. The FOTD web site may be accessed at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> A morning low temperature of 7C -14C made life most unpleasant for humans who had to venture outside early Thursday here at Fractal Central. But fractal cats never venture outside, so they were not concerned about the cold. Their main interest was with food. My day was very busy. Tomorrow should be less hectic however. Hopefully, the more relaxed atmosphere will produce a great fractal. Check back in 24 hours to see. Until then, take care, and where is the great fractal when you need him? Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= FOTD_for_Jan_27_07 { ; time=0:00:40.59--SF5 on a P200 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix4 function=ident passes=1 center-mag=-1.33923320184463700/-1.003510512534941\ 00/556.4225/1/-22.5/8.57516141428149581e-012 params=1/1.1/-2.2/-2.2/0/0 float=y maxiter=1800 inside=0 outside=summ periodicity=10 colors=0000XzN0UMIdKVdzptrzymyxhwwduvksvlktlarlQpl\ Hnl8liAggCceE_cFVaHR_JNYKJdRUkYcrcmkdgeda_dWUdRNeL\ HeFBe95e4EvHTcOfMUt4_n3Wi3Sc2OZ2LT1HO1DI09D06ITJMu\ VKmZIfaG_eEThDMkSOYePLVJGLDBB761119BFDcqNcFCE5DGBE\ HHFJNilL_bOQTRKHJJIMIJOHKR9GqCIhEJ`UFvQHnNIgJJ_h2U\ `7TUBTNGTP4XKCVEsDFgJGWO5AsBFeHXaGSZGOWBwS6d69ZCBU\ IEPOg0gUA_uJejKa`KZQKWexhZmdTc`MUX83I1owjirVXe_6yQ\ Dh6XW9TVBQUENTlGzaInRJcbGOqX9gTEZQJPNOgsqUadOOoKMc\ yzqmojbddRUZ81vA6nCBgEG_iJUcVRSPSbXXUmyPcnKUc_kFQY\ MhgeUWZgY5URHN2tK8jIEaT_kMSaClSiQSZOMOMGDKA2J5HYIW\ lUizefMTXLROLPFKN6KLBXSGiYLucTITIbYsX6eSETOMT4IMCO\ Urnqscgj`ZaYPTVEwyFmpFchGU`rwxeimTXb7RRAPSCNSELTfV\ KYRNPNQfbsTTehAA`DFUFKNIPuNs`LeAJNDKQVqdRhaN`ZJSWj\ 28qrEZ`MLsDIaLeigZbcTX_MQW3v7IsPHjQHaRGTSClUEYTK1W\ S0eP5aMAZJFWQxVLcU9LJDKO30t87jCEalI6a69PchMZdKU`IP\ XLQTOMmLLfIK_T1HR9NQGTOOY } 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 PARAMETER FILE=========================================