experimental fotd feed
<http://www.xmission.com/~legalize/fractals/fotd/test/index.html> Yes, there are gaps. xfractint doesn't always succeed in rendering. Comments? -- "The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline" -- DirectX 9 draft available for download <http://www.xmission.com/~legalize/book/download/index.html> Legalize Adulthood! <http://blogs.xmission.com/legalize/>
Richard wrote:
http://www.xmission.com/~legalize/fractals/fotd/test/index.html
Comments?
It probably would be better to have the "thumbnails" smaller than the current 256x192, otherwise those with monitor display settings at 1024x768 (or smaller) will be scrolling back and forth all the time. Plus, there are still many people without high-speed connections, and having so many images on a single page causes a long time in downloading. You should also warn people on the web page, that by clicking the links to see a larger version of the image, they will be downloading a 1600x1200 image file, which could be around 500-KB (or may be larger). Oh... BTW... The web page you created back around November 23, 2008 at: http://www.xmission.com/~legalize/fractals/fotd/ has an incorrect link to the email (Parameter File) for the "Kaleidoscope_View" image.
Maryetta Campbell wrote:
Richard wrote:
http://www.xmission.com/~legalize/fractals/fotd/test/index.html
Comments?
It probably would be better to have the "thumbnails" smaller than the current 256x192, otherwise those with monitor display settings at 1024x768 (or smaller) will be scrolling back and forth all the time.
Plus, there are still many people without high-speed connections, and having so many images on a single page causes a long time in downloading.
You should also warn people on the web page, that by clicking the links to see a larger version of the image, they will be downloading a 1600x1200 image file, which could be around 500-KB (or may be larger).
Oh... BTW...
The web page you created back around November 23, 2008 at: http://www.xmission.com/~legalize/fractals/fotd/ has an incorrect link to the email (Parameter File) for the "Kaleidoscope_View" image.
Suggestion: Since you know the size and orientation of the images very well, you can wrap each image and its accompanying text in a div, and use CSS to float it left. Then visitors will get as many images across as they have available screen space. -- David gnome@hawaii.rr.com authenticity, honesty, community
Maryetta Campbell wrote:
It probably would be better to have the "thumbnails" smaller than the current 256x192, otherwise those with monitor display settings at 1024x768 (or smaller) will be scrolling back and forth all the time.
It would not take much of a decrease to get them four-up per row on a 1024x768 screen size. But they could just as easily be put in a three-up per row arrangement, keeping the current size. Either way, with this web page assuming most people's monitors are set at something wider than 1024x768 (at this time in history) is probably not the best web design decision. Sincerely, P.N.L. ------------------------------------------------- http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/PNL_Fractals.html http://www.Nahee.com/Fractals/
If you have a slow connection, a small monitor, or are generally not liking pages with heavy image content, this feed is not for you. -- "The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline" -- DirectX 9 draft available for download <http://www.xmission.com/~legalize/book/download/index.html> Legalize Adulthood! <http://blogs.xmission.com/legalize/>
<http://www.xmission.com/~legalize/fractals/fotd/test/index.html>
Beautiful images at 1600x1200, Richard. But these were generated via Xfractint and not your Windows version? And then converted from gifs to jpegs? Lee
In article <499E32E6.8070300@thuntek.net>, "Lee H. Skinner" <skinner@thuntek.net> writes:
<http://www.xmission.com/~legalize/fractals/fotd/test/index.html>
Beautiful images at 1600x1200, Richard. But these were generated via Xfractint and not your Windows version? And then converted from gifs to jpegs?
xfractint renders at 3x oversampling, then downsized to 1600x1200 and saved as JPEG. -- "The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline" -- DirectX 9 draft available for download <http://www.xmission.com/~legalize/book/download/index.html> Legalize Adulthood! <http://blogs.xmission.com/legalize/>
Richard wrote:
<http://www.xmission.com/~legalize/fractals/fotd/test/index.html>
Yes, there are gaps. xfractint doesn't always succeed in rendering.
Comments?
Nice, I like it! -- David gnome@hawaii.rr.com authenticity, honesty, community
Richard, I like the site. I don't think the thumbnails are too big. It is not a good idea to make fractal thumbnails too small because you lose too much detail. I also like the fact that you put Jim's discussion as a comment within the parameter file. Also, it is fun to see the images at 1600x1200. Nick -----Original Message----- <http://www.xmission.com/~legalize/fractals/fotd/test/index.html> Yes, there are gaps. xfractint doesn't always succeed in rendering. Comments?
Richard wrote:
<http://www.xmission.com/~legalize/fractals/fotd/test/index.html> Yes, there are gaps. xfractint doesn't always succeed in rendering. Comments?
It is nice to see some of these FOTD images in a larger size. Are each of these images manually generated, or are you trying for an automated method based upon the FOTD emails ?? BTW, it takes just shy of 5 minutes to download that whole web page, with all of its images, over a modem connection. And after trying a few full size images through the same modem connection, they were averaging around 2-1/2 minutes a piece to download. Sincerely, P.N.L. ------------------------------------------------- http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/PNL_Fractals.html http://www.Nahee.com/Fractals/
In article <499F4C46.6010206@Worldnet.att.net>, "Paul N. Lee" <Paul.N.Lee@Worldnet.att.net> writes:
Are each of these images manually generated, or are you trying for an automated method based upon the FOTD emails ??
A cron job attempts to grind through 2 pars each night; its catching up on a backlog of messages at the moment. -- "The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline" -- DirectX 9 draft available for download <http://www.xmission.com/~legalize/book/download/index.html> Legalize Adulthood! <http://blogs.xmission.com/legalize/>
Richard wrote:
A cron job attempts to grind through 2 pars each night; its catching up on a backlog of messages at the moment.
Then it will have problems, not only with the ones you have already had difficulties with, but also with ones such as today's FOTD: JustAnotherFractal { ; time=0:11:11.17-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basic.frm formulaname=MandAutoCritInZ ...... frm:AutoCritInZ {; Jim Muth a=real(p1), b=imag(p1), d=real(p2), f=imag(p2), ...... The PAR has one name for the formula, but the formula has another name. Just one of the many reasons I do the FOTD web pages manually. :-) Later, P.N.L. ------------------------------------------------- http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/PNL_Fractals.html http://www.Nahee.com/Fractals/
In article <499F5C79.3090909@Worldnet.att.net>, "Paul N. Lee" <Paul.N.Lee@Worldnet.att.net> writes:
Richard wrote:
A cron job attempts to grind through 2 pars each night; its catching up on a backlog of messages at the moment.
Then it will have problems, [...]
Oh well. If a PAR can't render the way its posted, then it will be skipped. Its not worth the trouble of doing it by hand. -- "The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline" -- DirectX 9 draft available for download <http://www.xmission.com/~legalize/book/download/index.html> Legalize Adulthood! <http://blogs.xmission.com/legalize/>
URL changed: <http://www.xmission.com/~legalize/fractals/fotd> -- "The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline" -- DirectX 9 draft available for download <http://www.xmission.com/~legalize/book/download/index.html> Legalize Adulthood! <http://blogs.xmission.com/legalize/>
On Fri, 20 Feb 2009, at 19:08:54, Richard wrote:
Paul N. Lee writes:
Richard wrote:
A cron job attempts to grind through 2 pars each night; its catching up on a backlog of messages at the moment.
Then it will have problems, not only with the ones you have already had difficulties with, but also with ones such as today's FOTD: JustAnotherFractal { ; time=0:11:11.17-SF5
The PAR has one name for the formula, but the formula has another name.
Oh well. If a PAR can't render the way its posted, then it will be skipped. Its not worth the trouble of doing it by hand.
Glad to see you are now finally taking the "trouble" to render some of those problem FOTDs that were missing from your initial attempts. Seems like you you had to do a bit of work by "hand" after all. Just surprised it took you 16+ months to figure out that XFractInt was the culprit in not rendering those FOTDs. I guess nobody else is using XFractInt to run parameters with that particular problem. On Wed, 16 Jun 2010, at 18:05:53, Richard wrote to <FractDev>:
I noticed a pattern when processing Jim Muth's FOTD pars that every time the parset name had a '-' in the name, xfractint would not be able to render the file properly. I verified this by changing my script to rename the parset 'tmp' as I rendered the image and all the ones with '-' in the name are now rendering properly.
Would it not be better to just have the script change the dash to an underscore character, at least until a patch is applied to the XFractInt code?? Sincerely, P.N.L. -------------------------------------- http://www.Nahee.com/PNL/Fractals.html http://www.Nahee.com/Fractals/
Paul N. Lee wrote:
Richard wrote:
<http://www.xmission.com/~legalize/fractals/fotd/test/index.html> Yes, there are gaps. xfractint doesn't always succeed in rendering. Comments?
It is nice to see some of these FOTD images in a larger size.
+1 to that!
Are each of these images manually generated, or are you trying for an automated method based upon the FOTD emails ??
I believe they're automatically generated ... run xfractint via a script that feeds it the parameter file from Jim's email?
BTW, it takes just shy of 5 minutes to download that whole web page, with all of its images, over a modem connection. And after trying a few full size images through the same modem connection, they were averaging around 2-1/2 minutes a piece to download.
According to the FF Web Developer toolbar's "View Speed Report" option: Global Statistics Total HTTP Requests: 65 Total Size: 1248923 bytes That's a hefty download size. Lots of images! -- David gnome@hawaii.rr.com authenticity, honesty, community
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