FOTD -- December 17, 2004 (Rating 6) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: The work is once again falling behind. This will make it necessary for me to cut today's discussion short. The fractal is a harmless one created by the MandelbrotMix4 formula, which I have not used for several months. By setting the outside to 'real' I was able to create the effect of gift-wrap ribbons, inspiring the name "Gift Wrappings". The rating of a 6 indicates that I consider the image a little above average. The calculation time of 4 minutes gives an overall worth of 141. The image, for all it is worth, may be seen without the need of running a parameter file by downloading it from the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> With a temperature of 46F 8C, Thursday afternoon was mild enough for the cats to enjoy an hour in the yard. When they decided to come in, they found the tuna waiting. All in all, it was a pleasant day for the dynamic duo. Today promises to be even milder, giving hopes of another pleasant day. For me the work is starting to pile up again, which will make it necessary to miss a couple FOTD's, so until Monday the 20th, take care, and be happy when things go right. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Gift_Wrappings { ; time=0:04:15.79--SF5 on a P200 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix4 function=recip passes=1 center-mag=-0.86475218508526370/+1.147793265057561\ 00/1.340255e+007/1/-7.5/1.38198046488735571e-005 params=0.1/-1.1/-1.1/1.1/0/0 float=y maxiter=1000 inside=0 outside=real periodicity=10 colors=0001dm4pt7cmARiDGdG4`K7ZNAZRBYVEYYHWaIWdLVg\ NVdLTaLRZKRWKQTKOQIONINKHLHHLEHKBGI8GI5EH2EG0EG0DE\ 0DD0DDarY`mTZjOZgKYdHYaDWZ8WW4VT1VQ0TN0TK0WH0YG0`E\ 0aD0dB0eA1g82j74l57o48p1At0Bu0Ew0Gz0Hz0Iz0Lz0Nz0Oz\ 0Qz0Rz0Qz0Oz0Nz0Nz0Lz0Kz0Kz0Iz0Hz0Gz0Gz0Ez0Dz0Dz0B\ z0Az0AtDdaZzYWzTTzOQxKNwHKuHItHIpHHmIHkIHiIImINnHT\ oGYpGYzKVoNLdRBVW2Ka0Ae00j00oK0t30xO0zT0zX1zT4zP5z\ O8zVBz`DzeGzlHzrKzxLxwOxuRxtVwrYwpZwoaumdulgujiuil\ uipugutexteztdztdzrazrZzrWurVprRlpOgpNcpKZpHVpEQpD\ LoAHo7Do58o24o00o00m10m20m40m50m81mA1mB2mD4lE4lH5l\ I7lK7lL8lNAlQAlRBjTDjVDjWEjZGj`GjaHjcIjdIdQZZBzV0z\ W0zY0zY0zZ0zZ0z`0z`0za0za0zc0zc0zd0zd0ze0ze0zg0zg0\ zi0zi0zj0zj0zl0zl0zj0zi0zg0zg0ze0zd0zd0zc0za1z`2z`\ 4zZ5zY8zYAzWBzVDzVEzRGzQHzNIzLKzKLzIKtHKoGKlGKjEKi\ DKeDKdBKcAI`AIZ8IW7IV7IT5IQ4IO4IN4KN4LN4NN4ON2QN2R\ N2TN2VN2WN2WN05V05V0Ha0Tg } 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=========================================