Fractint Disk Video Mode Problems
IMO, the best way to make very large fractals is to edit your fractint.cfg and add a line such as I have in mine: ,Disk/RAM 'Video' , 3, 0, 0, 0, 11,16000,12000,256,For Background Fractals <one line> This will render an image of 16,000x12,000 pixels. (approx. 5.5meg) I'm not sure what the max values are, but seem to remember something around 32,000 Bill <If you want a giant image, you should use the divide-and-conquer feature. < Take the image you want to render, go to the save parameters screen, and <at the bottom it will say "this is for generating the image in pieces." <Choose a videomode and how many pieces you want. For example, if you <want a 4096x3072 image, set x_multiples = y_multiples = 4 and vid_mode = <SF7. It will make a .par file and a .bat file that will draw 16 1024x768 <images and piece them together. The spliced together .gif is like an <animated .gif (as near as I can tell), and you can use the program <simplgif.exe to convert it to a regular one. <However, I just tried this a few days ago, and simplgif didn't work. It <made the .gif fine, but when I opened the simplified .gif, there were <problems. Paint Shop Pro said something like "wrong lzw format" and SEA <(a dos image viewer) opened it but it was really screwed up. This method <has worked for me before, but that was on my old computer. Suggestions <anyone? <Jon K. On Sun, 30 Dec 2001 21:36:45 -0500 "Tony Parker" <tgparker@worldnet.att.net> writes:
Call me stupid, but I seem unable to get my present configuration of Fractint to save gif image files in disk video mode larger than the configured standard video card settings. I know I've forgotten something and am missing the obvious....
For instanse assume I'm using a Matrox Millenium AGP G-200 video card in Fractint 1024 x 768 x 256 Vesa Mode, and say I want to generate an image 5x or 10x that standard size in "disk video mode".
Would someone please walk me through with even the most obvious baby steps of <v> mode settings and any other settings so that I can access the "disk video mode" and save my images to larger, denser, files in fractint?
Would any other configs or settings interfer with why the disk video mode isn't working?
Pleas advise Thanks
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Bill: Thanks for you reply. Here's some of my my fractint.cfg settings. BTW, do you have any tips for optimizing rendering time and improving performance re: the cache settings? tg AF1 ,Disk/RAM 'Video' , 3, 0, 0, 0, 11,1024,768,256,For Background Fractals AF2 ,Disk/RAM 'Video' , 3, 0, 0, 0, 11,5120,3840,256,For Background Fractals AF3 ,Disk/RAM 'Video' , 3, 0, 0, 0, 11,10240,7680,256,For Background Fractals AF4 ,Disk/RAM 'Video' , 3, 0, 0, 0, 11,20480,15360,256,For Background Fractals AF5 ,Disk/RAM 'Video' , 3, 0, 0, 0, 11,30720,23040,256,For Background Fractals ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Jemison" <fishburnIII@compuserve.com> To: <fractint@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2002 11:16 AM Subject: [Fractint] Fractint Disk Video Mode Problems IMO, the best way to make very large fractals is to edit your fractint.cfg and add a line such as I have in mine: ,Disk/RAM 'Video' , 3, 0, 0, 0, 11,16000,12000,256,For Background Fractals <one line> This will render an image of 16,000x12,000 pixels. (approx. 5.5meg) I'm not sure what the max values are, but seem to remember something around 32,000 Bill <If you want a giant image, you should use the divide-and-conquer feature. < Take the image you want to render, go to the save parameters screen, and <at the bottom it will say "this is for generating the image in pieces." <Choose a videomode and how many pieces you want. For example, if you <want a 4096x3072 image, set x_multiples = y_multiples = 4 and vid_mode = <SF7. It will make a .par file and a .bat file that will draw 16 1024x768 <images and piece them together. The spliced together .gif is like an <animated .gif (as near as I can tell), and you can use the program <simplgif.exe to convert it to a regular one. <However, I just tried this a few days ago, and simplgif didn't work. It <made the .gif fine, but when I opened the simplified .gif, there were <problems. Paint Shop Pro said something like "wrong lzw format" and SEA <(a dos image viewer) opened it but it was really screwed up. This method <has worked for me before, but that was on my old computer. Suggestions <anyone? <Jon K. On Sun, 30 Dec 2001 21:36:45 -0500 "Tony Parker" <tgparker@worldnet.att.net> writes:
Call me stupid, but I seem unable to get my present configuration of Fractint to save gif image files in disk video mode larger than the configured standard video card settings. I know I've forgotten something and am missing the obvious....
For instanse assume I'm using a Matrox Millenium AGP G-200 video card in Fractint 1024 x 768 x 256 Vesa Mode, and say I want to generate an image 5x or 10x that standard size in "disk video mode".
Would someone please walk me through with even the most obvious baby steps of <v> mode settings and any other settings so that I can access the "disk video mode" and save my images to larger, denser, files in fractint?
Would any other configs or settings interfer with why the disk video mode isn't working?
Pleas advise Thanks
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