JackOfTradeZ, Jay, fellow fractaleers, Contents: - Comments on the pakman video, - Visual effects caused by viewing the pakman video, and - Instructions for seeing & using the pakman fractal's color map for other fractals. - Viewing Color Maps in Raymond Filiatreault's FintMap app - Pakman Fractal Authorship - Pakman Fractal Parameter File - Pakman Color Map Listing - Please answer this question. Thanks! -----------------------------------------------------------------

Animation of the recently described "pakman" fractal is posted

I enjoyed your video a lot! Especially anticipating the "pakman's" appearance... There's also a *nifty visual effect* caused by the brain's visual system that appears after watching the video. (See below for more about this.)

...can't tell if it's comin' or goin' ! loox weird like you zooming in and out at the same time

You're right -- the left side of the fractal is expanding (zooming in) and the right side is shrinking (zooming out) simultaneously. As you say, it can be a bit disorienting... Visual Effects Caused by Viewing the Pakman Video ------------------------------------------------- After sizing the video to full screen, the sequence starting after the pakman's appearance at 33 seconds in, fills the screen. Viewing the animation from this point through to the end, I can almost picture myself *sliding to the left* of the fractal hovering in space in front of me. My perceived 'motion' is caused by the left side of the video expanding in size -- with the right side simultaneously shrinking. It's a pretty strong vertigo-like effect for me. ["Vertigo" - Dizziness characterized by a sensation of whirling motion, either of oneself or of external objects. http://www.thefreedictionary.com/vertigo ] I've had videos where the point of view rapidly slides sideways make me feel this 'out of control' sliding, vertigo effect before. ----------------------------------------------------------- Does anyone else feel this 'out of control' vertigo effect? ----------------------------------------------------------- One other thing I noticed about viewing a video of a fractal that continuously shrinks or expands. After watching 'expanding' video for 30 seconds or more, apparently the brain's visual system starts to think that 'continuously expanding' is the way the world always is. Anyway, immediately after watching the expanding video, if you look at a *still frame* of the video carefully, you will see that your visual system continues to make the still image appear to change in size. The effect causes the still frame to expand on the right and shrink on the left. This effect fades for me after 10 or 15 seconds. The effect is strongest for me if I stare at the small white center area while watching the video and still frame. ----------------------------------------------------------- Does anyone else see the still frame of the fractal expand on the right and shrink on the left after viewing the last 1/2 of the video? ----------------------------------------------------------- JackOfTradeZ, I'm curious as to why you zipped your WMV video file. The video is 20.14 MB unzipped and 19.98 MB zipped. The WMV appears pretty well compressed by its codec already and doesn't get any appreciable size reduction from zipping... Pakman Fractal's Color Map -------------------------- The pakman's color map (DIAG.MAP) used in the fractal is quite nice. I've applied it to some of Jim Muth's Fractals of the Day that he said he didn't have time to work on the coloring of as much as he wanted and it's provided good coloring for me on some of these fractals. I put a screen capture of the DIAG.MAP onto my server of the color map in Fractint's "Palette Editor" color map viewer/editor popped up over the "pakman" fractal : http://www.emarketingiseasy.com/TESTS/Fractals/2010-02-26_Palette-Editor-ove... or: http://tinyurl.com/PaletteEditorOverPakman You can also see the pakman's color map (or any fractal's color map) in the "Palette Editor" color map viewer/editor in Fractint by saving the pakman fractal's .GIF using the link Jay gave: http://ecn.ab.ca/~brewhaha/img/PakMan.gif to your hard drive; (right click > Save Image/Picture As...) then: - Reloading the PakMan.GIF image into Fractint using the <r> key, - Hitting the Extended "Palette Editor" key: <e> - Hitting <Enter> to view the editor and the colors in the fractal's color map. - <esc> closes the "Palette Editor". The "pakman"s color map appears to be 8 sequences of 32 entry-long sections smoothly varying from black to white and back to black -- with each of the 32 sections going through a different section of colors of the rainbow. I pasted a copy of the DIAG.MAP below my signature in this email, so you can put it into a file and try applying it to fractals you have on your hard drive. If you look at the numbers in the columns of Red, Green and Blue values in the color map below you can see them varying the colors up and down in saturation and hue (intensity and color). To grab a copy of the map to apply to other fractals, just copy and paste the map's numbers (below) into any .TXT file and save it as: DIAG.MAP in Fractint's /maps/ directory. You can then try it's colors out on any fractal in Fractint by: - Viewing a fractal in FractInt that you want to try the DIAG.MAP out on. <r> reloads .GIF fractals that are on your hard drive. - Hit the Extended "Palette Editor" editor key: <e> - Hit <Enter> to view the editor and the colors in the fractal's color map. - Hit the <L>oad Color Map key and navigate to the folder/directory with the DIAG.MAP in it. - Hitting enter while ".." is highlighted moves you up a folder/directory; Hitting enter while a name of a directory is highlighted moves you "down" into the directory. - Names of directories end with a trailing "/". - Highlight "DIAG.MAP" and hit <Enter> to load this color map. - You see the new colors immediately applied to whatever fractal you are viewing. (If you're viewing the "pakman" fractal there will be no change -- it already has the DIAG.MAP color map in it.) - <.> and <,> rotate the values in the map and fractal. Watch the colors scroll in the "Palette Editor" as you do this. - You can <s>ave the newly colored fractal if you like it -- but first close the "Palette Editor" with <esc>. Viewing Color Maps in Raymond Filiatreault's FintMap App. --------------------------------------------------------- Raymond's program provides a wonderfully visual way of seeing and manipulating Fractint-format color maps. There are a color swatch of the complete color map, a 256 entry grid of 'paint chips' showing all the colors, as well as graphs of the red, green and blue values in the map. The built-in editor lets you 'draw' lines on the graph and create your own new color maps. And it's really great to be able to step through the color maps on your hard drive to see what they look like. A screen capture of the FintMap in action (with the pakman color map loaded) is here: http://www.emarketingiseasy.com/TESTS/Fractals/FintMap-viewing-pakman-color-... or http://tinyurl.com/FintMapWpakmanColorMap Paul N. Lee mentions on www.fractalforums.com that Raymond has a recent update to his FintMap program: http://www.fractalforums.com/other-b130/fintmap-ver-1-40/new/ or http://tinyurl.com/PaulsPostReFintMap Raymond's description of the program and download links are here: http://www.nahee.com/Software/+FIntMap/ On his web page Raymond describes sometimes needing to get a copy of the older Windows Help File viewer, WinHlp32.exe from Microsoft's web site: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=6EBCFAD9-D3F5-4365-... or http://tinyurl.com/Get-WinHlp32-exe-From-MS I also saw some older posts on the MS TechNet Forum: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/forums/en-US/itprovistaapps/thread/3cf1d... or http://tinyurl.com/ForumPostsReWinHlp32 telling how to obtain the program that allows viewing .HLP files in later Windows versions. Pakman Fractal Authorship ------------------------- Jay Litwyn [brewhaha@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca] did not specifically claim authorship of the pakman fractal in his 2/21/2010 posts to the [Fractint] list serve. Perhaps you can enlighten us on this point, Jay. Pakman Fractal Parameter File ----------------------------- In Jay's post with the pakman formula and parameter file in it, the parameter file shows: map=diag.map as the map used to color the pakman fractal. That's the name I recommend you save this color map with. In order to get Jay's parameter file to calculate the pakman fractal: - I capitalized the formulaname: Mandelbroh to match the name in the frm: formula file, and - Added: float=yes The parameter file calculates an 800 x 600 pixel pakman fractal in under 10 seconds on my not-all-that-recent computer. (I've been calculating fractals recently using Richard's unreleased Fractint for Windows ver 20.99.8. beta 5.) ===== Start of pakman parameter file w above 2 items in it: ========= Pakman { ; 56.19s/megapixel w 866MhzPIII/XP. 2:56.47s/MP ; w intejerz. ; map=diag.map Double precision floats ; auto-truncated. ; CC-BY-NC-ND IOW, all rights reserved; ; Copies on optical disk or paper must be gifts. ; Fractint Version 2004 Patchlevel 4 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=fractint.frm formulaname=Mandelbroh function=ident/ident passes=t center-mag=-1.39576/0/1.388562/1.4324 params=2/4/3/0/0/0 maxiter=255 inside=0 invert=0.0016776448/-1.396/0 symmetry=xaxis periodicity=0 float=yes colors=000zzz<3>LzzBzz0zz<3>0__0TT0MM0FF088<3>0NZ0Re0Vl0Zs0bz<3>RlzYoz\ dqzktzrwz<3>SazLWzERz7Lz0Fy<3>09Z07T06M04F028<3>41Z51e61l71s80z<3>WRza\ Yzgdzmkzsrz<3>fSycLy`EyY7yU0x<3>H0ZE0SB0M80F408<3>S0YY0dc0ji0qp0x<3>tR\ xuYxvdxwkxxry<3>xSqxLoxEmx7kw0h<3>U0NN0HF0C806806<3>Y0Ec0Gj0Ip0Kw0M<3>\ xVexbjyjoyrtyrt<3>xSTxLMwEFw78v00<3>U00N00F00800800<3>XA0bC0iF0oH0vK0<\ 3>xdVxibyojytrytr<3>wmSwkLviEvg7ue0<3>TL0MG0FB0860860<3>UW0Za0dh0in0ou\ 0<3>twVuxbwxjxyrxyr<3>iwSevLavEYu7Ut0<3>FT0CM08F0480480<3>6W06a07g07m0\ 8s0<3>ZvVewblxjsyrsyr<3>SvYLvTEuN7tI0sC<3>0S60L50E3072072<3>0VH0`L0fP0\ lT0rX<6>ryvryv } frm:MandelBroh { ; Anglicized spelling. Recommends sticky functions. z=fn1(pixel) +P2, c=fn2(pixel) +P3: z=z^real(P1) +c |z| <= imag(P1) } ===== End of parameter file ============= -------------------------------------------------------------------- Anyone know what: "CC-BY-NC-ND IOW" (in the parameter file) means? -------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------- Are the sequences of Fractint keystrokes I include in some of my posts ever of any use to anyone? -------------------------------------------------- Email me or the [Fractint] list about Fractint keystrokes, please. If no one replies, I won't take the time to include them in the future. - Hal Lane ################################ # mailto:hallane@earthlink.net # ################################ ============================================================ ################### # DIAG.MAP # R G B ################### 0 0 0 252 252 252 212 252 252 168 252 252 128 252 252 84 252 252 44 252 252 0 252 252 0 228 228 0 200 200 0 172 172 0 144 144 0 116 116 0 88 88 0 60 60 0 32 32 0 44 56 0 60 84 0 76 112 0 92 140 0 108 168 0 124 196 0 140 224 0 156 252 24 164 252 52 176 252 80 184 252 108 196 252 136 208 252 164 216 252 192 228 252 220 240 252 196 220 252 168 196 252 140 176 252 112 152 252 84 128 252 56 108 252 28 84 252 0 60 248 0 56 224 0 48 196 0 44 168 0 36 140 0 28 116 0 24 88 0 16 60 0 8 32 4 8 56 8 8 84 12 8 112 16 4 140 20 4 168 24 4 196 28 4 224 32 0 252 56 24 252 80 52 252 104 80 252 128 108 252 152 136 252 176 164 252 200 192 252 224 220 252 212 196 252 200 168 252 188 140 252 172 112 248 160 84 248 148 56 248 136 28 248 120 0 244 108 0 220 96 0 192 84 0 168 68 0 140 56 0 112 44 0 88 32 0 60 16 0 32 40 0 56 64 0 84 88 0 108 112 0 136 136 0 164 160 0 188 184 0 216 212 0 244 216 24 244 220 52 244 224 80 244 228 108 244 232 136 244 236 164 244 240 192 244 244 220 248 244 196 240 244 168 232 244 140 224 244 112 216 244 84 208 244 56 200 244 28 192 240 0 180 212 0 160 180 0 136 152 0 116 120 0 92 92 0 68 60 0 48 32 0 24 32 0 24 56 0 32 84 0 40 108 0 48 136 0 56 160 0 64 188 0 72 212 0 80 240 0 88 240 28 108 240 60 128 244 92 148 244 124 168 244 156 188 248 188 208 248 220 228 248 220 228 248 196 200 248 168 172 244 140 144 244 112 116 244 84 88 240 56 60 240 28 32 236 0 0 208 0 0 180 0 0 148 0 0 120 0 0 92 0 0 60 0 0 32 0 0 32 0 0 56 8 0 80 20 0 108 28 0 132 40 0 156 48 0 184 60 0 208 68 0 236 80 0 236 100 28 240 120 60 240 144 92 244 164 124 244 184 156 248 208 188 248 228 220 248 228 220 248 224 196 244 216 168 244 208 140 240 200 112 240 192 84 236 184 56 236 176 28 232 168 0 204 148 0 176 128 0 148 108 0 116 84 0 88 64 0 60 44 0 32 24 0 32 24 0 52 48 0 76 76 0 96 100 0 120 128 0 140 152 0 164 180 0 184 204 0 208 232 0 212 232 28 216 236 60 224 236 92 228 240 124 232 244 156 240 244 188 244 248 220 244 248 220 232 248 196 216 244 168 200 244 140 184 240 112 168 236 84 152 236 56 136 232 28 120 228 0 108 200 0 92 172 0 76 144 0 60 116 0 48 88 0 32 60 0 16 32 0 16 32 0 16 56 0 20 80 0 20 104 0 24 128 0 24 152 0 28 176 0 28 200 0 32 224 0 56 224 28 84 228 60 112 232 92 140 236 124 168 240 156 196 244 188 224 248 220 224 248 220 196 248 200 168 244 180 140 240 156 112 236 136 84 236 116 56 232 92 28 228 72 0 224 48 0 196 44 0 168 36 0 140 32 0 112 24 0 84 20 0 56 12 0 28 8 0 28 8 0 52 20 0 76 36 0 100 52 0 124 68 0 148 84 0 172 100 0 196 116 0 220 132 28 224 144 60 228 160 92 232 176 124 236 192 156 240 204 188 244 220 0 0 0 192 192 192 ################### # end of DIAG.MAP ################### -----Original Message---------------------------------- From: fractint-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:fractint-bounces@mailman.xmission.com]On Behalf Of JackOfTradeZ@comcast.net Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2010 10:07 PM To: fractint@mailman.xmission.com Subject: [Fractint] AOTD 2-25-10 Animation of the recently described "pakman" fractal is posted I dunno, can't tell if it's comin' or goin' ! loox weird like you zooming in and out at the same time might leave you cross-eyed when it ends http://www.fractal-animation.net/vid/tempest.zip 20 MEG for 67 seconds you only see the pakman briefly at the exact center of the viddie, and it was made by varying the y-value inversion parameter from -1.296 -> -1.496 in steps 0.0001 enjoy . -----End of Original Message--------------------------- --------- End of Email --------------------------------