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FOTD -- January 28, 2004 (Rating 8) Actually, the midget looks as though it could use a few more iterations. This could easily be done, but if I raised the maxiter, it would mess up the color palette, which is what really makes the image.

Jim, I tried raising the maximum iterations to 10,000 as I prefer well iterated, clearly defined midgets. And true to your promise -- some of the colors changed in the center 1/4 of the image. I too like the image coloring better when the midget is underiterated. But as I said, I prefer well iterated midgets. Is there a way for me to have my cake and eat it too? <---<< My experience when adding iterations to an inside=0 fractal is that a few more black pixels get colored in as they escape prior to the new higher maxiter value. I don't remember seeing existing pixels change color. I assume that by "mess up the color palette" you mean that some of the image *data* changed when maxiter was increased and thus got mapped to different colors... (Color palettes remain constant entities unless specifically changed -- which I did not do.) If my assumption is right, why do those pixels change color (iteration count)? <---<< In your image, presumably they were assigned a color because they escaped at an iteration count less than your maxiter=2400. Why would those pixels escape at a different iteration count when maxiter was raised? <---<< - Hal Lane ######################### # hallane@earthlink.net # ######################### ######################################################### --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.572 / Virus Database: 362 - Release Date: 1/27/04