From: owner-fractint-digest@lists.xmission.com (fractint-digest) To: fractint-digest@lists.xmission.com Subject: fractint-digest V1 #125 Reply-To: fractint-digest Sender: owner-fractint-digest@lists.xmission.com Errors-To: owner-fractint-digest@lists.xmission.com Precedence: bulk fractint-digest Sunday, March 8 1998 Volume 01 : Number 125 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 7 Mar 1998 17:08:41 -0600 (CST) From: pjcarlsn@ix.netcom.com (Paul and/or Joyce Carlson) Subject: (fractint) 5th-order Newton Formula Here's a formula for a 5th-order Newton Mset and three pars for which Sylvie Gallet kindly supplied the colormaps. Paul Carlson frm:Newt5_Atan_Mset {; Copyright (c) Paul W. Carlson, 1998 ; F(w) = w^5 - w^4 - w * c^2 + c^2 ; F'(w) = 5 * w^4 - 4 * w^3 - c^2 ; F''(w) = 20 * w^3 - 12 * w^2, initialize w to 12/20 = 0.6 ; c = pixel c2 = c * c z = iter = bailout = 0 colors_in_range = 50 colors_in_range_1 = 49 root1 = (1,0) root2 = sqrt(c) root3 = -root2 root4 = sqrt(-c) root5 = -root4 prev_w = w = 0.6: ; w4 = w^4 w = w - (w * w4 - w4 - c2 * w + c2) / (5 * w4 - 4 * (w^3) - c2) ; delta_w = w - prev_w IF (|delta_w| < p1) angle = atan(imag(delta_w) / real(delta_w)) IF (delta_w >= 0) IF (imag(delta_w) < 0) angle = pi + angle ELSE angle = pi - angle ENDIF ELSEIF (imag(delta_w) > 0) angle = -angle ENDIF IF (|w - root1| < p1) range_num = 0 ELSEIF (|w - root2| < p1) range_num = 1 ELSEIF (|w - root3| < p1) range_num = 2 ELSEIF (|w - root4| < p1) range_num = 3 ELSEIF (|w - root5| < p1) range_num = 4 ENDIF bailout = 1 z = colors_in_range_1 * angle/pi + range_num * colors_in_range + 1 ENDIF prev_w = w iter = iter + 1 z = z - iter bailout == 0 } n5atnm01 {; Parameters, coordinates by Paul Carlson ; Colormap by Sylvie Gallet reset=1960 type=formula formulafile=n5atnm.frm formulaname=Newt5_Atan_Mset passes=t center-mag=+0.00000000000000000/+0.31491361205028330/3913676/1/180 params=0.01/0 float=y maxiter=2000 inside=253 outside=summ colors=000A00<22>SD9TE9UFAUGAVHA<21>reMwww<48>555F00<15>YHB_JC_KC<3\ 0>zt`rrr<48>AAAK00<48>wmU000<3>000 cyclerange=1/250 } n5atnm05 {; Parameters, coordinates by Paul Carlson ; Colormap by Sylvie Gallet reset=1960 type=formula formulafile=n5atnm.frm formulaname=Newt5_Atan_Mset passes=t center-mag=-0.00000000000000000/+0.17156717356342680/60130.88/1/180 params=0.01/0 float=y maxiter=2000 inside=253 outside=summ colors=000zzz<48>DDDzrZ<47>L71K50K62<22>VMSVNTWOVXPW<21>xuuzwwzt`<3\ 0>_LEZJDYICYHCXGBWFA<12>K000AA<22>IQTJRULSV<23>rwz000<3>000 } n5atnm06 {; Parameters, coordinates by Paul Carlson ; Colormap by Sylvie Gallet reset=1960 type=formula formulafile=n5atnm.frm formulaname=Newt5_Atan_Mset passes=t center-mag=-0.00000000000000004/+0.14499911078052670/1162187/1/180 params=0.01/0 float=y maxiter=2000 inside=253 outside=summ colors=000A00<22>SD9TE9UFAUGAVHA<21>reMwww<48>555F00<15>YHB_JC_KC<3\ 0>zt`rrr<48>AAAK00<48>wmU000<3>000 cyclerange=1/250 } - - - ------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List Post Message: fractint@xmission.com Get Commands: majordomo@xmission.com "help" Administrator: twegner@phoenix.net Unsubscribe: majordomo@xmission.com "unsubscribe fractint" ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 07 Mar 1998 20:05:18 -0800 From: Peter Jakubowicz Subject: (fractint) Bugs Hi Here are some bugs (but you really have to use yr imagination, and I don't know what happened to the amber. Thanks to Angela and Bud (I'm sorry I don't know yr surnames) and Jim Muth for colormaps; and Paul Carlson for the formula. Bug_Angela { ; Formula by Paul Carlson ; Colormap by Angela ; I drank coffee and watched it generate reset=1960 type=formula formulafile=pcarlson.frm formulaname=Newt5_Atan_Mset passes=t center-mag=-0.36142477381055520/+0.63869095675923090/458325.6 params=0.01/0 float=y maxiter=1024 outside=summ colors=000H20<13>rf8ui9wmA<6>KA3KA2F51A00<3>N00Q70<11>cUI<4>A00ujA<13>K4\ 1A00<6>K00900<7>400400500<14>K00<3>`MBOAD<3>mcPtgM<6>U00<3>F00<7>zm0<2>f\ T0<17>RC0L60<4>G10F00F00F00K00<4>000<77>000F00<7>F00QB0<3>M70 cyclerange=1/250 } Bug_Jim { ; Formula by Paul Carlson ; Colormap by Jim Muth ; I drank coffee and watched it generate reset=1960 type=formula formulafile=pcarlson.frm formulaname=Newt5_Atan_Mset passes=t center-mag=-0.0581296/-0.388103/17.24851/1/-90 params=0.02/0 float=y maxiter=2048 outside=summ colors=000vsO<7>vqOvb0<28>vb0vzf<14>vzfvzevzevzdvzc<11>vzSvuQ<2>vuKvuIvu\ FvuCvu9vu6vr3vq0<8>vp0vm0<2>vk0vj0vj0vj0<5>vh0vh0vg0vf0<4>v_0vZ0vZ0<16>v\ M0vM0vL0vL0tJ0<2>qE0oC0nB0lA0<9>9A0vQ0<2>vV0vX0vX0<31>vd0ve1ve1ve2ve2<46\ >vqNvqNvrOvsOvtO<7>vrOvrOvsOvsO cyclerange=1/250 } Bug_Bud { ; Formula by Paul Carlson ; Colormap by Bud ; I drank coffee and watched it generate reset=1960 type=formula formulafile=pcarlson.frm formulaname=Newt5_Atan_Mset passes=t center-mag=-0.000252734/-0.143562/21.64871 params=0.01/0 float=y maxiter=2048 outside=summ colors=q000bo0am0_k<11>ATZASXBRWCQVDQU<6>JLMKKKLKK<29>xg1zh0yg0<29>MC0KA\ 0LA0<13>_86a77b66<4>h22i11k00m00<5>x00o00<25>000<31>sss<30>222000012<30>\ 0kz<4>0dqz00<3>s00 cyclerange=1/250 } Newt5_Atan_Mset {; Copyright (c) Paul W. Carlson, 1998 ; F(w) = w^5 - w^4 - w * c^2 + c^2 ; F'(w) = 5 * w^4 - 4 * w^3 - c^2 ; F''(w) = 20 * w^3 - 12 * w^2, initialize w to 12/20 = 0.6 ; c = pixel c2 = c * c z = iter = bailout = 0 colors_in_range = 50 colors_in_range_1 = 49 root1 = (1,0) root2 = sqrt(c) root3 = -root2 root4 = sqrt(-c) root5 = -root4 prev_w = w = 0.6: ; w4 = w^4 w = w - (w * w4 - w4 - c2 * w + c2) / (5 * w4 - 4 * (w^3) - c2) ; delta_w = w - prev_w IF (|delta_w| < p1) angle = atan(imag(delta_w) / real(delta_w)) IF (delta_w >= 0) IF (imag(delta_w) < 0) angle = pi + angle ELSE angle = pi - angle ENDIF ELSEIF (imag(delta_w) > 0) angle = -angle ENDIF IF (|w - root1| < p1) range_num = 0 ELSEIF (|w - root2| < p1) range_num = 1 ELSEIF (|w - root3| < p1) range_num = 2 ELSEIF (|w - root4| < p1) range_num = 3 ELSEIF (|w - root5| < p1) range_num = 4 ENDIF bailout = 1 z = colors_in_range_1 * angle/pi + range_num * colors_in_range + 1 ENDIF prev_w = w iter = iter + 1 z = z - iter bailout == 0 } - - - ------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List Post Message: fractint@xmission.com Get Commands: majordomo@xmission.com "help" Administrator: twegner@phoenix.net Unsubscribe: majordomo@xmission.com "unsubscribe fractint" ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 07 Mar 1998 20:18:32 -0600 From: Janet Preslar Subject: (fractint) Need help! Hey gurus, I need some help! I, once upon a time, created this PHC image: http://www.ParkeNet.org/jp/fractals/jp97039.jpg with the following formula and par. Now when I go to generate it, I only get the mandel curve part, not the lambdafn spiral. I need this to get this to work for a deadline that is almost past. Can anyone duplicate my problem and/or suggest a solution? (I need to generate at d&c high resolution image.) Thanks for your help. Janet frm:JPd {; PHC -- mandel, lambdafn IF (whitesq) z = c = pixel ELSE z = pixel + p1, c = p2 ENDIF : IF (whitesq) z = z*z + c PHC_bailout = |z| <= 4 ELSE z = c * sin(z) PHC_bailout = |z| <= 64 ENDIF PHC_bailout } jp97039.gif { ; copyright 1997 -- Janet Preslar reset=1960 type=formula formulaname=JPd passes=1 center-mag=0.34375/-0.15625/6.4/1.3333 params=-0.33/0.17 float=y maxiter=1500 colors=000m_kXTh<12>234<4>HJP<8>cKco`o<5>000<8>XTM`WOdYI<4>wwc<8>H0K<4>P\ 0J<10>fez<6>000<7>5PS<7>wfw<7>000<7>0OD<8>wwc<6>000<8>uSS<6>fez<7>000<7>\ 5PS<8>wfz<6>000<7>0OD<5>wwcFTOHTN033<6>5PS<6>wfw<7>000<7>0OD<8>wwc<6>000\ <7>wQN<3>oYf } - - - ------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List Post Message: fractint@xmission.com Get Commands: majordomo@xmission.com "help" Administrator: twegner@phoenix.net Unsubscribe: majordomo@xmission.com "unsubscribe fractint" ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 8 Mar 1998 01:01:13 -0500 (EST) From: ao950@freenet.carleton.ca (Paul Derbyshire) Subject: (fractint) Viewwindows Bug in Fractint 19.6: the "reset=" in a parfile doesn't seem to kill a viewwindow setting. If I go through a PAR and hit an image with odd viewwindows, they stay that way after that image, instead of being reset by the next par's"reset=" line. - -- .*. Friendship, companionship, love, and having fun are the reasons for -() < life. All else; sex, money, fame, etc.; are just to get/express these. `*' Send any and all mail with attachments to the hotmail address please. Paul Derbyshire ao950@freenet.carleton.ca pgd73@hotmail.com - - - ------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List Post Message: fractint@xmission.com Get Commands: majordomo@xmission.com "help" Administrator: twegner@phoenix.net Unsubscribe: majordomo@xmission.com "unsubscribe fractint" ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 8 Mar 1998 02:38:10 -0500 (EST) From: ao950@freenet.carleton.ca (Paul Derbyshire) Subject: Re: (fractint) anybody try simplgif? I have and I haven't managed to break it...yet - -- .*. Friendship, companionship, love, and having fun are the reasons for -() < life. All else; sex, money, fame, etc.; are just to get/express these. `*' Send any and all mail with attachments to the hotmail address please. Paul Derbyshire ao950@freenet.carleton.ca pgd73@hotmail.com - - - ------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List Post Message: fractint@xmission.com Get Commands: majordomo@xmission.com "help" Administrator: twegner@phoenix.net Unsubscribe: majordomo@xmission.com "unsubscribe fractint" ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 8 Mar 1998 02:56:15 -0500 (EST) From: ao950@freenet.carleton.ca (Paul Derbyshire) Subject: Re: (fractint) Exploring new fractals > >I wrote: >>... before you give up on (a) >>Fractint sub-type, try a low bailout value. > >Note: this is particularly important for functions that >always return values with magnitudes below 1, such as >sine and cosine. Hrm? Really huge numbers pop up taking the cosine of a complex number with a big imaginary part. That magnitude under 1 appliesonly on the real line... - -- .*. Friendship, companionship, love, and having fun are the reasons for -() < life. All else; sex, money, fame, etc.; are just to get/express these. `*' Send any and all mail with attachments to the hotmail address please. Paul Derbyshire ao950@freenet.carleton.ca pgd73@hotmail.com - - - ------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List Post Message: fractint@xmission.com Get Commands: majordomo@xmission.com "help" Administrator: twegner@phoenix.net Unsubscribe: majordomo@xmission.com "unsubscribe fractint" ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 08 Mar 1998 01:03:17 -0800 From: Mark Christenson Subject: Re: (fractint) Exploring new fractals At 02:56 AM 3/8/98 -0500, Paul Derbyshire wrote: >Hrm? >Really huge numbers pop up taking the cosine of a complex number with a big >imaginary part. That magnitude under 1 appliesonly on the real line... Hmm... this was something I wasn't aware of. Guess I'll have to educate myself about this. In spite of having taken math through advanced calculus (and four years of physics), I don't think I ever applied trig functions to complex numbers. Or maybe I just forgot. Bud - - - ------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List Post Message: fractint@xmission.com Get Commands: majordomo@xmission.com "help" Administrator: twegner@phoenix.net Unsubscribe: majordomo@xmission.com "unsubscribe fractint" ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 8 Mar 1998 01:32:55 -0800 (PST) From: "James R. McKenzie" Subject: Re: (fractint) Viewwindows - ---Paul Derbyshire wrote: > > > Bug in Fractint 19.6: the "reset=" in a parfile doesn't seem to kill a > viewwindow setting. If I go through a PAR and hit an image with odd > viewwindows, they stay that way after that image, instead of being reset > by the next par's"reset=" line. > I've had the same problem. On those "square" fractals that don't take up the entire screen. After running one if I want to run a saved image or another paramater I have to restart FRACTINT. I have a, more or less, generic video card (made by Phoenix, it's a TRIO 32/64) with 2 meg O' ram and I run FRACTINT at 1024x768x256. I've tried other resolutions and it made ono difference. It's not a "MAJOR" problem but it can be annoying. Is there a setting I can add to the "sstools.ini" file to fix this? Please lemme know if you folx have any solution. L8R BTW I've started usinmg my name now. Don't all yawn at once. James R. McKenzie _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com - - - ------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List Post Message: fractint@xmission.com Get Commands: majordomo@xmission.com "help" Administrator: twegner@phoenix.net Unsubscribe: majordomo@xmission.com "unsubscribe fractint" ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 8 Mar 1998 05:28:07 -0500 (EST) From: ao950@freenet.carleton.ca (Paul Derbyshire) Subject: Re: (fractint) Exploring new fractals >Hmm... this was something I wasn't aware of. Guess I'll have to educate >myself about this. In spite of having taken math through advanced calculus >(and four years of physics), I don't think I ever applied trig functions to >complex numbers. Or maybe I just forgot. There are formulas for the sine and cosine of a complex number in terms of the sine and cosine and hyperbolic sine and cosine of the real and imaginary parts. The hyperbolic components can become unbounded for big imaginary parts of z. You could also use the Maclaurin series for sine and cosine. - -- .*. Friendship, companionship, love, and having fun are the reasons for -() < life. All else; sex, money, fame, etc.; are just to get/express these. `*' Send any and all mail with attachments to the hotmail address please. Paul Derbyshire ao950@freenet.carleton.ca pgd73@hotmail.com - - - ------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List Post Message: fractint@xmission.com Get Commands: majordomo@xmission.com "help" Administrator: twegner@phoenix.net Unsubscribe: majordomo@xmission.com "unsubscribe fractint" ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 8 Mar 1998 05:30:11 -0500 (EST) From: ao950@freenet.carleton.ca (Paul Derbyshire) Subject: Re: (fractint) Viewwindows >I've had the same problem. On those "square" fractals that don't take >up the entire screen. After running one if I want to run a saved >image or another paramater I have to restart FRACTINT. Restart Fractint? I've never had to do that; manually turning view windows off has always sufficed. Are you using version 19.6 or an earlier version? - -- .*. Friendship, companionship, love, and having fun are the reasons for -() < life. All else; sex, money, fame, etc.; are just to get/express these. `*' Send any and all mail with attachments to the hotmail address please. Paul Derbyshire ao950@freenet.carleton.ca pgd73@hotmail.com - - - ------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List Post Message: fractint@xmission.com Get Commands: majordomo@xmission.com "help" Administrator: twegner@phoenix.net Unsubscribe: majordomo@xmission.com "unsubscribe fractint" ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 8 Mar 1998 07:38:48 -0500 From: Sylvie Gallet Subject: (fractint) Need help! Hi Janet, >> Can anyone duplicate my problem and/or suggest a solution? (I need to >> generate at d&c high resolution image.) Here is the solution: jp97039 { reset=3D1960 type=3Dformula formulafile=3Dpreslar.par formulaname=3Djpd= passes=3D1 center-mag=3D0.34375/-0.15625/6.4/1.3333 params=3D-0.33/0.17/1/0.4 float=3Dy maxiter=3D1500 colors=3D000m_kXTh<12>234<4>HJP<8>cKco`o<5>000<8>XTM`WOdYI<4>wwc<8>H0K<= 4>P\ 0J<10>fez<6>000<7>5PS<7>wfw<7>000<7>0OD<8>wwc<6>000<8>uSS<6>fez<7>000<7= >\ 5PS<8>wfz<6>000<7>0OD<5>wwcFTOHTN033<6>5PS<6>wfw<7>000<7>0OD<8>wwc<6>00= 0\ <7>wQN<3>oYf } Cheers, - Sylvie - - - ------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List Post Message: fractint@xmission.com Get Commands: majordomo@xmission.com "help" Administrator: twegner@phoenix.net Unsubscribe: majordomo@xmission.com "unsubscribe fractint" ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 8 Mar 1998 07:45:31 EST From: T R Moe Subject: Re: (fractint) Viewwindows Hi Paul -in a message dated 3/8/98 you wrote >Bug in Fractint 19.6: the "reset=" in a parfile doesn't seem to kill a >viewwindow setting. If I go through a PAR and hit an image with odd >viewwindows, they stay that way after that image, instead of being reset >by the next par's"reset=" line. I believe this feature was deliberately designed to permit viewing of a series of fractals as thumbnails without having to redo the view setting for each one. I find this very useful when looking for an image whose name I can't recall. To reset the view to normal press to enter the view menu then press to reset the defaults. Hope this helps. Tom - - - ------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List Post Message: fractint@xmission.com Get Commands: majordomo@xmission.com "help" Administrator: twegner@phoenix.net Unsubscribe: majordomo@xmission.com "unsubscribe fractint" ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 8 Mar 1998 07:53:11 -0500 (EST) From: ao950@freenet.carleton.ca (Paul Derbyshire) Subject: Re: (fractint) Viewwindows Seems like there should be two different viewwindows then. A regular one that is reset and one that works for thumbnails, which might instead be invoked from the video modes, act like a video mode, and display say a 64x64 image at 1024x768...you choose the "real" video mode and the resolution like view window. - -- .*. Friendship, companionship, love, and having fun are the reasons for -() < life. All else; sex, money, fame, etc.; are just to get/express these. `*' Send any and all mail with attachments to the hotmail address please. Paul Derbyshire ao950@freenet.carleton.ca pgd73@hotmail.com - - - ------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List Post Message: fractint@xmission.com Get Commands: majordomo@xmission.com "help" Administrator: twegner@phoenix.net Unsubscribe: majordomo@xmission.com "unsubscribe fractint" ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 08 Mar 1998 07:10:42 -0600 From: Janet Preslar Subject: Re: (fractint) Need help! Sylvie Gallet wrote: > Hi Janet, > > Here is the solution: > Thanks Sylvie! I'm not sure how I lost those two parameters. Janet - - - ------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List Post Message: fractint@xmission.com Get Commands: majordomo@xmission.com "help" Administrator: twegner@phoenix.net Unsubscribe: majordomo@xmission.com "unsubscribe fractint" ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 8 Mar 1998 08:56:07 -0800 (PST) From: "James R. McKenzie" Subject: Re: (fractint) Viewwindows - ---Paul Derbyshire wrote: > > >I've had the same problem. On those "square" fractals that don't take > >up the entire screen. After running one if I want to run a saved > >image or another paramater I have to restart FRACTINT. > > Restart Fractint? I've never had to do that; manually turning view windows > off has always sufficed. Are you using version 19.6 or an earlier version? > Paul, I'm using FRACTINT 19.60. By restart I meant hitting the not literally shutting down and re-launching. If I don't the images all come up as squares versus full screen. I've got over 50 meg of fractals on my D:\ drive (That's where FRACTINT is), only a small part are squares but they do look dang neat (IMHO they'd look better as full screen), still when I run 'em it would be nice to be able to go with anothe image without the re-start. Oh well, hope this was useful info. James R. McKenzie a.k.a. FIRSTNAME LASTNAME _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com - - - ------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List Post Message: fractint@xmission.com Get Commands: majordomo@xmission.com "help" Administrator: twegner@phoenix.net Unsubscribe: majordomo@xmission.com "unsubscribe fractint" ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 8 Mar 1998 11:59:50 -0500 (EST) From: aq936@freenet.carleton.ca (Michael Traynor) Subject: Re: (fractint) Viewwindows >>Bug in Fractint 19.6: the "reset=" in a parfile doesn't seem to kill a >>viewwindow setting. If I go through a PAR and hit an image with odd >>viewwindows, they stay that way after that image, instead of being reset >>by the next par's"reset=" line. While it does not directly address this (though it might if it was placed in the pars), you can use fractint's fastrestore option, as described in the list of new stuff for 19.6: "Added command line option fastrestore=yes|no. Default is NO. When YES, causes viewwindows to be set to NO before each restore, so that otherwise normal gifs will not be drawn at the reduced aspect when viewwindows was previously set to YES; and bypasses the warning which is displayed when a restore is to be viewed in a video mode other than the one at which the gif was saved. Combined with askvideo=no, all restores will automatically be made at the user's default video mode. This feature will be helpful when cycling through a group of gifs in autokey mode." You could put this in sstools.ini. - -- Mike Traynor People who like this sort of thing will find this the sort of thing they like. Abraham Lincoln - - - ------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List Post Message: fractint@xmission.com Get Commands: majordomo@xmission.com "help" Administrator: twegner@phoenix.net Unsubscribe: majordomo@xmission.com "unsubscribe fractint" ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 08 Mar 1998 09:19:51 -0800 From: Wizzle Subject: Re: (fractint) Viewwindows Jim The F4 trick works for me to......my steps are 1. hit v to bring up the view screen 2. hit F4 to reset to the defaults 3. hit enter and the screen starts to re-draw the image to whatever I have in my sstools.ini file Angela > > > >---Paul Derbyshire wrote: >> >> >I've had the same problem. On those "square" fractals that don't >take >> >up the entire screen. After running one if I want to run a saved >> >image or another paramater I have to restart FRACTINT. >> >> Restart Fractint? I've never had to do that; manually turning view >windows >> off has always sufficed. Are you using version 19.6 or an earlier >version? >> > >Paul, > >I'm using FRACTINT 19.60. By restart I meant hitting the not >literally shutting down and re-launching. If I don't the images all >come up as squares versus full screen. I've got over 50 meg of >fractals on my D:\ drive (That's where FRACTINT is), only a small part >are squares but they do look dang neat (IMHO they'd look better as >full screen), still when I run 'em it would be nice to be able to go >with anothe image without the re-start. > > >Oh well, hope this was useful info. > >James R. McKenzie > >a.k.a. > >FIRSTNAME LASTNAME - - - ------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List Post Message: fractint@xmission.com Get Commands: majordomo@xmission.com "help" Administrator: twegner@phoenix.net Unsubscribe: majordomo@xmission.com "unsubscribe fractint" ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 08 Mar 1998 09:39:39 -0800 From: Wizzle Subject: Re: (fractint) anybody try simplgif? I downloaded simplegif.zip and would like to try it but am....as usual....clueless. Is there documentation about what simplegif is and how to use it somewhere? Basic questions: 1. what is simplegif's purpose? 2. what are the steps for use? 3. any warnings? Angela At 09:37 PM 3/4/98 -0600, you wrote: >A while ago I mentioned that a new version of simplgif is available >at: > >ftp://ftp.phoenix.net/pub/USERS/twegner/simplgif.zip > >This utility combines the images in multiple-image GIFs created with >Fractint's "divide-and-conquer" mode. > >Just curious, is it bug free or have folks just not gotten around to >trying it? I'll tell you a secret if you promise not to tell. If >you add the -i option to the simplgif command line before the >filename arguments, it will produce an interlaced file. But no, >Fractint doesn't read interlaced files correctly yet > >Tim - - - ------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List Post Message: fractint@xmission.com Get Commands: majordomo@xmission.com "help" Administrator: twegner@phoenix.net Unsubscribe: majordomo@xmission.com "unsubscribe fractint" ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 08 Mar 1998 12:37:42 -0800 From: Peter Jakubowicz Subject: (fractint) Par Opus #1 { ; Carmen Miranda Series reset=1960 type=formula formulafile=*.frm formulaname=3D_Balls_Mset passes=t center-mag=+0.36199809314334530/-0.07692876126871936/1.263339e+010 params=0.01/1/16/8 float=y maxiter=8192 outside=summ periodicity=0 colors=zzziHe<26>t3Ou2Nu3N<45>yr4ys3xs3<44>Xz0Wz0Wz0Wz0<60>IJ0II0II0II0<\ 30>PIRWXz<9>_Su_St_Rs_Rr`Qq<18>hHe } frm:3D_Balls_Mset (ORIGIN) {; Copyright (c) Paul W. Carlson, 1997 ;**************************************************** ; Always use floating point math and outside=summ. ; ; Parameters: ; real(p1) = a factor controlling the size of the balls ; imag(p1) = number of iterations to skip ; real(p2) = number of color ranges ; imag(p2) = number of colors in each color range ; ; Note that the equation variable is w, not z. Always ; initialize z to zero. ;**************************************************** w = 0 c = pixel z = 0 bailout = 0 iter = 0 range_num = 0 skip = imag(p1) ;**************************************************** ; In the accompanying par file, mndballs.par, ; we have 8 color ranges with 30 colors in each range ; for a total of 240 colors. The first range starts at ; color 1. Pixels will use color 0 when |w| >= 1000. ; Other values can be used here as long as the product ; of num_ranges times colors_in_range is less than 255. ; Color 0 is reserved for the background color and color ; 255 can be used for the inside color. ;**************************************************** num_ranges = real(p2) colors_in_range = imag(p2) ;**************************************************** ; Real(p1) controls the size of the balls. ; These values will usually be in the range 0.001 to 0.1 ;**************************************************** ball_size = real(p1) index_factor = (colors_in_range - 1) / ball_size: ;**************************************************** ; The equation being iterated. Almost any equation ; that can be express in terms of a complex variable ; and a complex constant will work with this method. ; This example uses the standard Mandelbrot set equation. ;**************************************************** w = w * w + c ;**************************************************** ; If the orbit point is within the specified distance of a circle, ; set z to the index into the colormap and set the bailout flag. ;**************************************************** IF (iter > skip) wr = real(w), wi = imag(w) d = wr * wr + (wi - .5) * (wi - .5) IF (d < ball_size) bailout = 1 delta = ball_size - d ELSEIF ((d = wr * wr + (wi + .5) * (wi + .5)) < ball_size) bailout = 1 delta = ball_size - d ELSEIF ((d = (wr - .5) * (wr - .5) + wi * wi) < ball_size) bailout = 1 delta = ball_size - d ELSEIF ((d = (wr + .5) * (wr + .5) + wi * wi) < ball_size) bailout = 1 delta = ball_size - d ENDIF ENDIF IF (bailout) z = index_factor * delta + range_num * colors_in_range + 1 ENDIF ;**************************************************** ; Cycle through the range numbers (0 thru num_ranges - 1) ; With two color ranges, even iterations use color ; range 0, odd iterations use color range 1. ;**************************************************** range_num = range_num + 1 IF (range_num == num_ranges) range_num = 0 ENDIF ;**************************************************** ; Since we are using outside=summ, we have to subtract ; the number of iterations from z. ;**************************************************** iter = iter + 1 z = z - iter ;**************************************************** ; Finally, we test for bailout ;**************************************************** bailout == 0 && |w| < 1000 } - - - ------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List Post Message: fractint@xmission.com Get Commands: majordomo@xmission.com "help" Administrator: twegner@phoenix.net Unsubscribe: majordomo@xmission.com "unsubscribe fractint" ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 8 Mar 1998 12:35:58 -0500 From: "Peter Gavin" Subject: Re: (fractint) anybody try simplgif? I've been trying to solve my disk-video-doesn't-work-in-batch-mode problem, and I was just wondering if there was any way to override the default vid mode for a restored image using view windows, or something. The problem is, I have a bunch of images I started in 1024x768 mode, and I want to resume them in diskvideo mode so I can run them in the backround in win95. I have a batch file to do this, and which uses a dos for command to run through all the images in the directory and finish them. But fractint always uses the graphics mode, not disk-video. (I know I already asked this once, but I thought maybe someone might have thought of something since.) Pete - -----Original Message----- From: Wizzle To: fractint@lists.xmission.com Date: Sunday, March 08, 1998 12:27 PM Subject: Re: (fractint) anybody try simplgif? >I downloaded simplegif.zip and would like to try it but am....as >usual....clueless. Is there documentation about what simplegif is and how >to use it somewhere? Basic questions: > >1. what is simplegif's purpose? >2. what are the steps for use? >3. any warnings? > >Angela > >At 09:37 PM 3/4/98 -0600, you wrote: >>A while ago I mentioned that a new version of simplgif is available >>at: >> >>ftp://ftp.phoenix.net/pub/USERS/twegner/simplgif.zip >> >>This utility combines the images in multiple-image GIFs created with >>Fractint's "divide-and-conquer" mode. >> >>Just curious, is it bug free or have folks just not gotten around to >>trying it? I'll tell you a secret if you promise not to tell. If >>you add the -i option to the simplgif command line before the >>filename arguments, it will produce an interlaced file. But no, >>Fractint doesn't read interlaced files correctly yet >> >>Tim > > >- >------------------------------------------------------------ >Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List >Post Message: fractint@xmission.com >Get Commands: majordomo@xmission.com "help" >Administrator: twegner@phoenix.net >Unsubscribe: majordomo@xmission.com "unsubscribe fractint" - - - ------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List Post Message: fractint@xmission.com Get Commands: majordomo@xmission.com "help" Administrator: twegner@phoenix.net Unsubscribe: majordomo@xmission.com "unsubscribe fractint" ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 8 Mar 1998 12:43:30 -0500 From: "Peter Gavin" Subject: (fractint) disk-video prob's Excuse the first message's subject... :) This is the real one... Pete - - - ------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List Post Message: fractint@xmission.com Get Commands: majordomo@xmission.com "help" Administrator: twegner@phoenix.net Unsubscribe: majordomo@xmission.com "unsubscribe fractint" ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 08 Mar 1998 09:45:14 -0800 From: Mark Christenson Subject: Re: (fractint) Viewwindows At 11:59 AM 3/8/98 -0500, Michael Traynor wrote: >While it does not directly address this (though it might if it was placed >in the pars), you can use fractint's fastrestore option, as described in >the list of new stuff for 19.6: > >"Added command line option > fastrestore=yes... > askvideo=no... Thanks, Michael, it worked for me. Oddly, though, askvideo behaves differently in 19.3 and 19.6. In 19.3, it does what one would like, resets the viewwindow without complications, but in 19.6 an image restored from gif is displayed in the current video mode (as opposed to the mode it was saved in). How Fractint performs this feat of magic without regenerating the image I haven't a clue, but I'd rather it didn't. For those having trouble with losing slices of images when returning from option screens or editing the palette, textsafe=no should do the trick. Bud - - - ------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List Post Message: fractint@xmission.com Get Commands: majordomo@xmission.com "help" Administrator: twegner@phoenix.net Unsubscribe: majordomo@xmission.com "unsubscribe fractint" ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 08 Mar 1998 12:20:09 -0600 From: Bob Margolis Subject: Re: (fractint) anybody try simplgif? Hi Angela & Team Fractals: Wizzle wrote: > > I downloaded simplegif.zip and would like to try it but am....as > usual....clueless. Is there documentation about what simplegif is and how > to use it somewhere? Basic questions: > > 1. what is simplegif's purpose? > 2. what are the steps for use? > 3. any warnings? > According to Fractal Creations (2nd Ed.) by the honorable Tim Wegner and his trust companion, Bert Tyler, "SIMPLGIF...reads your multi-image GIF file and uses it to generate a simple, single-image GIF called SIMPLGIF.GIF...Be aware that this process can be used to generate *huge* images, and huge images come with corresponding appetites for disk space...Note that this program needs to create a temporary uncompressed version of your final image as an intermediate step. In this case, you really do need 4GB of free disk space for a 64K x 64K image--in addition to the space taken up by FRACTMIG.GIF and SIMPLGIF.GIF. As a practical matter, most users of the "divide and conquer" feature should limit images to a "modest" 4K x 4K or 8K x 8K resolution (which are actually pretty high resolutions!). Bob Margolis - - - ------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List Post Message: fractint@xmission.com Get Commands: majordomo@xmission.com "help" Administrator: twegner@phoenix.net Unsubscribe: majordomo@xmission.com "unsubscribe fractint" ------------------------------ Date: 08 Mar 1998 19:24:03 +0100 From: Brederlow Subject: Re: (fractint) Aproximating the M-Set with geometrical shapes Jay Hill writes: > Rich Thomson wrote: > >In article <882565B1.00784637.00@NOTESGW.NOSC.MIL> , > "Jay Hill" writes: > >> and approximate formula for the rest. Is this what you are trying to > make? > >> > >> http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Lab/3825/Hulahoop.gif > >Interesting image Jay; what's its origin? > > > Rich Thomson > > rthomson@ptc.com > It is a by-product of the 1993 evaluate the area of the Mandelbrot craze. > I can display points on boundaries of all (but one*) midgets up to > period 16 and buds on each to much higher period. The accuracy is > better than 12 digits, usually more like 16. We are talking about 430809 > components and some days of computing. >:-( Limits are basically > the 80 bit floats on the Intel chips. The particular image ( Hulahoop.gif) > does not display all of these. Could you post a list of the controllpoints for the boundaries? Best make it a private mail or http/ftp-able, cause its probably large. May the Source be with you. Mrvn - - - ------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List Post Message: fractint@xmission.com Get Commands: majordomo@xmission.com "help" Administrator: twegner@phoenix.net Unsubscribe: majordomo@xmission.com "unsubscribe fractint" ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 08 Mar 1998 12:25:19 -0600 From: Bob Margolis Subject: Re: (fractint) Par Peter Jakubowicz wrote: > > Opus #1 { ; Carmen Miranda Series Not to be confused with the Opus Series of fractal images that I've been designing for the past three years, currently part of the Fractal Excursions show. 8-) Bob Margolis - - - ------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List Post Message: fractint@xmission.com Get Commands: majordomo@xmission.com "help" Administrator: twegner@phoenix.net Unsubscribe: majordomo@xmission.com "unsubscribe fractint" ------------------------------ End of fractint-digest V1 #125 ******************************