ftp.xmission.com/2014.06.ftp.xmission.com.tar/ftp.xmission.com/pub/lists/fractint/archive/v01.n156

Internet Message Format | 1998-04-04 | 41KB

From: [e-mail] (fractint-digest)
To: [e-mail]
Subject: fractint-digest V1 #156
Reply-To: fractint-digest
Sender: [e-mail]
Errors-To: [e-mail]
Precedence: bulk


fractint-digest         Sunday, April 5 1998         Volume 01 : Number 156




----------------------------------------------------------------------

Date: Sun, 5 Apr 1998 01:34:20 -0500
From: "Peter Gavin" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (fractint) New Colormaps

I've done some reading on the PNG format, and as far as I know, it's a
(nearly) direct descendant of gif, but it supports true color, has better
compression, and has alpha (multilevel transparency) support.  I don't think
it would be a problem porting the map files, but the color values would have
to be quadupled, since each channel only has 64 levels, opposed to the 256
provided by true color.  And best of all, it's being designed by a panel of
programmers etc, rather than compuserve... :)

|If Fractint v.20 has a proposed graphic format change from gif to png,
|will the new format be able to read the current map files?

Pete


- -
- ------------------------------------------------------------
Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List
Post Message:   [e-mail]
Get Commands:   [e-mail] "help"
Administrator:  [e-mail]
Unsubscribe:    [e-mail] "unsubscribe fractint"

------------------------------

Date: Sun, 5 Apr 1998 01:44:19 -0500
From: "Peter Gavin" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) High iterations

Has anyone zoomed in near the tip of the main lake, on the negative x-axis
end of the mandelbrot set?  I've gone in to about 1e8 zoom level, and I
already need about 1 million (maybe 2 mil, I can't remember) iterations.
I'm only in straight float mode, too!  I could tell i didn't have enough,
because there was a rounded triangle where a midget should have been... I
thought odd, at first.  I looked at the orbits, and the only thing I saw was
a straight horizontal line, which makes sense.  You should try it out.. if
you can wait that long!

Pete


- -
- ------------------------------------------------------------
Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List
Post Message:   [e-mail]
Get Commands:   [e-mail] "help"
Administrator:  [e-mail]
Unsubscribe:    [e-mail] "unsubscribe fractint"

------------------------------

Date: Sun, 5 Apr 1998 01:55:10 -0500
From: "Blake Hyde" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) Anti-Aliasing

After a long absence from the fractal world, I decided to return from the
evil
halls of Real Life and look around some more.  After I noticed one
particular
tip at Les St. Clair's page-in-progress, Fractasia, about using
anti-aliasing,
I started to look around for a program that would do this.

As you may have guessed by now, I haven't found one.  Paint Shop Pro (which
I
found at Simtel) doesn't do it, Graphic Workshop doesn't do it, and neither
does the only other image software I have, Fauve Matisse.  Except for paint,
that is the limit of my graphical collection.  You may notice a trend
here--I
tend to use the cheapest, most miserable programs on the planet.

If some kind soul would take pity on me and point me to a cheap, miserable
program that does anti-aliasing on the entire picture, I would be eternally
greatful and might even update my web page.  :)

Blake Hyde ~ Casper ~ Novan Dragon
Homepage: www.connectu.net/bhyde
Email: [e-mail]


- -
- ------------------------------------------------------------
Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List
Post Message:   [e-mail]
Get Commands:   [e-mail] "help"
Administrator:  [e-mail]
Unsubscribe:    [e-mail] "unsubscribe fractint"

------------------------------

Date: Sat, 4 Apr 1998 23:02:00 -0800
From: "Jay Hill" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (fractint) New Colormaps

> From: Peter Jakubowicz <[e-mail]>
>
> At 07:57 PM 4/4/98 -0800, Jay Hill wrote:
>
> >Now I hope Wizzle still has relevant data about each map. This would
> >fit in the "colors=038<128>wwzwwzvvy<123>F00" format.
>
> sorry, if i missed this before, but what is this format?: wld you still
> save each of these with the .map extension, and load them like a colormap,
> or is this something different.

I know this may be confusing, but there is a convenient and already compressed
method of publishing and using colors available with Fractint. It is the way we

include colors in our par files. These can be isolated and used, collected into

a few relatively small files. Alloy me to repost my earlier example. Try the
experiment and you will see how it works. Notice that the par files contain
only
information relating to colors and color cycling. They can be loaded in after
another fractal has been computed. Then when you write your new par file
they will be part of that par file.  Also notice that comments can be included
about the color map, its author, uses, constraints, etc.

Jay

- ----------
> From: Jay Hill <[e-mail]>
> To: [e-mail]
> Subject: Re: (fractint) Colormaps Ahoy
> Date: Friday, March 20, 1998 6:37 PM
>
>
> Hi wizzle,
>
> Try this experiment. Copy these pars to JayColor.par
>
> ;
> ; Dr. J's Jello colors
> ; http://home.san.rr.com/jayrhill/FotN/FotNindx.html
> ;
colors4{  ; (c) Jay Hill, 1998
colors=000<62>w00002<61>0w0404<61>00w666<61>www000000000 cyclerange=1/252
 maxiter=250  inside=253
}
colors6{    ; (c) Jay Hill, 1998
colors=000<41>wU0000<40>Kc0000<40>KAc000<40>cPA000<40>0Km000<40>w0UmUA00\
0000 cyclerange=1/252  maxiter=250 inside=253
}
colors8{    ; (c) Jay Hill, 1998
  colors=000<30>w00000<29>0w0000<29>00w000<29>ww0000<29>w0w000<29>0ww000<2\
  9>www000<29>wU0000<2>000wUK000000 cyclerange=1/248 maxiter=250 inside=253
}
colors16{  ; (c) Jay Hill, 1998
  colors=000<14>w00000<13>0w0000<13>00w000<13>ww0000<13>0ww000<13>w0w000<1\
  3>wU0000<13>Uw0000<13>0wU000<13>U0w000<13>w0U000<13>0Uw000<13>www000<13>\
  UUU000<13>``0000<13>0cc000<10>000mU0000000 cyclerange=1/240 maxiter=250
inside=253
}
>
> Now start Fractint fresh and point to this par file, select colors6 and run
>
> it. You will get everything as defaults except the colors, inside, maxiter
> and cyclerange. You should see the Mandelbrot set (the default). Zoom
> into seahorse valley.  I set the maxiter so you could do the next step.
> Press E to edit the colors, see how nice they are  :-)  Note the color in
> cell 253.  It is for Dr. J, he is loosing his tan.
>
> Now cycle the colors, OK  stop cycling and edit the colors - press E.
> You messed them up?
>
> No! Not completely.  See the colors are cycled in the range which
> leaves color number 253 unchanged so it is still usable as the inside
> color.  This is the kind of info we need in a color map. It is not enough
> to have a .map file for some applications.  (These colors are for Dr. J's
> Jello fractals he is tangling with lately.)
>
> The neat thing is (someone pointed this out to this list last year) that
> you can have a picture in progress and load just new colors only
> using this method.  Go ahead, load colors8 and watch Fractint
> recompute the same fractal with the new colors.
>
> And all the colors are get-at-able with long names from one file,
> for someone making a new image.  Once the image is created, the
> 'B' save procedure will put all this in the new par.
>
> Jay
>



- -
- ------------------------------------------------------------
Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List
Post Message:   [e-mail]
Get Commands:   [e-mail] "help"
Administrator:  [e-mail]
Unsubscribe:    [e-mail] "unsubscribe fractint"

------------------------------

Date: Sun, 05 Apr 1998 01:08:42 -0600
From: Lavondyss <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) Photoshop 4.0 free

Wizzle wrote:

> Paint Shop Pro does batch conversions to and from any of it's supported
> graphics formats (among which are gif and bmp plus many others) quite
> nicely. Price is $69 but you can download a beta version of 5.0 for free at
> this time. Although I also own the Corel Draw 7 suite and Micrographix, I
> use PSP on a more regular basis for all sorts of things so the $69 is an
> excellent investment for anyone who needs to edit and manage graphics.
>
> PSP is available for download at
>
> www.jasc.com
>
> If you do decide to buy PSP, make sure you get the CD ROM which has a
> really good tutorial and lots of graphics goodies. PSP is also very well
> suppported by users on the web as well as JASC. It accepts Photoshop plug-ins.
>
> Angela aka wizzle
>

Hey, since everyone here is a graphics fiend/friend whichever you prefer, I would
like to know if anyone would like Photoshop 4.0 for free? I love it to death. I do
all my enhancements on it and the filters are unbelieveable. I can post it on my
website. I will have to post the whole thing in parts though, because I don't have
enough room to post the whole program at once. Unless someone has room for me to
post it. Let me know what you guys think. Please don't let the Photoshop people
know about this. They might slap me with at least a $10,000 fine for distributing
it.

- -Lav


- -
- ------------------------------------------------------------
Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List
Post Message:   [e-mail]
Get Commands:   [e-mail] "help"
Administrator:  [e-mail]
Unsubscribe:    [e-mail] "unsubscribe fractint"

------------------------------

Date: Sat, 4 Apr 1998 23:31:05 -0800
From: "Jay Hill" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (fractint) Photoshop 4.0 free

> Let me know what you guys think. Please don't let the Photoshop people
> know about this. They might slap me with at least a $10,000 fine for
distributing
> it.
>
> -Lav

So don't do it!

Jay


- -
- ------------------------------------------------------------
Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List
Post Message:   [e-mail]
Get Commands:   [e-mail] "help"
Administrator:  [e-mail]
Unsubscribe:    [e-mail] "unsubscribe fractint"

------------------------------

Date: Sun, 05 Apr 1998 23:43:10 +1200
From: "Morgan L. Owens" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (fractint) Photoshop 4.0 free

At 01:08 05/04/98 -0600, Lavondyss wrote:
>
>Photoshop 4.0 for free?
>I can post it on my website. I will have to post the whole thing in parts
>though, because I don't have enough room to post the whole program at once.
...
>Please don't let the Photoshop people know about this. They might slap me
with
>at least a $10,000 fine for distributing it.

Will do; I'll just pop around to their offices and hide all their web
browsers.

If you _really_ want Photoshop for free, shop around for a good deal when
buying a scanner. They are often sold with Photoshop. That's how I got mine
(for less than the cost of buying Photoshop alone). Oh, and make sure that
it's the full version of Photoshop, and not some sort of "Lite" version
that appears in some deals.



- -
- ------------------------------------------------------------
Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List
Post Message:   [e-mail]
Get Commands:   [e-mail] "help"
Administrator:  [e-mail]
Unsubscribe:    [e-mail] "unsubscribe fractint"

------------------------------

Date: Sun, 05 Apr 1998 08:43:19 -0400
From: Jack Valero <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (fractint) Photoshop 4.0 free

At 01:08 AM 05/04/98 -0600, you wrote:
>Hey, since everyone here is a graphics fiend/friend whichever you prefer,
I would
>like to know if anyone would like Photoshop 4.0 for free?....
>I can post it on my website....
>Let me know what you guys think. Please don't let the Photoshop people
>know about this.

Hey! I'd love Photoshop 4 for free. And while you're at it maybe you
could steal a new sailboat and a couple of banks for me too.
But am I willing to call myself a thief for just a few $100?
Naw... not worth it and I don't think you're doing me a favour
by offering to turn me into one.

As a "graphic friend" I'd recommend you not advertise your
willingness to rip someone off so freely though. The net is
*not* a private place and if an angry lawyer from Adobe
comes knocking at your door, you've only yourself to blame.

Personally, I'd prefer it if you do yourself and me a favour
and let this list get back to the clean, friendly place it
always has been. I don't think you're a horrible evil person
but really, Photoshop is just not yours to give away. Now,
if you offered to give me your computer THAT would be a
real act of generosity :)
Regards - Jack

visit our fractal gallery: http://www.globalserve.net/~jval/phractal.html

- -
- ------------------------------------------------------------
Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List
Post Message:   [e-mail]
Get Commands:   [e-mail] "help"
Administrator:  [e-mail]
Unsubscribe:    [e-mail] "unsubscribe fractint"

------------------------------

Date: Sun, 5 Apr 1998 11:04:27 -0500
From: "Earl Simpson" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (fractint) Re: First post to Group (formula enclosed)

Kathy wrote

>  Hi Earl, I can't find carr3197- can you repost it?
>
As I said I'm a newbie.  carr3197 enclosed.

Carr3197(YAXIS){;Modified Sylvie Gallet frm. [101324,3444],1996
;passes=1 needs to be used with this PHC formula.
pixel=-abs(real(pixel))+flip(imag(pixel)),
d=log(1/pixel-cos(1/pixel))
b4=pixel^2-(0.2*cabs(0.2-pixel^-0.025))
b5=flip(b4)^2-cabs(0.1/pixel-flip(0.01/b4))-conj(0.1/pixel)-0.65
c=whitesq*b4-(whitesq==0)*b4
z=whitesq*b5-(whitesq==0)*b5
c1=1.5*z^1.2,c2=2.25*conj(z),c3=3.375*flip(z),c4=5.0625*flip(z),
l1=real(p1),l2=imag(p1),l3=real(p2),l4=imag(p2),
bailout=16,iter=0:
t1=(iter==l1),t2=(iter==l2),t3=(iter==l3),t4=(iter==l4),
t=1-(t1||t2||t3||t4),z=z*t,c=c*t+c1*t1+c2*t2+c3*t3+c4*t4,
z=z^2+(-0.7456,-0.132)+cabs(|c/7.5|)+flip(real(|d/80*pixel|)),
iter=iter+1
(|z|)<=bailout
}

Must remember to enclose formula next time :)).

Earl
>
>-
>------------------------------------------------------------
>Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List
>Post Message:   [e-mail]
>Get Commands:   [e-mail] "help"
>Administrator:  [e-mail]
>Unsubscribe:    [e-mail] "unsubscribe fractint"
>


- -
- ------------------------------------------------------------
Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List
Post Message:   [e-mail]
Get Commands:   [e-mail] "help"
Administrator:  [e-mail]
Unsubscribe:    [e-mail] "unsubscribe fractint"

------------------------------

Date: Sun, 05 Apr 1998 10:17:48 -0500
From: Bob Margolis <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) Color map utilities

Found two color map utilities for Fractint that may be of interest to
some of you: Make Map 1.1, which is a map file generator; and eXchange
Map 1.1, which modifies Fractint map files to make a new map file.

Surf over to http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Way/9943/c.htm

Bob "Mach 7 Fractals" Margolis

- -
- ------------------------------------------------------------
Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List
Post Message:   [e-mail]
Get Commands:   [e-mail] "help"
Administrator:  [e-mail]
Unsubscribe:    [e-mail] "unsubscribe fractint"

------------------------------

Date: Sun, 05 Apr 1998 10:26:49 -0500
From: Bob Margolis <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) Idea for a formula

Would any of you Fractint formula writers want to use your skill to
write a formula based on the following idea?

This description, along with some images, came from Fracbac Fractals
Home at http://www.lifesmith.com/fracbac.html

Instead of iterating the fractal equation until the output value exceeds
the blowup parameter and then identifying the color of the particular
pixel which corresponds to the number of iterations it took, we
establish a constant number of iterations, e.g., 200, and then graph the
pixels in the fractal according to the logarithm of the resulting
outputted value after the 200 iterations. Some rather beautiful results
were achieved. To our knowledge this method has never been published
before.

Bob Margolis

- -
- ------------------------------------------------------------
Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List
Post Message:   [e-mail]
Get Commands:   [e-mail] "help"
Administrator:  [e-mail]
Unsubscribe:    [e-mail] "unsubscribe fractint"

------------------------------

Date: Sun, 05 Apr 1998 11:50:48 -0400
From: davides <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (fractint) Photoshop 4.0 free

At 08:43 AM 4/5/98 -0400, you wrote:
 Now, if you offered to give me your computer THAT would be a
>real act of generosity :)
>Regards - Jack

Speaking of which, about one more crash and I might just do that - after a
few delicate adjustments with about a 20 lb sledge hammer...   :)
(Just a little levity to lighten up what could become a too serious line. I
think lav has gotten the point...)

Regards,

David

[e-mail]
Back up my hard drive?
How do I put it in reverse?

- -
- ------------------------------------------------------------
Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List
Post Message:   [e-mail]
Get Commands:   [e-mail] "help"
Administrator:  [e-mail]
Unsubscribe:    [e-mail] "unsubscribe fractint"

------------------------------

Date: Sun, 05 Apr 1998 11:06:20 -0500
From: Bob Margolis <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) Stained Glass fractals

Earlier in this decade, one fractal program I used along with Fractint
was FracTools from Bourbaki Inc. in Idaho. One of the effects for the
user was called Stained Glass, in which each color band was separated
from the next band by a thin line. The effect truly looked like stained
glass and made for some beautiful images. Sadly, it cannot be created by
using boundary trace in Fractint. Boundary trace is similar, but that
thin line between color bands makes a big difference in the final ouput.

Therefore, I would like to request this feature be incorporated into
Fractint v.20, if possible. I would be eternally thankful.

Bob Margolis

- -
- ------------------------------------------------------------
Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List
Post Message:   [e-mail]
Get Commands:   [e-mail] "help"
Administrator:  [e-mail]
Unsubscribe:    [e-mail] "unsubscribe fractint"

------------------------------

Date: Sun, 05 Apr 1998 12:18:09 -0400
From: davides <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) Par (In memorium)

I learned yesterday that a friend had passed away over a year ago. His
absence had been wondered at...
"Bat" was a true gentleman and friend and very helpful for those in need.
Image posted in abpf, the par I thought I would post here.



Keith              { ; From Kerry Mitchell's Bubbleboth_man frm.
                     ; Color map: Modification of one "O" 's maps.
                     ; Keith: "Bat Masterful", d. 5/1997
                     ; Computer guru, a friend never met
  reset=1960 type=formula formulafile=fractint.frm
  formulaname=bubbleboth_man passes=1
  center-mag=-0.57503574032128070/+0.49289391743691880/1139.999/1/-52.499
  params=6/0.12/0.06/0 float=y maxiter=1500 inside=zmag decomp=256
  finattract=y
  colors=000L0_L3_L0_<7>M0cMC7<6>xjW<12>K86G54C30A0A000<45>000C0G<19>M0aM0\
  bM0bM0c<18>C0G000<47>000C30<10>xgU<22>C30000<44>000
  }



frm: bubbleboth_man { ; Kerry Mitchell
        ;
        ; color Mandelbrot set with small bubbles
        ; filled with swirls (combination of rays and circles)
        ;
        ; use outside=iter, decomp=256
        ; real(p1) = bailout (at least 4)
        ; imag(p1) = radius of bubble (try ~ .1)
        ; real(p2) = amount of circles (0 for only rays, try 0.5)
        ; imag(p2) = amount of rays (0 for only circles, try 0.5)
        ; zc is the variable used for iteration, z for coloring
        ;
        zc=pixel, c=pixel, maxr=real(p1), minr=imag(p1), scale=2*pi/minr
        minset=0, iter=1, rzc=cabs(zc), minzc=zc
        weight=real(p2)+imag(p2)
        weightc=real(p2)/weight, weightr=imag(p2)/weight
        ;
        ; initial check:  see if pixel magnitude falls within threshold
        ;   if so, set minset flag, update minimum to current magnitude
        ;
        if (rzc<minr)
          minr=rzc, minzc=zc, minset=1
          end if
        :
        iter=iter+1, zc=sqr(zc)+c, rzc=cabs(zc)
        ;
        ; iteration check:  see if iterate falls within threshold
        ;   if so, set minset flag, update minimum to current magnitude
        ;
        if (rzc<minr)
          minr=rzc, minzc=zc, minset=1
          end if
        ;
        ; bailout
        ;   set "iteration done" flag (iter=-1)
        ;   scale minr to find decomp angle for circles
        ;   take polar angle from minzc to ray decomp angle
        ;   final angle is weighted average of ray and circle angles
        ;   if a new minimum was never set (minset=0),
        ;   set z=0 (color 0 under decomp)
        ;
        if ((rzc>maxr)||(iter==maxit))
          iter=-1
          anglec=scale*minr, angler=imag(log(minzc))
          angle=weightc*anglec+weightr*angler
          z=(cos(angle)+flip(sin(angle)))*minset
          end if
        iter > 0
        }
[e-mail]
Back up my hard drive?
How do I put it in reverse?

- -
- ------------------------------------------------------------
Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List
Post Message:   [e-mail]
Get Commands:   [e-mail] "help"
Administrator:  [e-mail]
Unsubscribe:    [e-mail] "unsubscribe fractint"

------------------------------

Date: Sun, 5 Apr 1998 11:32:17
From: "Lavondyss" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (fractint) Photoshop 4.0 free

On Sun, 05 Apr 1998 23:43:10 +1200,
[e-mail] wrote...
>At 01:08 05/04/98 -0600, Lavondyss wrote:
>>
>>Photoshop 4.0 for free?
>>I can post it on my website. I will have to post the whole thing in parts
>>though, because I don't have enough room to post the whole program at
once.
>....
>>Please don't let the Photoshop people know about this. They might slap me
>with
>>at least a $10,000 fine for distributing it.
>
>Will do; I'll just pop around to their offices and hide all their web
>browsers.
>
>If you _really_ want Photoshop for free, shop around for a good deal when
>buying a scanner. They are often sold with Photoshop. That's how I got mine
>(for less than the cost of buying Photoshop alone). Oh, and make sure that
>it's the full version of Photoshop, and not some sort of "Lite" version
>that appears in some deals.
>

I sell scanners where I work, and the ones that come with them are Photoshop
Deluxe, NOT Photoshop 4.0. Deluxe is a dinky little program. Believe me,
Deluxe sux big time.

I just wanted to contribute back to the Fractal community.

- -Lav




- -
- ------------------------------------------------------------
Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List
Post Message:   [e-mail]
Get Commands:   [e-mail] "help"
Administrator:  [e-mail]
Unsubscribe:    [e-mail] "unsubscribe fractint"

------------------------------

Date: Sun, 5 Apr 1998 10:54:30 -0600
From: Ray Montgomery <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) Posting

        Linda, gumbycat, who has been such an enormous help to me, has
posted an image of mine, made from one that she sent to me as a  learning
aid, at a special address in case anybody wants to drop around and see it.
        ....http://www.geocities.com/~gumbycat/raym.html...

        Thanks, Linda!

                                        Ray


- -
- ------------------------------------------------------------
Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List
Post Message:   [e-mail]
Get Commands:   [e-mail] "help"
Administrator:  [e-mail]
Unsubscribe:    [e-mail] "unsubscribe fractint"

------------------------------

Date: Sun, 5 Apr 1998 12:13:21 -0500 (Central Daylight Time)
From: "John J. Brassil" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (fractint) Photoshop 4.0 free

> If you _really_ want Photoshop for free, shop around for a good deal when
> buying a scanner. They are often sold with Photoshop. That's how I got mine
> (for less than the cost of buying Photoshop alone). Oh, and make sure that
> it's the full version of Photoshop, and not some sort of "Lite" version
> that appears in some deals.
>
Another nice deal is getting Photodeluxe for nearly free if you have an HP
Printer.   Periodically they send an offer to registered users for an
"Idea Kit," where for about $5 for S&H (and a UPC from an Ink Cartridge
- - save those little boxes!), you get some paper samples and some project
suggestion, *and* some fully functional software - the one I got had
Photodeluxe, Corel Printhouse, and Hanes T-Shirt Maker.

Photodeluxe ain't Photoshop, but it does have some nice effects filters
and all yer basic editing tools.

Plus, it's not a felony to get a copy this way! =80

B

John J. Brassil | Network Engineer, Vanderbilt ACIS Networks | 615.322.2496



- -
- ------------------------------------------------------------
Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List
Post Message:   [e-mail]
Get Commands:   [e-mail] "help"
Administrator:  [e-mail]
Unsubscribe:    [e-mail] "unsubscribe fractint"

------------------------------

Date: Sun, 5 Apr 1998 12:13:36
From: "Lavondyss" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (fractint) Photoshop 4.0 free

I guess I won't be posting it then. Some people are goody-two-shoes, so I
have to respect that. Don't want any trouble in fractal land.

Photoshop is just too dang expensive for most consumers to afford. I just
thought perhaps I could share the wealth. In this case, I would suppose not.
Thanx for replying and giving me some thoughts though.

Happy fractaling
- -Lav




- -
- ------------------------------------------------------------
Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List
Post Message:   [e-mail]
Get Commands:   [e-mail] "help"
Administrator:  [e-mail]
Unsubscribe:    [e-mail] "unsubscribe fractint"

------------------------------

Date: Sun, 05 Apr 1998 10:38:46 -0700
From: Wizzle <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (fractint) New Colormaps

Jay...

I posted all of the new maps in .par format as well as in .map format. Do I
need to do something else as well? Also, I did have some broken links
yesterday, so sorry. Please check today and you should find all the .pars
for the colors.

Angela

>
>In those days we used coloring books to show us where to put the colors.
>Of course we usually went out side of the lines and used gold, silver or
copper
>where the book called for yellow, blue or red.  And so it is with
Fractint. We
>need a coloring book, those lines to show off our new colors. And here it
>is, a repost, thanks to Sylvie. I put the new Map files in a directory off
>the Fractint directory, called Wiz-Maps, so I can find them.  Also, the
>pallette.par, so I can view them.
>
>palette-par        { ; Copyright Sylvie Gallet, Mar 20, 1998
>                     ; .              t=  0:00:00.66
>                     ; <[e-mail]>
>                     ; t=calc time using a Pentium 166 at 320 x 200
>  reset=1960 type=formula formulafile=test.frm formulaname=palette
>  passes=1 center-mag=3.33067e-016/-2.22045e-016/1.893939 float=y
>  maxiter=255 outside=summ colors=038<128>wwzwwzvvy<123>F00
>  }
>frm:palette { ; use maxiter=255 and outside=summ
>  z0 = 256 * real(scrnpix)/real(scrnmax) , iter=0 :
>  iter = iter + 1
>  z = z0 - iter
>  0
>}
>
>Now I hope Wizzle still has relevant data about each map. This would
>fit in the "colors=038<128>wwzwwzvvy<123>F00" format. Do you need
>help preparing this format Wizzle?  We really need this format. The map
>files take 499712 (.5 Meg) on a hard disk.  The colors format should take
>about 40k.
>
>Jay
>


- -
- ------------------------------------------------------------
Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List
Post Message:   [e-mail]
Get Commands:   [e-mail] "help"
Administrator:  [e-mail]
Unsubscribe:    [e-mail] "unsubscribe fractint"

------------------------------

Date: Sun, 05 Apr 1998 10:40:45 -0700
From: Wizzle <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (fractint) New Colormaps

Gedeon...

I too am keeping my map collection.  I really meant trash those clunky maps
that come with Fractint.  This is a much better selection.

Angela

At 09:20 PM 4/4/98 -0500, you wrote:
>Wizzle wrote:
>
>>  I encourage one and all to download them (trash your old stuff).
>
>I did download them and greatly appreciate your efforts! Trash my old stuff?
>Heaven forbid! I only have about 600 maps on file and two programs to
create some
>more!
>
>Gedeon
>

- -
- ------------------------------------------------------------
Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List
Post Message:   [e-mail]
Get Commands:   [e-mail] "help"
Administrator:  [e-mail]
Unsubscribe:    [e-mail] "unsubscribe fractint"

------------------------------

Date: Sun, 05 Apr 1998 11:35:40 -0500
From: "Justin A. Kolodziej" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (fractint) Photoshop 4.0 free

Jay Hill wrote:
>
> > Let me know what you guys think. Please don't let the Photoshop people
> > know about this. They might slap me with at least a $10,000 fine for
> distributing
> > it.
> >
> > -Lav
>
> So don't do it!

I have to agree with the above.  Unless the license explicitly says "You may
redistribute" you may NOT redistribute the software, especially on a web site
to potential millions of people.   End of story.

Justin K.
- --
I sense a great disturbance in the Source.
Justin A. Kolodziej
I am [e-mail]
Marquette University is http://www.mu.edu

- -
- ------------------------------------------------------------
Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List
Post Message:   [e-mail]
Get Commands:   [e-mail] "help"
Administrator:  [e-mail]
Unsubscribe:    [e-mail] "unsubscribe fractint"

------------------------------

Date: Sun, 05 Apr 1998 11:03:19 -0700
From: Wizzle <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (fractint) Photoshop 4.0 free

Is Photoshop strictly a bitmap graphics program? And I think it retails for
about $500. I have Corel Draw 7 which has both a bitmap editor and a vector
graphics program as well as 3D (a lot for the $225 I paid). Lots of
Photoshop filters (which plug into Paintshop Pro and Corel Draw) are
available at

http://www.netins.net/showcase/wolf359/plugins.htm
and
http://hem1.passagen.se/grafoman/plugtool/plugs.html

Angela

At 12:13 PM 4/5/98 -0500, you wrote:
>
>
>> If you _really_ want Photoshop for free, shop around for a good deal when
>> buying a scanner. They are often sold with Photoshop. That's how I got mine
>> (for less than the cost of buying Photoshop alone). Oh, and make sure that
>> it's the full version of Photoshop, and not some sort of "Lite" version
>> that appears in some deals.
>>
>Another nice deal is getting Photodeluxe for nearly free if you have an HP
>Printer.   Periodically they send an offer to registered users for an
>"Idea Kit," where for about $5 for S&H (and a UPC from an Ink Cartridge
>- save those little boxes!), you get some paper samples and some project
>suggestion, *and* some fully functional software - the one I got had
>Photodeluxe, Corel Printhouse, and Hanes T-Shirt Maker.
>
>Photodeluxe ain't Photoshop, but it does have some nice effects filters
>and all yer basic editing tools.
>
>Plus, it's not a felony to get a copy this way! =80
>
>B
>
>John J. Brassil | Network Engineer, Vanderbilt ACIS Networks | 615.322.2496
>


- -
- ------------------------------------------------------------
Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List
Post Message:   [e-mail]
Get Commands:   [e-mail] "help"
Administrator:  [e-mail]
Unsubscribe:    [e-mail] "unsubscribe fractint"

------------------------------

Date: Sun, 05 Apr 1998 11:15:31 -0700
From: Wizzle <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (fractint) Posting

Fun image Ray...looks like you will be ready for your own homepage soon.

At 10:54 AM 4/5/98 -0600, you wrote:
>        Linda, gumbycat, who has been such an enormous help to me, has
>posted an image of mine, made from one that she sent to me as a  learning
>aid, at a special address in case anybody wants to drop around and see it.
>        ....http://www.geocities.com/~gumbycat/raym.html...
>
>        Thanks, Linda!
>


- -
- ------------------------------------------------------------
Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List
Post Message:   [e-mail]
Get Commands:   [e-mail] "help"
Administrator:  [e-mail]
Unsubscribe:    [e-mail] "unsubscribe fractint"

------------------------------

Date: Sun, 5 Apr 1998 18:21:53 +0100
From: "Les St Clair" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (fractint) Anti-Aliasing

Hi Blake,

>After I noticed one particular
>tip at Les St. Clair's page-in-progress, Fractasia, about using
>anti-aliasing, I started to look around for a program that would do this.
>As you may have guessed by now, I haven't found one.  Paint Shop Pro (which
>I found at Simtel) doesn't do it

Which version of PSP do you have?
The Win95 version (4.14) does do anti-aliasing, it does this when you re-sample
an image (Image menu > resample)

Typically you need to down-size at a 2:1 ratio for the anti-aliasing to be
effective.

I don't like the soft look that results from anti-aliasing so I always apply a
"sharpen" filter afterwards (PSP does this too: Image menu> Normal filters>
Sharpen).

cheers, Les



- -
- ------------------------------------------------------------
Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List
Post Message:   [e-mail]
Get Commands:   [e-mail] "help"
Administrator:  [e-mail]
Unsubscribe:    [e-mail] "unsubscribe fractint"

------------------------------

Date: Sun, 5 Apr 1998 11:20:23 -0700
From: "Mike and Linda Allison" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (fractint) Photoshop 4.0 free

I don't want to reopen the copyright debate, but you may have noticed that
most of us take copyright infringement very seriously.  I suggest that you
don't infringe on any our our rights, or the rights of the Photoshop
authors.

> Hey, since everyone here is a graphics fiend/friend whichever you prefer,
I would
> like to know if anyone would like Photoshop 4.0 for free? I love it to
death. I do
> all my enhancements on it and the filters are unbelieveable. I can post
it on my
> website. I will have to post the whole thing in parts though, because I
don't have
> enough room to post the whole program at once. Unless someone has room
for me to
> post it. Let me know what you guys think. Please don't let the Photoshop
people
> know about this. They might slap me with at least a $10,000 fine for
distributing
> it.
>
> -Lav


- -
- ------------------------------------------------------------
Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List
Post Message:   [e-mail]
Get Commands:   [e-mail] "help"
Administrator:  [e-mail]
Unsubscribe:    [e-mail] "unsubscribe fractint"

------------------------------

Date: Sun, 05 Apr 1998 11:41:58 -0700
From: Wizzle <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (fractint) Anti-Aliasing

Blake...

Get the new PSP 5.0 version beta from JASC for free.  www.jasc.com

And for those that think PSP is "dinky" try some of the tips from various
PSP afficienados....I have links at

http://wizzle.simplenet.com/fractals/hints/graphlinks.htm

The free filters available on the web make PSP haul.

Angela

At 06:21 PM 4/5/98 +0100, you wrote:
>
>Hi Blake,
>
>>After I noticed one particular
>>tip at Les St. Clair's page-in-progress, Fractasia, about using
>>anti-aliasing, I started to look around for a program that would do this.
>>As you may have guessed by now, I haven't found one.  Paint Shop Pro (which
>>I found at Simtel) doesn't do it
>
>Which version of PSP do you have?
>The Win95 version (4.14) does do anti-aliasing, it does this when you
re-sample
>an image (Image menu > resample)
>
>Typically you need to down-size at a 2:1 ratio for the anti-aliasing to be
>effective.
>
>I don't like the soft look that results from anti-aliasing so I always
apply a
>"sharpen" filter afterwards (PSP does this too: Image menu> Normal filters>
>Sharpen).
>
>cheers, Les
>
>
>
>-
>------------------------------------------------------------
>Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List
>Post Message:   [e-mail]
>Get Commands:   [e-mail] "help"
>Administrator:  [e-mail]
>Unsubscribe:    [e-mail] "unsubscribe fractint"
>
>

- -
- ------------------------------------------------------------
Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List
Post Message:   [e-mail]
Get Commands:   [e-mail] "help"
Administrator:  [e-mail]
Unsubscribe:    [e-mail] "unsubscribe fractint"

------------------------------

Date: Sun, 5 Apr 1998 15:23:27 -0400
From: "Peter Gavin" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) Mandelbrot tip

This is a multi-part message in MIME format.

- ------=_NextPart_000_0044_01BD60A6.C86A76E0
Content-Type: text/plain;
    charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit

This is a par file that I got from my image I referred to earlier.  I posted
it to the group, since Jay asked about it.  I tried it with 1 million
iterates, then at 2, and found that 2 million caught some pixels 1 mil
didn't.  You may find 1 million is enough to demonstrate this, though.

Pete


- ------=_NextPart_000_0044_01BD60A6.C86A76E0
Content-Type: application/octet-stream;
    name="MANDTIP.PAR"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Content-Disposition: attachment;
    filename="MANDTIP.PAR"

Very High Iterates { ; This is the tip of the Mandelbrot Set
                     ; rendered with 2 million iterations.
                     ; I have also turned off periodicity.
  reset=1960 type=mandel passes=3
  center-mag=-1.40115519150011600/+0.00000000000000000/4.266667e+008
  params=0/0 float=y maxiter=2097152 inside=0 logmap=18386
  symmetry=none periodicity=0
  }

NotEnough Iterates { ; This is the tip of the Mandelbrot Set
                     ; rendered with 65,536 iterations.
                     ; I have periodicity set at 4.
  reset=1960 type=mandel passes=3
  center-mag=-1.40115519150011600/+0.00000000000000000/4.266667e+008
  params=0/0 float=y maxiter=65536 inside=0 logmap=18386 symmetry=none
  periodicity=8
  }


- ------=_NextPart_000_0044_01BD60A6.C86A76E0--


- -
- ------------------------------------------------------------
Thanks for using Fractint, The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List
Post Message:   [e-mail]
Get Commands:   [e-mail] "help"
Administrator:  [e-mail]
Unsubscribe:    [e-mail] "unsubscribe fractint"

------------------------------

End of fractint-digest V1 #156
******************************