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fractint-digest        Monday, February 5 2001        Volume 01 : Number 536




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Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 22:47:44 -0500
From: "Multiple Bogeys" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (fractint) Ack!

>The "C-FOTD 30-01-01 (Satin Cyclone [7])" has been there since Monday,
>January 29, 2001 23:51:19 CST.

At the time I wrote that message, it was not there -- only the previous FOTD
was -- and it was the day after the night the FOTD was posted, so it
certainly should have been there.

>BTW, Scott created his version of the same FOTD on Monday, January 29,
>2001 23:45:07 CST.  That's only 6-minutes and 12-seconds difference
>between the two.

Well that's odd. You're suggesting that it was there, then gone, then there
again. Why would that be?
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Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 23:53:13 -0600
From: "Paul N. Lee" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (fractint) Ack!

Multiple Bogeys wrote:
>
> At the time I wrote that message, it was not there
> -- only the previous FOTD was -- and it was the day
> after the night the FOTD was posted, so it certainly
> should have been there.

As I said, if one wishes they can view the web page and then request the
"Document Info" and view the stats which show it was uploaded on Monday,
January 29, 2001 at 23:51:19 CST.

>
> Well that's odd. You're suggesting that it was there,
> then gone, then there again.  Why would that be?

I suggest contacting your ISP and see if they use some form of "cache",
or maybe maintenance was being done which caused this effect.

Each FOTD web page contains files from three separate Domain servers
that have nothing in common, other than their use for the combined web
page:
    http://home.att.net/        <====== HTML files and background
    http://www.nahee.com/       <====== Emoticons
    http://www.eclectasy.com/   <====== FOTD image files

And then there are the many other servers of the "backbone", and
everything between your ISP connection and the Domains listed above.  It
just seems odd that only you have been having so many problems over the
past few months.


Sincerely,
P.N.L.
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Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2001 07:04:03 -0500
From: davides <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (fractint) Ack!

>Just to counter balance Bogeys' vote of no-confidence, may I, Paul, give
>a big plus vote.

I'll second that!

>A very old quote comes to mind;
>
>'If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.'

I would change the above quote, though:

"If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried."
(smile - humor injection here)

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Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2001 09:30:00 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (fractint) C-FOTD  01-02-01  (Mystical Minibrot [5])

Classic FOTD -- February 01, 2001 (Rating 5)

Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:

Today's FOTD is late because I had no chance to prepare in time
to post it on schedule.  And I'm still backed up this morning,
so I'll have to settle for a very terse discussion.

The image shows a tiny midget in the Z^2.5+C Mandeloid.  I named
it "Mystical Minibrot" when nothing better came to mind.  I
rated the image a 5, which is average.

The parameter file runs in 20 minutes.  The image will be posted
in 3 hours to the usenet group:

          alt.binaries.pictures.fractals

The image is also available on the Web at:

          <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html>

and at:

          <http://home.swbell.net/sdboyd56/fotd/>

The fractal weather today was partly sunny with a temperature of
54F (12C), though the high winds kept the fractal cats outdoor
time limited to 10 minutes.

It's now time to settle down for a day of trying to get caught
up in my work.  Until next time, which will come in 12 hours,
take care, and be at ease.


Jim Muth
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START 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE================================

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  formulaname=MandelbrotBC passes=1
  center-mag=+0.66189386170993060/+0.38792031175369780\
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  e=p1
  p=real(p2)+PI
  q=2*PI*trunc(p/(2*PI))
  r=real(p2)-q
  Z=C=Pixel:
    Z=log(Z)
    IF(imag(Z)>r)
      Z=Z+flip(2*PI)
    ENDIF
    Z=exp(e*(Z+flip(q)))+C
  |Z|<100
}

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Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2001 09:52:26 -0600
From: Programmer Dude <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (fractint) Ack!

davides wrote:

>> 'If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.'
>
> "If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried."

If at first you don't succeed, skydiving is probably not for you.


Hmmmm...
Is this a Bill The Cat thread??

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Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2001 10:06:50 -0600
From: Programmer Dude <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (fractint) C-FOTD  31-01-01  (The Fractal Swarm [8])

[e-mail] wrote:

> Classic FOTD -- January 31, 2001 (Rating 8)

That is a *way* cool fractal!!!


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Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2001 22:54:14 -0500 (EST)
From: Jim Muth <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) C-FOTD  02-02-01  (A Fractal Survivor [5])

Classic FOTD -- February 02, 2001 (Rating 5)

Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:

It's a fractal survivor that won the honor as the FOTD for
February 2 -- the last midget that still existed as the world
closed in around them.  The midget is a tough little contestant,
surrounded by sharp angular discontinuities and harsh colors.
To find such a tough midget, I started with the formula Z^1.5+C
and gradually lowered the exponent until the midgets vanished.

As the exponent of Z is lowered past 1.5, the midgets become
increasingly hard to find, until at around Z^1.25, where none
are left at all.  Today's midget however breaks that rule, since
the exponent of Z that draws the parent fractal of today's scene
is 1.19.

Since it's such a robust little midget that appears in today's
picture, I named the image "A Fractal Survivor".  The
intentionally harsh colors keep the rating at an average 5,
though a 6 might have been more appropriate if the conditions
had been more normal.

As is the case with all midgets in this sub-basement zone of the
world of fractals, there is no well-defined shape.  Instead, the
shape of midgets varies randomly.  Today's midget for example is
roughly elliptic, with the tiny buds few and far between.  Some
midgets this low down the exponent ladder have no buds at all,
and all midgets appear to have at least one edge with
ill-defined borders.  But my fascination with this exponent
range lies not in the shape of the midgets, but in the challenge
of finding them.

The parameter file of today's image renders in 11 minutes on an
aging Pentium machine running at 200mhz.  Yes, I realize that
this time is a bit too long to wait to see such an outstanding
scene.  So to ease the wait, the pre-rendered GIF file will soon
be posted to the web at:

          <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html>

and at:

          <http://home.swbell.net/sdboyd56/fotd/>

For those who can bear the wait, the image will also be posted
in 14 hours to the Usenet newsgroup:

          alt.binaries.pictures.fractals

The fractal weather today was partly sunny, with a temperature
of 49F (9.5C), which must have pleased the fractal cats, who
spent over an hour in the yard, watching for squirrels and birds.

And that's it for tonight.  I'm about ready to shut down the
fractal shoppe and call it a night, but I'll re-appear tomorrow
around this same time.  Until then, take care, and may the good
fractals prevail.


Jim Muth
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frm:MandelbrotBC = { ; Z = Z^E + C
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  p=real(p2)+PI
  q=2*PI*trunc(p/(2*PI))
  r=real(p2)-q
  Z=C=Pixel:
    Z=log(Z)
    IF(imag(Z)>r)
      Z=Z+flip(2*PI)
    ENDIF
    Z=exp(e*(Z+flip(q)))+C
  |Z|<100
}

END 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE==================================


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Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2001 07:49:03 -0500 (EST)
From: Jim Muth <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) C-FOTD  03-02-01  (Unexpected Fractal [7])

Classic FOTD -- February 03, 2001 (Rating 7)

Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:

Yes, I realize that I'm late with today's FOTD, but it's still
before 8am of February 3rd here at Fractal Central, so I'm still
technically on time.

Sometimes when exploring in the infinite world of fractals, I
come upon a scene truly unexpected.  Today's image is one of
those scenes.  The formula that drew the image is Z^1.5+C --
about as simple an expression as one could find.  True, I used
the MandelbrotBC formula, which draws the more remote parts of
the infinite complex-log spiral, but the entire spiral is all
basically the same image.

The unexpected feature is the decoration surrounding the
order-1.5 midget.  The circular features scattered through the
image are unlike anything I have seen, and far from the
fragmented chaos that would be expected in a fractal with an
exponent of Z equal to 1.5.  When I saw the horde of circular
depressions, I immediately realized how unexpected such objects
are in such fractals, and named the picture "Unexpected
Fractal".  The rating is a marginal 7.

The midget in the image lies near the shore of a larger midget,
which in turn lies near a secondary bud of the parent fractal.
The image takes over 50 minutes to render from the parameter
file.  Luckily for those with limited time, the completed GIF
image file will soon be posted to:

          <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html>

and to:

          <http://home.swbell.net/sdboyd56/fotd/>

And since this posting is already late, the wait for the image
to appear on the Usenet news board:

          alt.binaries.pictures.fractals

has been cut to under 6 hours.

The fractal weather today was partly sunny and quite pleasant,
with a temperature of 49F (9.5C) that let the fractal cats have
a good romp in the yard.  At 4pm a squall of rain and snow moved
in, dropping the temperature to near freezing, but by that time
the cats had completed their day's adventure.

It's now time to reconfigure the fractal shoppe, and turn it
into a more conventional work shop.  Until 18 hours from now,
when I'll return with another fractal and quite likely some
philosophy, take care, and don't feel concern when the FOTD is a
bit late.  It's just that those extra good images sometimes take
a little longer to find and render.


Jim Muth
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START 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE================================

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  p=real(p2)+PI
  q=2*PI*trunc(p/(2*PI))
  r=real(p2)-q
  Z=C=Pixel:
    Z=log(Z)
    IF(imag(Z)>r)
      Z=Z+flip(2*PI)
    ENDIF
    Z=exp(e*(Z+flip(q)))+C
  |Z|<100
}

END 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE==================================


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Date: Sat, 03 Feb 2001 13:17:18 -0600
From: Tim Wegner <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) I suggest mechanics of posting FOTD is off topic

Let me suggest that the mechanics of when and why the FOTD
(Fractal of the Day) appears on various websites, or whether it was
early, or whether it was late, or whether it was on time be declared
off topic.

Please no one take offense at this, I'm just trying to keep this list
as valuable as possible for the members. If you do have concerns
about the accessibility of the FOTD images, I suggest emailing
privately to the people maintaining the various web sites.

The FOTD itself, of course, is very much ON topic - discussion
about the image or the parameters is always welcome. And thanks
Jim Muth!

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Date: Sat, 03 Feb 2001 21:27:33 -0600
From: DeBow Freed <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (fractint) I suggest mechanics of posting FOTD is off topic

hERE hERE, OR hEAR, HEAR, OR OR WHATEVER SUGGESTS STRONG AGREEMENT AND
DYSLEXIA

Tim Wegner wrote:

> Let me suggest that the mechanics of when and why the FOTD
> (Fractal of the Day) appears on various websites, or whether it was
> early, or whether it was late, or whether it was on time be declared
> off topic.
>
> Please no one take offense at this, I'm just trying to keep this list
> as valuable as possible for the members. If you do have concerns
> about the accessibility of the FOTD images, I suggest emailing
> privately to the people maintaining the various web sites.
>
> The FOTD itself, of course, is very much ON topic - discussion
> about the image or the parameters is always welcome. And thanks
> Jim Muth!
>
> Tim Wegner
> Fractint list administrator
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Date: Sun, 4 Feb 2001 00:23:43 -0500 (EST)
From: Jim Muth <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) C-FOTD  04-02-01  (Four Fractal Spirals [6])

Classic FOTD -- February 04, 2001 (Rating 6)

Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:

The formula -5Z^(-1.5)-0.5Z^(-15)+(1/C) when calculated with a
bailout radius of 900 produces a north-south oriented double-
lobed fractal with one east valley separating the two large
lobes, and two smaller west valleys separating the lobes.
Today's scene lies deep in the east valley, on the shore of a
Mandelbrot bud that seems to have no reason for being in the
otherwise non-critical appearing valley.

I could have given the picture any of a number of names.  The
name I decided on is "Four Fractal Spirals", which is little
more than a description.  Actually, the more interesting part of
the image lies inside the four spirals, closer to the central
midget, where the brilliant leaf-like features surround the
midget.

After some thought, I rated the image a slightly above-average
6.  With more time, I probably could have done better on the
coloring by trying a logmap of -888 on the slow image, or by
turning off the logmap entirely.

The parameter file takes over one hour to render on a Pentium
200mhz machine.  The fastest machines can likely finish the
image in less than half that time.  For convenience, the GIF
file of the finished image will soon be posted to:

          <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html>

and to:

          <http://home.swbell.net/sdboyd56/fotd/>

In 12 hours, the image will also be posted to the Usenet group:

          alt.binaries.pictures.fractals

With so many ways of viewing today's fractal, no one need be
disappointed.

The fractal weather today here at Fractal Central featured
sunshine and cold temperatures.  The 35F (1.5C) was too cold for
the delicate fractal cats to venture into.  Instead, they passed
the afternoon shifting between heating themselves at the
radiator, sitting in the window and wishing it were warmer
outside, and worrying for food.

Well, I'm worn out, the cats are well fed, and it's time to shut
down the fractal corner for another night.  Until tomorrow
around this same time, take care.


Jim Muth
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a=real(p1), b=imag(p1), d=real(p2), f=imag(p2),
g=1/f, h=1/d, j=1/(f-b), z=(-a*b*g*h)^j,
k=real(p3)+1, l=imag(p3)+100, c=fn1(pixel):
z=k*((a*(z^b))+(d*(z^f)))+c,
|z| < l
}

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Date: Sun, 04 Feb 2001 07:44:09 -0600
From: "Paul N. Lee" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (fractint) I suggest mechanics of posting FOTD is off topic

Tim Wegner wrote:
>
> Let me suggest that the mechanics of when and
> why the FOTD appears on various websites.....
> ....be declared off topic.
>

Thank you very much, Tim!!    :-)

Sincerely,
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Date: Sun, 4 Feb 2001 10:49:50 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (fractint) Re: I suggest mechanics of posting FOTD is off topic

On 01-02-03 at 14:18:38 Tim Wegner wrote:

>Let me suggest that the mechanics of when and why the FOTD
>(Fractal of the Day) appears on various websites, or whether it was
>early, or whether it was late, or whether it was on time be declared
>off topic.     <snip>
>
>The FOTD itself, of course, is very much ON topic - discussion
>about the image or the parameters is always welcome. And thanks
>Jim Muth!

Thanks Tim.  The complaints were becoming a bit annoying.  And
thanks again for the compliment.  The FOTD will be around for a long
time to come.


Jim M.

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Date: Sun, 04 Feb 2001 10:34:16 -0600
From: "Paul N. Lee" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) Fractal-Art 2000 Contest Results

................
    Congratulations to all of the winners!!
................


The voting has ended and they have been tabulated:

   - Nature
   - 1st:  262, Mothtique, Virginia Sterling
   - 2nd:  037, Athene's Jewel Tree, Garth Thornton
   - 3rd:  080, Cockatoo, Lee Skinner
   -
   - Artifice
   - 1st:  285, Opaline Tower, Morgan Bell
   - 2nd:  296, Pearl Butterfly, Robert "Red" Williams
   - 3rd:  116, Encrusted Ring. Garth Thornton
   -
   - Scene
   - 1st:  210, Just a Perfect Summer Morning, Gissel Escudero
   - 2nd:  387, Summer Sedimentary, Garth Thornton
   - 3rd:  106, Dry Streambed, Lee Skinner
   -
   - Interpretation
   - 1st:  132, Feather Duster, Dennis Magar
   - 2nd:  311, Promise of Autumn, Faye Williams
   - 3rd:  182, Hiroshima Burning, Jon Williams
   -
   - Abstract
   - 1st:  430, Twisted Dream, Mark Townsend
   - 2nd:  117, Endicott, Janet Parke Preslar
   - 3rd:  283, Oldest Memory, Cory Ench
   -
   - Limited Color
   - 1st:  189, Ice Trees, Cory Ench
   - 2nd:  320, Reflux, Paul DeCelle
   - 3rd:  397, Symbiosis, Stephen Johnson
   -
   - Classical Mandelbrot
   - 1st:  050, Bistred Mandorla, Tina Oloyede
   - 2nd:  118, ENE, Janet Parke Preslar
   - 3rd:  342, See Shells, Seashells, Dave Makin
   -
   - Movement
   - 1st:  004, 1/50th of a Light Year, Damien Jones
   - 2nd:  035, Armageddon, Godwin Vickers
   - 3rd:  010, A Year in the Fractal Garden, Tina Oloyede
   -
   - Best Color
   - 1st:  050, Bistred Mandorla, Tina Oloyede
   - 2nd:  408, The Inspiration, Colleen Deery
   - 3rd:  037, Athene's Jewel Tree, Garth Thornton
   -
   - Best Lighting
   - 1st (tie):  146, Folds, Trixi Willius
   - 1st (tie):  285, Opaline Tower, Morgen Bell
   - 3rd:  025, Ancient Stone, Mikko Vainiala
   -
   - Best Texture
   - 1st:  336, Sandstone Shadows at Sunrise, Sylvie Gallet
   - 2nd:  155, Fukasetsu, Domenick Annuzzi
   - 3rd:  042, Avedensora, Daniel Kuzmenka
   -
   - Best Still
   - 1st:  285, Opaline Tower, Morgen Bell
   - 2nd:  210, Just a Perfect Summer Morning, Gissel Escudero
   - 3rd:  387, Summer Sedimentary, Garth Thornton



Sincerely,
P.N.L.
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Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2001 00:04:00 -0500
From: "Damien M. Jones" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) Fractal-Art 2000 Contest (Status)

Greetings folks,

I spent about ten hours today on the contest site, adding artists' names
and software information to the entry pages, setting up the winners pages,
and building indexes of all 450 images by title and by artist. These last
two items took more than half of that time, but I think they'll be well
worth it, as they make locating specific images a lot easier.

I have more changes to make to the overall site, and some general cleanup
before releasing the update of the site. I expect that work to go very
quickly tomorrow night when I get home from work, and to release the site
then. At that time, you'll only need to download a new HTML file pack to
update your download.

A large number of comments on images have been submitted through the web
site. Because sending those out to the artists will involve a small amount
of scripting on my part (not a lot, but more than I had time for this
weekend) I will most likely not have those sent out until this coming
weekend (February 10). They are being collected here, though, and they'll
all go out.

This contest was more work than I've ever done. Even though it was very
late, it would have been much later if not for all the scripting that was
done, and for the tireless efforts of the other volunteers. So I'd like to
extend my most voluminous gratitude to Kerry Mitchell, Janet Parke Preslar,
Ken Childress, Tina Oloyede, Paul DeCelle, and Jean-Pierre Louvet. They
deserve special thanks for putting up with me. And to those who volunteered
to do translations, which I never found the time to coordinate: Sylvie
Gallet, Disonel Herrnsdorf, Robert Zimmerman, Vladimir Balon, and Timothy
Pierson. For the large number of people who volunteered to burn contest
CDs--I'm sorry, I don't have a full list handy!--your willingness to help
is very much appreciated.

And finally, thanks to all the people who entered, voted, or just visited
the contest web site. That's what the contest is for.

Oh, and to the individual who volunteered the contest site to be featured
in an e-mail newsletter with over 200,000 subscribers--you know who you
are--thank you. You've likely introduced a large number of people to
fractals who might never have discovered them otherwise. Of course the
fourfold increase in traffic made my host a *little* unhappy over how much
of their capacity I was using. :)

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Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2001 00:17:35 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (fractint) C-FOTD  05-02-01  (Partly Curdled 'brot [4])

Classic FOTD -- February 05, 2001 (Rating 4)

Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:

For some reason I felt drained of energy all afternoon today.
The lethargy was not enough to put a damper on the ongoing
fractal search, but it does have me pretty well worn out and
ready for a junky movie.

Before the movie however we have a fractal to enjoy.  The
formula that drew the image is 0.075Z^(-10)+0.75(1/Z)+(1/C),
which I found by entering numbers at random.  The image is a
rather sandy looking affair, which I named "Partly Curdled
'brot" for no obvious reason.  Having put almost no effort into
the picture, I rated it a below-average 4.

The parameter file renders in 11-1/2 minutes.  An easier way to
view the scene is to give Paul and Scott a chance to post the
image to their web sites at:

          <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html>

and at:

          <http://home.swbell.net/sdboyd56/fotd/>

and download the image from there.

Unfortunately, the FOTD will not be posted to Usenet until I
straighten out the computer confusion, which should be
accomplished in about one month.

The fractal weather today was mostly sunny, with a temperature
of 45F (7C), conditions that had the fractal cats romping in the
fractal yard for over an hour.

Well, I see it's shut-down time, so until next time, so-long for
now.


Jim Muth
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frm:MandelbrotMix4 {; Jim Muth
a=real(p1), b=imag(p1), d=real(p2), f=imag(p2),
g=1/f, h=1/d, j=1/(f-b), z=(-a*b*g*h)^j,
k=real(p3)+1, l=imag(p3)+100, c=fn1(pixel):
z=k*((a*(z^b))+(d*(z^f)))+c,
|z| < l
}

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Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2001 16:33:25 -0000
From: "Rupert Millard" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (fractint) Fractal-Art 2000 Contest Results

Damien,

How did you make your zoom (1/50th of a Light Year) have so many frames but
still be so small?

I realise that it is Flash, but I wonder what program you had used (and if
it is free!)?

From,

Rupert

P.S. Congratulations on winning!
P.P.S. Would you care to guess what size that animation would be as a MPEG
or an animated GIF?
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Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2001 21:26:28 -0500
From: "Damien M. Jones" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (fractint) 1/50th of a Light Year

Rupert,

There are 52 fully-rendered frames in the animation, each one a 2:1 zoom
over the previous frame. At any given moment, there are two or three images
displayed, scaled to fit together seamlessly. Each frame increases the size
of the displayed images logarithmically, each image magnifying in lock-step
with the others. Because Flash is scaling the images on-the-fly, most of
the frames contain very little data; only when a new keyframe is introduced
is there a bulky JPEG to transfer. (These are the pauses you get when you
first play the animation.)

Because Flash doesn't have a way to automatically program a logarithmic
scale, I had to manually insert all 5,000+ keyframes. This was a tedious
process, let me assure you. Once that was done, "all" I had to do was
select all the frames and center the images. Unfortunately Flash's
interface isn't really set up to select so many frames with its onion skin;
it took twenty-four hours just to complete the selection process.
(Fortunately I could just start that and walk away.)

The animation itself is only 2,000 frames, at 20fps. This makes it 1:40 in
length. I originally built the animation at 720x360, but even at 640x320 it
would be quite large. Each frame has a raw size of 614,400 bytes; with
2,000 frames it's about 1.2G. If compressed as motion-JPEG (JPEGging each
frame separately) with 15:1 compression that's still 81M. If compressed
with 100:1 MPEG, it's 12M. Compressed with this keyframe method and played
back by Flash, it's 3.8M, or about 309:1 compression.

I can't take credit for dreaming up the technique; I first saw it done in
an old PC graphics demo, and later with Fractal eXtreme. I've written my
own programs to do this, as it requires sub-pixel accuracy in rendering to
work well. I did a version in JavaScript (not good) and Java (better).
While reading information about Flash's animation format, I saw that it had
sub-pixel accuracy in its rendering, so it seemed like a good candidate to
try the technique. After an initial proof-of-concept animation (just six
keyframes) I decided to try a big one.

Originally I had intended to write a program to produce the .swf file, but
with time running out I did it by hand instead. I do NOT recommend the
manual approach! I may at some point wrap this whole bit into a simple
program, but I make no promises. :)

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Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2001 00:42:01 -0500
From: "Damien M. Jones" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) Fractal-Art 2000 Contest (update)

Good evening folks,

I know most of you would be disappointed, but unsurprised, if I told you
there had been delays in getting the contest results posted.

Well, not this time. The contest results have been posted to the web site.
The winners are presented here:

    http://www.contest2k.com/en/winners.htm

I've also prepared indexes of images by artist and by title, here:

    http://www.contest2k.com/en/entries-artist.htm
    http://www.contest2k.com/en/entries-titles.htm

If you'd like to just download the updated files, you can get the updated
HTML pack here:

    http://www.contest2k.com/fa2k-html.zip

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