Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:

NOTICE!  Do not try to recreate today’s image from the included parameter file, which contains only the 3-D transform information.  To view the image, you must go to the FOTD web site at:

http://www.emarketingiseasy.com/TESTS/FOTD/jim_muths_fotd.html

where Hal has posted it.

Today’s image is named “Little Lost Orphan” because it has lost its parent fractal.  It is an image from years ago, when I briefly experimented with making 3-D transforms of type=plasma images.  Such transforms can make rather convincing landscapes, but for some reason I quickly grew bored with the icy images.  A few rather impressive scenes showed up before I turned to the 4-D Julibrot stuff however.

The type=plasma image to which the transform was originally applied was long ago discarded, but today’s parameter file may be applied to any other type=plasma image (or any Fractint image at all) to create different landscapes, so feel free to create as many scenes as your adventurous heart desires.  (The process is a bit convoluted, so I recommend reading the 3-D transform instructions.)

I have no idea how today’s image might compare with what might be possible using the 3-D transform feature on type=plasma images, so I could give the image no rating.

The calculation time of 3-1/3 minutes is the time it took for the original transform to calculate on the old 80486-100mhz machine.  On modern units, the image would finish in a matter of seconds.

A bit of good news is that the start of my own FOTD web site has been uploaded and needs only a bit of link-tweaking before being made public.

In view of all this excitement, do not forget the original web site at:

   http://www.Nahee.com/FOTD/

Tuesday brought lots of sun and a temperature of 50F 10C to Fractal Central.  Wednesday brought heavy clouds and similar temperatures.  The fractal cats enjoyed the sun on Tuesday and complained about the lack of it on Wednesday.

My day, as well as FL’s day, was quite busy both Tuesday and Wednesday.  Things that do not work right keep popping up on the web site.  But the goal is in sight, so all that patience will soon be rewarded.  The next FOTD will be posted in 48 hours or so.  Until then, take care, and I have lots of answers but I’ve lost the questions.

Jim Muth
jamth@mindspring.com


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