Stunning image!  Congratulations!

Linda

Yep.  Here, too.

LindaA

Thanks, Stacey!  I think once the conversion is completed, Rendo will be better than ever!!!

Linda

When I click on the link http://www.renderosity.com/index.ez?viewStory=13047 , I get the dreaded "Page cannot be found" message.  I've tried several times - always with the same result.   Help?

Linda

Thanks, Barb!  As long as it's not something I'm doing wrong, or something I have set wrong.  I can wait :-)

Linda

Hi, Barb!

I can see the FWW for June 18-24, but when I go to the archives, I can't see any images.  Same with the FVS.  I have no problem seeing any of the gallery images.  Help?!?

Linda

You can find spirals in the Mandelbrot and the Julia formulas just using the default formula parameters. The zoom feature and the gradient are really important in defining the spiral. Try this. Open up a new fractal using the "Mandelbrot (Built-in)" formula in the "Standard" file. Use the "Standard" gradient file. Now go to the "Outside" tab and open Toby's "Doodads II" file. So far, you are just using default parameters. The first thing I do is go to the "Outside" tab and start changing the "color density" and "transfer function." With the default Mandelbrot parameters, the "Standard" gradient file, and the default Doodads II parameters, it works pretty well to change the "color density" to 16 and the "transfer function" to "CubeRoot." Open the gradient file and try moving the colors around using the sliding tab at the bottom of that file. You will start to see shapes around the edges of the Mandelbrot figure. For example, there's one that's almost on the center/top of the black figure. Zoom in on it. See the beginnings of a spiral? You can find them in any location around the rim of the Mandelbrot figure. Now you'll have to start playing with the gradient file to focus more on the spiral - to make a distinct edge between it and the background (if that's the effect you are looking for). Then start playing with the different parameters in the Doodads II formula. Send me your email address and I'll send you some more info and some starting points. It takes a little practice, but once you've found the first one, you'll probably find that you can't NOT find spirals! LOL! It took me awhile, too. I finally begged Paul Carlson to show me how to find them. When I finally did find one, I was surprised at how easy it was! Happy fractaling! Linda

I said the fractals in the FWW were excellent examples of fractals, OR are particularly beautiful OR particularly unique, not that they were necessarily all of the above (although some of them may be). But The FWW is an archive available for anyone to see the variety of fractals, the variety of artistic expression shown by each different fractal, and the evolution of fractal art. Lots of people seem to think fractals aren't art because the computer does it. If the computer did it, why are there so many different styles of fractal art? And they are all archived in the FWW. Our proof, if you will. Many different fractal generators are featured there. Many different artists. I went through and randomly grabbed some of the examples below. No, I didn't spend all morning searching them out. I didn't have to. Great examples are in every FWW. (Although I must admit that I did end up spending a great deal of time exploring the galleries of some of the fractal artists highlighted there. But then, obsession with fractals is one of the universal traits of a fractal artist!) I also suspect, although I didn't say it earlier, that there are some fractals that are included in the FWW partly because they are beautiful fractals that weren't as "noticed" as they should have been. And sometimes I think Barb and Viv (or Nick) do try to include artists that may not have been featured there before. But when they do so, the images they select are nevertheless worthy of being there! I applaud them for that! Below are the examples I'm talking about. I have no way of knowing if any of them were featured in the Hot20, since the Hot20 isn't archived. But I remember some, if not most, of them weren't, because at the time of their posting I noticed they were not in the Hot20 and in my opinion, should have been. I want to say one more thing and then I'm done. When I was lost in my own private fractal world, enjoying so many of the images in the FWW, I noticed that there are really quite a few that have been deleted from the fractal artist's gallery, leaving an empty space in the FWW. I was really disappointed. Sometimes I delete images from my gallery, too, but I'm going to try not to delete anything that is in the FWW. I can always check the upload date on my images, and then check the FWW for that week (or the Fractal Vintage Showcase for that matter) and NOT delete the image if it appears in the FWW or FVS. I really hope everyone will do that. I think these archives are more than just interesting and beautiful. They are there for everyone, including schools, to see the variety and beauty of our art. I hope they remain intact for a very long time. Thanks for listening! Linda Unique fractals: http://www.renderosity.com/viewed.ez?galleryid=1038969 http://www.renderosity.com/viewed.ez?galleryid=1174268 http://www.renderosity.com/viewed.ez?galleryid=1129109 http://www.renderosity.com/viewed.ez?galleryid=1165103 http://www.renderosity.com/viewed.ez?galleryid=1110767 Not "Just a spiral" Very beautiful spiral! http://www.renderosity.com/viewed.ez?galleryid=1170734 http://www.renderosity.com/viewed.ez?galleryid=1094322 http://www.renderosity.com/viewed.ez?galleryid=1130069 http://www.renderosity.com/viewed.ez?galleryid=1120463 Compositions done completely in fractal programs: http://www.renderosity.com/viewed.ez?galleryid=1105865 http://www.renderosity.com/viewed.ez?galleryid=1134481 http://www.renderosity.com/viewed.ez?galleryid=1076854 http://www.renderosity.com/viewed.ez?galleryid=1052732 Uniquely fractal - great examples of self-similarity: http://www.renderosity.com/viewed.ez?galleryid=1177146 http://www.renderosity.com/viewed.ez?galleryid=1131489 http://www.renderosity.com/viewed.ez?galleryid=1136635 http://www.renderosity.com/viewed.ez?galleryid=1131382 And some are 2 or 3 of the above: http://www.renderosity.com/viewed.ez?galleryid=1171291 http://www.renderosity.com/viewed.ez?galleryid=909444 http://www.renderosity.com/viewed.ez?galleryid=1108601 http://www.renderosity.com/viewed.ez?galleryid=1162446

The Hot20 has been a subject of discussion for a very long time. Many people see it as predominantly a popularity contest. I think if you watch closely, you'll see that there are many, many Hot20 images that don't make the FWW. I think the Fractal Weekly Window is intended to highlight images that are excellent examples of fractals, or are particularly beautiful or particularly unique. They are chosen by the moderator of our gallery and thus the issue of popularity is eliminated.

The Hot20 changes every day, and there is no Hot20 archive. The FWW is an archive of excellent images that anyone can view anytime to see what fractals are and what possiblities exist.

Linda

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Vivian! That's great news! I think you are moderately insane to take on the control of this bunch, but we're happy! Congrats! Linda

I'm happy for you but sad for us, Nick! Thank you for your attention to us these past 2 years, and I hope your new position brings you satisfaction and enjoyment! Best wishes! Linda

Great images! Thanks for letting us know where to find them! Linda

Congrats, Joe! Looks like we didn't save the best for last! The best is our first FOM! A worthy images! Linda

No. I've been trying to reach him, too. So far, nada. Linda

Oh, Gary, I'm so glad you are ok! You have my deepest sympathy! Living in Florida, I know all about the devastation of hurricanes. But nothing I've ever experienced in my 57 years comes close to what is going on in Mississippi and Louisiana right now! I'm glad you are ok for now, Gary, and I pray things continue to improve in your area, even while they continue to deline in others. My heart and prayers reach out to all of the victims on Katarina. Please keep us posted. Florida is having gas shortage problems, too. They are anticipating that the school buses will stop running on Tuesday, although they won't be suspending school. People are starting to find when they get up in the morning that all the gas has been syphoned out of their vehicles. We live in a condo, and there are lots of cars parked row after row in the open, so it's easy pickin's for gas theft. It's times like these that the best and the worst of humanity are made evident! Bless you and yours, Gary, and please keep us posted. Linda