This page best viewed at screen size 800x600 I have a lot of fun with the program Fractint, and I'd like to share some of that fun with you. Even if you don't know a great deal about math, if you learn how to use the program Fractint, you can create some really pretty fractals! So here are some hints on how I use Fractint v 19.6 to generate my fractals. Start by downloading the fractal to the right (1), (generated from the julfn+exp Fractint formula) and opening it ("load" it from the Fractint main menu) in your Fractint program. I've purposely started with the default colormap, to illustrate that the ugly duckling really can turn into a beautiful swan! With the default colormap, you can't even begin to see what you have to work with. So pick another colormap. I've picked my "flowers1" colormap. If you don't have a favorite of your own yet, I suggest using the Fractint "neon" map. (To do that, hit "c", then "l"(as in linda), then highlight the map "neon" and hit "Enter.") Now you can begin to see what this fractal looks like. The best parts of the fractal are those TINY little parts that are barely visible at this point. So you need to "zoom-in" and magnify the areas of local interest that you can identify by sight. This example (2) outlines four of the areas I see as interesting. If you were looking at this fractal at resolution of 800x600 or larger, you could see that these areas ARE interesting! If you're just looking at the little image, you'll have to take my word for it! You may find that the same pattern seems to repeat itself, in various sizes, throughout the fractal. This is an example of "self-similarity," which is a characteristic of fractals. | |
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