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Hello and welcome to the forums   

Using other's parameters as a guide or starting point is fine.  That's why Jesse encloses example parameters!

It's nice to credit the original source, but at what point does changing things alter the original enough to claim it as your own find?  That's a complicated question   

I mean, do we need to credit Benoit Mandelbrot every time we use anything derived from his formula?

It's not an easy thing - EXCEPT using parameters that are barely changed and claiming it's original.  That is ...  naughty.

But every time I post parameters, I do so knowing full well they may be stolen.  I don't care.  Anybody dishonorable enough to do that wont be stopped by my posting a "gimme credit" comment along with them.

I just hope for the best.

If you ever see anything I did, and want parameters if I didn't post them - just ask!

Hope that helps clarify a little, but be assured others may well have different opinions.  There are many who refuse to share parameters even privately!  And others who post them with nearly every image.

 

It's very hard to tell when it's been changed enough.  It's easier to tell when it's not changed enough!

I have seen changes as simple as altering the lights.  I thought that was unethical to claim as either original or a tweak.

Some folks have simply changed the camera angle.  Same thing.

At the very least it should bear very little, if any, resemblance to the original.

I would say  (and this is just my opinion)  that changing things in the numerical values for many things and resetting the camera to find your own locations as well should be the bare minimum if you want to claim it as your own.

As always, stating something like "thanks to Big Nose for the starting parameters" never hurts.  Big Nose likes seeing what people come up with from his parameters or he wouldn't have posted them.  That goes for other members too.

Actually...  I don't think there is a member named Big Nose - but you get the idea, I think.

Hey, thanks for the responses.  I was thinking along these lines anyway but I am new to fractal art so I wanted some input.  Take care.