Title: Hello there Post by: utak3r on March 08, 2010, 08:49:41 PM Hello from Poland :)
Finally I have registered here... I'm exploring fractals for many years now, starting from Fractint back in '90, now using mainly Apophysis (of which I'm a co-author), ChaosPro, UF3, Tierazon and so on... And for my various experiments I'm using povray, sometimes I'm writing my own tools (I'm a software developer in my real life). I've registered here, 'cause I can see there're LOTS of people with a huge knowledge, and even more people with a huge passion :) Welcome, fractal lovers! Title: Re: Hello there Post by: Nahee_Enterprises on March 08, 2010, 09:06:44 PM Hello from Poland :) Finally I have registered here... I'm exploring fractals for many years now, starting from FractInt back in '90, now using mainly Apophysis (of which I'm a co-author), ChaosPro, UF3, Tierazon and so on... And for my various experiments I'm using PovRay, sometimes I'm writing my own tools (I'm a software developer in my real life). Greetings, and Welcome to this particular Forum !!! :) Yes, there is a lot of knowledge and experience found within the members of this group. And judging upon your use of fractal applications, it appears you have a good base as well. Title: Re: Hello there Post by: David Makin on March 08, 2010, 09:25:51 PM Welcome to the forums.
Always nice to see a fellow programmer :) If you want a challenge the trickiest problem we all face at the moment is how to quickly render accurate detailed views of the Mandelbulbs from inside the bulbs rather than outside. So far the only such renders are essentially brute-force stepping and voxel methods but somethng providing the speed/accuracy of using distance estimation for the outside views is required, the problem is that iterations based on convergent bailout in inside areas don't get you close to the boundary except at rediculously high iteration counts. If you have any ideas just let us know: http://www.fractalforums.com/mandelbulb-implementation/ :) Title: Re: Hello there Post by: Buddhi on March 08, 2010, 10:03:37 PM Hello Piotr
Welcome to FractalForums. I saw today your interesting gallery on DeviantArt. You have very nice image collection. Pozdrawiam także z Polski :) Title: Re: Hello there Post by: Sockratease on March 08, 2010, 10:28:39 PM Hello and Welcome.
Glad to have you aboard. Apophysis is Great Fun! Now I get to thank one of the Co-Authors directly... Thanks. Enjoy the Forums. Title: Re: Hello there Post by: cKleinhuis on March 08, 2010, 10:47:59 PM hello and welcome to the forums, i love flame fractals also very much, and i also programmed several delphi programs, lol but now i am off with delphi ;)
have fun here ! O0 Title: Re: Hello there Post by: cKleinhuis on March 08, 2010, 10:54:01 PM If you want a challenge the trickiest problem we all face at the moment is how to quickly render accurate detailed views of the Mandelbulbs from inside the bulbs rather than outside. So far the only such renders are essentially brute-force stepping and voxel methods but somethng providing the speed/accuracy of using distance estimation for the outside views is required, the problem is that iterations based on convergent bailout in inside areas don't get you close to the boundary except at rediculously high iteration counts. lol, nice challenge, first i thought why not trace from infinity to the eye, when it came to my mind that this is not the surface we wanna have :D Title: Re: Hello there Post by: utak3r on March 08, 2010, 11:39:55 PM i also programmed several delphi programs, lol but now i am off with delphi ;) Me too :P I don't like Delphi, I prefer C and C++, it's easier for me to write in it... the problem with Apophysis is, Mark Townsend, the first Apo's author, wrote it in Delphi, unfortunately. Oh well. Recently I've finally bought a CUDA-enabled card and I'm slowly learning all this stuff - it's fascinating, how all the old dreams can come true with this... Earlier it was just impossible to achieve such results :) I saw today your interesting gallery on DeviantArt. You have very nice image collection. And I saw your gallery today, too :) Really interesting renders! Pozdrawiam :) |