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Title: Fata Morgana
Post by: Don Whitaker on June 15, 2011, 09:20:17 AM
Here's my latest Mandelbulb 3D creation.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_YRE5rsMos

This one was inspired by Bib993's Weird Planet vids. I was just going to 'go in and render a few quick transforms.' That lead to :w00t: :surprised: and :D - which led to tinkering, testing, lighting and rendering. I'd planned on making my own music for this one, and still may, but I played this Eskmo track over the finished render and it fit so well I had to use it.

In case you see something you wish to explore further, here is the .m3a animation file (created with M3D v1.697)
http://brainblinks.com/dl/FataMorgana.zip




Title: Re: Fata Morgana
Post by: DOMEHEAD on June 15, 2011, 10:22:38 AM
Great work, very organic.  By what means do you bring different elements of the fractal in and out of view?


Title: Re: Fata Morgana
Post by: Don Whitaker on June 16, 2011, 01:35:46 AM
Thanks, domehead.

The morphing shapes and details are created by changing the parameters of the formulas between ketframes of the animation. In this case the options available in the _Rotate function.

For this vid I found a range of values that were producing interesting shapes. Then I chose a starting point and set up the camera view and lights. That is the first keyframe.

Then I'd change the parameters of the _Rotate function slightly, move the camera, and set a new keyframe. Rinse and repeat.   A lot of backtracking, camera adjustments and luck involved too.


Title: Re: Fata Morgana
Post by: cKleinhuis on June 16, 2011, 03:50:56 AM
nice video, love deformations and camerapathes ( in general ), nice slow pathes for studying the shapes, very interesting outcomes indeed, good work!