Hello from New Mexico

[NexBend]

Hello from NM! I'm interested in creating fractal zooms after going to First Friday Fractals in the planetarium. I have made a few by myself, but I am interested in the techniques of the pros.

I'm using Mandlebulb3d, VirtualDub and Xvid. I'm very interested in optimum settings for Mandlebulb3d to create high quality animations. 

My Youtube channel:
http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDchFBjEHtp5Sv0Yk0_D9Yw

Artistically, I'm inspired to explore the lighting and color settings of Mandlebulb and some new formulas! 

I'd love a link to any must-read threads! Thanks

[cKleinhuis]

hello and welcome to the forums, aaah, you had the luck to visit "friday fractals" that reeeally makes me jealous!!!

as a starter you might take a look into the mandelbulb 3d section, there you  find some tutorials:
http://www.fractalforums.com/mandelbulb-3d/

[NexBend]

Thanks cKleinhuis,

Nothing really compares to seeing a fractal zoom in the giant planetarium dome. But I'm having fun creating on my own!

Thanks for the link, I have picked up some useful nuggets of information from the few tutorials I've had time to watch.

Just wondering if dreaming about fractals is common, I can't get them out of my head!

haha not a bad problem to have 

NexBend