CHAOSPOPE ANIMATION

[Wel lEnTaoed]

I'm really enjoying chaoscope, but cannot figure out how to animate inmages.  Grateful for any help!

[Sockratease]

I'm really enjoying chaoscope, but cannot figure out how to animate inmages.  Grateful for any help!

Scroll down a bit on this page:  http://www.chaoscope.org/download.htm

Look for Ani4Chaoscope by François "Axone Man"

It allows you to save 2 files as keyframes, and it interpolates changes in values, allows you to choose a number of frames, then saves out a .csproj file for each frame.  For more keyframes, just run the program repeatedly and splice the segments together later.

You then render the folder in Batch Mode, and get your animations!

My personal favorite Chaoscope Image I ever made was a Julia Image  



Since a Julia Set with all values set to zero is a sphere, I decided to animate it morphing back and forth from sphere to finished image  

<a href="http://i106.photobucket.com/player.swf?file=http://vid106.photobucket.com/albums/m278/sockratease/hoopy-1.flv" target="_blank">http://i106.photobucket.com/player.swf?file=http://vid106.photobucket.com/albums/m278/sockratease/hoopy-1.flv</a>

Let me know if you have any troubles with it...

[Wel lEnTaoed]

Thanks sooo much soctratease!  I hadn't previously seen that download page.  Hopefully I can decipher it all.    BTW your julia anime is beautiful.   

[Sockratease]

Glad you liked the Hoopy animation   

I've used the Ani4Chaoscope program enough to help if you run into difficulties.  It's been a while, but it's pretty simple - if I recall correctly.

Just out of curiosity, if you never saw the downlands page - where did you get Chaoscope?

I thought that page was the only place!

[Wel lEnTaoed]

Just out of curiosity, if you never saw the downlands page - where did you get Chaoscope?

I thought that page was the only place!

I have found several sights that have multiple downloads. I also have found the hard way that it's best to go with the "original" sight.  When you do not you can get unwanted search engines; sidetracked to purchase something etc.

[Sockratease]

Just out of curiosity, if you never saw the downlands page - where did you get Chaoscope?

I thought that page was the only place!

I have found several sights that have multiple downloads. I also have found the hard way that it's best to go with the "original" sight.  When you do not you can get unwanted search engines; sidetracked to purchase something etc.

OK - I just never saw Chaoscope anyplace else, so I was curious.  Maybe such sites would have other stuff I never saw.

Anyway - I look forward to seeing your Chaoscope Animations   

[Wel lEnTaoed]

I woudn't hold my breath if I were you! lol Could be beyond me & my time limitations.  Also read I need a "virtual dub"?

[Sockratease]

All you need is any video editor that can compile an image sequence.

There are hundreds out there!  From VirtualDub, which is free, to Adobe's After Effects, which is Outrageously expensive  (almost $1,000 if I recall).  And many in-between...

[Bent-Winged Angel]

OK this thread got my attention.  I love chaoscope & animation.  I have already downloaded a "virtual dub" being that bib said it was needed to make an animation with "mandelbulb 3d program."  Problem is I've got all these images crowding up my files; while I haven't figured out the dub thing.  I can get the basic gif. 

Soo far I'm thinking for my purposes I would just rather keep with the programs that do the "complete" job of animation such as chaospro, Fractal explorer & trying to decifer Fractal Forge animation.  But chaoscope is calling me to animate..

[Wel lEnTaoed]

got the download. Problem is that bit's too big for my little laptop's screen.  lol

[Sockratease]

Just testing the Ani4Chaoscope Tool on vista  (only ever used it on xp!).  I didn't realize it ignored the gamma setting.  The end of this test was blown out and too bright, so I used an "Edges" filter on it to keep it watchable. 

Music by a Deranged Hippy!  (Me)

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/MHSKpZOhT_4&rel=1&fs=1&hd=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/MHSKpZOhT_4&rel=1&fs=1&hd=1</a>