Heightfields

[JosLeys]

My algorithm in UF is coming along rather well, although I'm still working on it.
There are 57 images like the one below at http://www.josleys.com/show_gallery.php?galid=337.

[cKleinhuis]

great images, have you published your formula yet ?

[knighty]

These are so beautiful! even if the shadows are not perfect yet.

[bib]

great images, have you published your formula yet ?

I asked him, but he said he still wants to debug it

[JosLeys]

Yes, well, I'm still working on it.
Trying to add in some fake ambient occlusion like in this image :

[JosLeys]

Here is a factor 10 billion zoom on a Julia heightfield..



<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/7-0-Vs4lb_I&rel=1&fs=1&hd=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/7-0-Vs4lb_I&rel=1&fs=1&hd=1</a>

[bib]

Hi Jos,
Seems like the formula is workiong well. When are you going to publish it?

[bib]

You just need to paste the http link, the forum does the rest.

[JosLeys]

To bib,

- Thanks, I modified the post, now showing just the http: link
- I'm still trying to improve the coloring scheme, as it is not user friendly in its present state, and I don't want to set up a helpdesk once it is published. No idea yet on timing...

[fractalrebel]

After an email form Jos I have started a totally new approach to
heightfields which doesn't use meshes. It is still very experimental and
very buggy but here is an example with a 3500x zoom into the mandelbrot set.
It takes about 5 minutes without antialiasing, and about 1.5 hours with
(which was used for the attached image.)