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Here's my latest Mandelbulb 3D creation.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/I_YRE5rsMos&rel=1&fs=1&hd=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/I_YRE5rsMos&rel=1&fs=1&hd=1</a>

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 and - 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

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.