Musicians with guns - Cometa (Mandelbox Version)



Hello fractal folks !

This is my first 3d fractal animation so be kind with me

It is made of 18 different 'test' animations with short fades in between. Formulas are very basic, you'll see what I mean^^ Some sequences are only 2 to 4 seconds shots, the longest one being 1 minute long. There's also some DoF experimentation here and there to add some "drama".

I used Mandelbulb 3D ; at the time of the render it used to be version 1.65. I which I wasn't that lazy so I could re-render all the clips with the new ambient shading option in version 1.66, I find this new option to be a lot better for animations.

The compression on Vimeo seems to be fine in 720p but there is a lot of aliasing from time to time. My computer is a modest dual core from 2007 and on top of that I was too impatient to finish this first clip... Also I cheated and boosted the whole clip using Vreveal. Next video will be cleaner I hope.

The music is my drone/ambient project called Musicians With Guns. This is a side project, no solid release yet. The track Cometa will be out next year on a drone/ambient dub CD album on Entropy Records label. The clip version is a shorter and simpler mix than the album one. It hasn't been professionally mastered yet, this is just a tease

It's now time for the video itself. I hope you will enjoy the trip :

<a href="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=17278544&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;fullscreen=1&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=01AAEA" target="_blank">http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=17278544&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;fullscreen=1&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=01AAEA</a>

For this week only : Vimeo allows download of the source video (just before the encoding) for seven days. No watermark for visual comfort

This is absolutely stunning! I am completely transported. It has an incredible mood. Congratulations Ricardo and congratulations Jesse.

Why do some of the circular holes in the smooth curved surface shimmer in and out of existence--around 4'45", for example?

This was a really great trip through fractal world! 

There is always that fine balance between DE stop/Raystep Multiplier and rendering time.  Also, a higher DE Stop can give you a more smooth, less aliased look.

Yeah, I don't render things at 2x at all.  I use DOF and post processing to get rid of my noise!  (Photoshop > Filters > Noise > Reduce Noise)

And yep, 0.5 and 0.5 are my fall-back values too.