Incorporating real images into fractals

[Alef]

This is cool.

[thargor6]

Here is one more, this time with additional bump mapping:


Best regards

[cKleinhuis]

cool image, is it really just a bump mapped image ?! it more loks like a real 3d object!!!

[thargor6]

It's in between   
The cup on the wooden table is just an photograph. It is mapped onto a square shape of a fractal flame (which causes the replication of it). Additionally each copy is slightly deformed in all directions where additional bumpmapping (using the photograph again) applies in the "z"-direction. This causes the cups to look more real.
I think after I released the software version (this is just a beta) I will do a tutorial for this kind of effect.

[cKleinhuis]

this is awesomly cool, especially considering that it is a plane 2d source!!!

[thargor6]

Now animated :-)
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/NKV6lD2hf-Y&rel=1&fs=1&hd=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/NKV6lD2hf-Y&rel=1&fs=1&hd=1</a>

[matty686]