wrapping fractals with images

[teamfresh]

forgive me if someone has answered this but i just was wondering....

I use ultafractal to create my images and i wondered if anyone knows of a way to create a fractal using another image/photo with ultafractal (or any other software for that matter!) one example i found is this one of a mandelbrot set made out of tubs of smarties!!!!! any help would be invaluable thanks guys.

[Sockratease]

I'm not sure abot the exact effect you posted in that picture, but some fun variations can be made with Mutatorkammer ( http://www.fractalmovies.com )



Here's the animation for that image:

<a href="http://i106.photobucket.com/player.swf?file=http://vid106.photobucket.com/albums/m278/sockratease/brollybrot2.flv" target="_blank">http://i106.photobucket.com/player.swf?file=http://vid106.photobucket.com/albums/m278/sockratease/brollybrot2.flv</a>


And of course Chaos Pro made this animation:

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


Sensing a theme in my work?

I'm always looking for such programs too, so if anyone knows more, Post!

[lycium]

from the continuous escape time potential (together with the angle of the last iteration) you get a polar mapping (phi, theta), which gets interpreted as (u,v) in a texture map. that specific image you posted looks like it's comprised of two layers, a base (spiral) and then the alpha-textured mandelbrot over it.

[David Makin]

Hi, there are two utilities for bringing images into Ultrafractal:

"Bring it in" by Mark Hammond:
http://www.beautifulandes.com/bringitin.html

"Sprite" by Mark Townsend
http://www.fractaldimentia.com/sprite/index.html

Note that both programs import the images as formulas which can get very large so it's best to start with small images.
Also a tip to allowing import of larger images is to convert the image to less colours first (e.g. 256 or less) then back to full-colour mode before trying to import it into UF.

[teamfresh]

wow thanks for the quick response guys and girls, your the best!!! i will look over the suggestions closer tonight and post any images i come up with!! once again thankyou 

[gandreas]

Using images as textures for traps gives you even more flexibility - plus you don't need to worry about image seams that can cause ugly discontinuity while tiling:

[teamfresh]

here is one i just made, and it couldnt have been easyer-thanks to you guys.      thanks a million!!!!

[Sockratease]

Fun Stuff!

I'm having difficulty making either of the above programs work with Chaos Pro.  Chaos Pro can work with Ultra Fractal files.

I think it has to do with unfamiliarity with Ultra Fractal stuffs.

I got a ucl file, and imported it to Chaos Pro, but it doesn't work!

I'll keep trying and see if I can formulate a proper question to help me with this...

Meanwhile, if anyone has made this work, please let me know - just for encouragement!

EDIT:

Nevermind...



This is just going to lead to more of my own...  unique brand of Fractal Art.

Thanks!

[Sockratease]

You really should have seen this coming...





And once that was made...

This was Inevitable!!!








These Brots were Made for Walking!

[juharkonen]

Here's another animation that uses bitmap textures with fractals.
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/d2afnLiNY8k&rel=1&fs=1&hd=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/d2afnLiNY8k&rel=1&fs=1&hd=1</a>
These Brots were made for dancing!

[gandreas]

And for completeness, here's an example of using images in flame fractals (IFS):

[Moi]

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How did you do this. Please share your workflow.

[David Makin]

Just to add to anyone who doesn't know - Ultra Fractal 5 has the facility to import images for use in fractals built-in.

[Nahee_Enterprises]

There are quite a few programs that have had this feature for many years.  Here are a few others that did not get mentioned:

  •  SpangFract for the MAC

  •  wmPhoto for Windows

  •  the GIMP with plugins

I even have the Visual Basic code to do this if anybody is interested (though it is now a bit old and dated from when I last played with it).
 

[teamfresh]

And for completeness, here's an example of using images in flame fractals (IFS):
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I love this! I never knew you could put pictures into flames!