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thanks for setting up this forum, and posting the Mandelbulb3d.   I've used Apophysis for about 3 years and love it.  With the help of Exper's scripts, I've done a lot of animating from Apo, here is a compilation of some of those...

<a href="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=16014551&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=16014551&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;fullscreen=1&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=01AAEA</a>

I've been using Mandelbulb3d for one day and I am completely blown away!!!!  should have a nice 1080P animation ready for Vimeo in a few days.

I tried a whole new approach to creating fractals with 3dsMax.  I read years ago that you could stack reflective Christmas tree bulb ornaments and photograph the reflections to see fractals.  So I recreated that in 3d models (using some reflection and illumination properties that are not possible in a real world scene) to get some fractal images.  the geometry is relatively simple - just spheres and boxes, the variation occurs mainly with changes to the camera viewing angle relative to the geometry and the size and placement of the geometry. 

hello and welcome to the forums!

there exists a thread on how to create a mandelbulb with apophysis transformations, nice animations!

First thought I had when I heard about raytracing was stacking chrome balls on an image...
Mostly to see if I could crash it.