Hello tranceaddict forums. I'm trying to get a wider audience for my fractal animations in my effort to share the algorithmic beauty of the Universe (or Multiverse, perhaps). The latest has been set to trance, namely the classic trance song Last Train to Lhasa by Banco de Gaia:
Before anyone asks, why not zooms? Two main reasons:
The fractal sets I have been using are variants of Julia sets. As such I doubt that zooming would be very interesting as it would just be the same thing over and over again.
I don't have a render farm at this juncture. Making videos like these is computationally expensive. The "tapestry" method reduces that cost considerably. Once I have more computing power I can look into different animating techniques and perhaps even 3d animations.
That being said, these videos do have an advantage over most fractal videos you'll see out there on the Internet. For one thing, nearly all fractal videos show the same few sets: Mandelbrot, Mandelbrot-Julias, Mandelbulb, Mandelbox, etc. While these are all terrific, it's been done before. You'll notice that none of the patterns in each video are quite alike. I'm drawing them from the Julia sets of a non-Mandelbrot fractal, which are incredibly diverse, where traditional Julia sets kind of tend to look the same. I wanted to show people fleeting insights into infinity that have never been seen before.
The other advantage, from my perspective at least, is that I pick far better music than other people. And, on that note, I'm willing to take requests. Can't guarantee all of them will be met but for what it's worth I like classic trance or really any trance with a very distinct melody, the sort that leaves a strong impression on the listener. (Not a fan of undifferentiated UN TSS UN TSS tracks.)
netroM
The fractals are amazing, but I think the scrolling-technique will get a bit old. Maybe try to move it around in seemingly random directions? And zoom once in a while. Something more like Röyksopp's video for "Eple"
SigillumMilitum
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Originally posted by netroM
The fractals are amazing, but I think the scrolling-technique will get a bit old. Maybe try to move it around in seemingly random directions? And zoom once in a while. Something more like Röyksopp's video for "Eple"
As I pointed out, Julia zooms are unlikely to be terribly interesting. But then, I might be able to do something like that Röyksopp video, zooming out. It depends on how deep the detail goes to begin with.
Your point about different trajectories is well taken though. I originally planned to pick random points on the complex plane to visit, then use spline interpolation to take a smoothly curving path between them. I realized that this would be too computationally expensive for my one computer.
What I need is heavier duty hardware. Ultimately I want to invest in four (give or take) high end desktop computers each with a decent graphics card. The SIMD architecture of GPUs is eminently suited for intensive raster fractal rendering.
Until then I can only ensure that each video is unique, which is very easy to do.
Men takk for forslaget. Jeg setter pris på det. (translated from Swedish but I think that's right ... one says uppskattar where you would say setter pris, yes?)
Incidentally, a new video is already in the works. It's gonna be shorter but the track I found is terrific. That'll be a surprise though.
Nice sort of ambient rainforest sound with this one.
bookfire1238
Great site. A lot of useful information here. I¡¯m sending it to some friends!
SigillumMilitum
Interesting. High-pitched notes with warm colors and low-pitched notes with cool colors. I've always had that association. Minor synesthesia maybe?
pointPi
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Originally posted by SigillumMilitum
Interesting. High-pitched notes with warm colors and low-pitched notes with cool colors. I've always had that association. Minor synesthesia maybe?
I'm not having that association. I've always associated higher tones with light colours and lower notes with dark colours. I tend to see hue as something set by the intensity, warm colours for aggressive sequences and cool colours for tranquil sequences.
