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This is my favorite kind of 3D fractal. It's best property is its simplicity, which makes it a useful test subject.
This thing could exist in reality. It won't be difficult to assemble it, just tedious. The main question is how many iterations you're willing to go for. I decided a low number was best for this scene. The frames were rendered with POV-Ray and combined into a flash animation with a tool called Blaze GIF Creator, which despite its name can also epxort to flash (that's where the Blaze advertisement comes from). At first this deviation was a 150x150 animated GIF, but I replaced it with a 400x400 flash because *parrotdolphin wanted it bigger.  (If you like this one check out Rotating against gravity as well!) |
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Constructive fractals are fun
What's your max_trace_level on this one ?
I set
max_trace_levelto 256 for final renders by default to prevent frustration, but it usually needs far less. I belief this one didn't exceed 10. As an aside, this reflection scene required a depth of about 16.What keeps the trace level down in this scene is the limited contribution of reflection (70%), lack of transparent surfaces, and lack of parallel mirrors (the rays are quickly reflected out of the fractal bounds).
I chose 150x150 because DA doesn't display animated GIFs larger than that. You're stuck with a preview image and people need to click the Download button. Too much fuss. Oh and because of the file size.
Funny, as my frontpage image is a 250x150 animated GIF... I guess they didn't have that restriction back when I submitted that.
If I would create this animation from scratch I guess it would take about an hour if I refrain from experimenting.
In reality I've reused code and adapted an approach that took more time to write, but allows more complex effects, like adding gravity. I also had to hunt for free animation software and figure out an acceptable way to get it on display on DA. As a result the whole thing took about four hours.
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