Jniemann666

I'm looking for ideas to do my next fractal animation (and write the music for it, too). It's a big undertaking, and I want my stuff to actually mean something, and have a concept, instead of just merely being interesting arbitrary fractal shapes etc. Here is my last vid, which was created using Boxplorer - I learned a lot from producing this one - on both the audio and video side. I really want the visuals and the music to interact with each other in some meaningful way. I'm exploring the idea of translating audio parameters (such as FFT spectrum, L/R balance, volume etc) into fractal parameters somehow.

Just spending a weekend away at my Parent's house. I've been messing around with iBoxplorer for iPad - it's a fractal rendering app for the iPad, based on Boxplorer ( I used Boxplorer previously to make this video: http://youtu.be/3M9HIAgXb0k) Of course it's not as sophisticated as Mandelbulb3d , but it's not bad at all for an iPad app.

I tried Re-rendering one of my pictures with the Monte Carlo Renderer. One of the things I noticed is that the algorithm for generating depth-of-field is completely different. It only has one focal point (the average of the two points Z1 and Z2 from the main window), but the thing that really struck me was how it did the Bokeh on out-of-focus Highlights. It's definitely a more realistic d.o.f. effect. I chose the first pentagon bokeh shape, as it reminds me of my beloved little 50mm f/1.8 lens - probably the best value-for-money Canon EF lens there is. The thing I liked about the 50mm f/1.8 is that it only had 5 blades in the aperture, so it