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Multimedia => Drawing & Animation => Topic started by: matrefeytontias on June 08, 2016, 07:01:02 PM

Title: Random acts of unnecessary fractals
Post by: matrefeytontias on June 08, 2016, 07:01:02 PM
This year, my CPGE graduation project is a talk about fractals, so I might as well post the things I came up with. I learnt a lot, discovered many types of fractals I didn't know about, and I must say, I'm quite proud of the things I came up with, considering I've only been using SDL, numpy/matplotlib or GLSL to make them.

IFS fractals :

(http://www.mirari.fr/zBS7)
The very well-known. Needless to introduce the Sierpinski triangle.

BUT ! Did you know its lesser-known 3D brother ?

http://www.mirari.fr/sw1a (video, FLV format)

ET fractals (also called complex fractals, I'll let you guess why) :

The very well-known Julia sets with the usual ETA (Escape-Time Algorithm) rendering :

(http://www.mirari.fr/3Ank)

Alright alright, you'll have your Mandelbrot set this time too ... but with orbit trap rendering !

(http://www.mirari.fr/17Y3)

Orbit fractals (the ones I didn't know about) :

And I turn the def low ...

(http://www.mirari.fr/kqrp)

And I turn the def up !

(http://www.mirari.fr/dpfg)
Fun fact about this one, it's so far the one and only time I ever had to calculate a number to the power 201. No kidding.

unsigned int colorGradient(float t)
{
unsigned char *pixels = gradient->pixels;
float st = pow(t - 1, 201) + 1;
int offset = (int)(st * (gradient->w - 1)) * 3;
return (pixels[offset]) + (pixels[offset + 1] << 8) + (pixels[offset + 2] << 16);
}



And there we go, that's about it. I might post more as I run more experiments, because why not.
Title: Re: Random acts of the game fractals
Post by: Dream of Omnimaga on June 08, 2016, 07:12:29 PM
That 3D Sierpinski triangle looked pretty cool and I like those other fractals :)
Title: Re: Random acts of unnecessary fractals
Post by: TheMachine02 on June 08, 2016, 07:35:36 PM
Quote from: DJ Omnimaga on June 08, 2016, 07:12:29 PM
matrefeytontias : Bet you can't do the 3D thing that's in my topic with Glib  :P 21:07:34

Challenge accepted !

(http://i.imgur.com/SNGSxdc.gif)

You killed my z-sorting though  :P
Title: Re: Random acts of unnecessary fractals
Post by: Dream of Omnimaga on June 08, 2016, 07:41:36 PM
That looks cool O.O. I wonder how fast it would spin with z-sorting, though? :P
Title: Re: Random acts of unnecessary fractals
Post by: TheMachine02 on June 08, 2016, 07:42:39 PM
There is z-sorting (but totally wrong --')  Btw, I didn't say it in my previous post, I jsut love all the fractals screens :D
Title: Re: Random acts of unnecessary fractals
Post by: Yuki on June 08, 2016, 07:47:54 PM
Those looks amazing. Yay maths!
Title: Re: Random acts of unnecessary fractals
Post by: matrefeytontias on June 08, 2016, 07:53:51 PM
Quote from: TheMachine02 on June 08, 2016, 07:35:36 PM
Quote from: DJ Omnimaga on June 08, 2016, 07:12:29 PM
matrefeytontias : Bet you can't do the 3D thing that's in my topic with Glib  :P 21:07:34

Challenge accepted !

[image]

You killed my z-sorting though  :P
Come on, you're not supposed to use a model :P

Also thanks for the compliments guys, I'm glad you like them \o/ I can explain the rendering process for all of them, if you wish to have some insight into how it works.
Title: Re: Random acts of unnecessary fractals
Post by: Dream of Omnimaga on June 08, 2016, 10:26:57 PM
I am curious about how fast TheMachine02's 3D Sierpinski triangle would be if he used dots to render it. :P