Deep Mandelbrot Set Zoom Animation in HD

This video is a high-definition recalculation of a video posted by nosro1. The original was 640x480, 30 fps, with no anti-aliasing, and took six months to render. This version is 1280x720, 60 fps, with 3x3 anti-aliasing, and took eight days to render, thanks to frame interpolation, well optimized math code, and some other tricks.

In order to allow better viewing of detailed areas the zoom rate is smoothly slowed down for many of the interesting spots.

As in the original version the music is "Research Lab" by Dark Flow: http://www.myspace.com/darkflowelectronica

The details of how this movie was efficiently created can be found at http://randomascii.wordpress.com/category/fractals

A trial version of Fractal eXtreme can be downloaded from http://www.cygnus-software.com

Thanks to Orson for finding this location.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Mandelbrot
• zoom
• animation
• fractals
• fractal geometry
• math
• psychedelic
• art
• +fractal
• extreme
• +mandelbrot
• set
• +benoit
• mandelbrot

[shurcooL]

This is really nice, but I wish there was a quick zoom-out sequence at the end that takes you back to where you started in under 20 seconds. Just to give you an idea of the scale you're dealing with.

[OneWheelGuy1]

@shurcooL I don't think it is possible for the human mind to comprehend the scale that we are dealing with. You'd have to repeat an electron-to-visible-universe magnification more than six times to be equivalent, and humans are terrible at comprehending mere stellar distances.

But, once I post the raw .fxz file and a new version of Fractal eXtreme you'll be able to implement your suggestion.

[glignier69]

Magnifique, je ne dispose pas de ces grands moyens mais je les comprends parfaitement et j'ai été heureux de pouvoir contempler ce très beau montage ! Félicitations !

[Hogweed]

Fantastic video. Can't say how great it is that Fractal eXtreme is still regularly updated. Been a big fan since the late 90's, great work!

[nakedhand]

Great rendering. Thanks for sharing this. That is some pretty stale electronic muzak though. Will watch it muted next time ;)

[CommandLineCowboy]

Nice, but... needs more colour :-)

If you check out my vids you'll see what I mean.

If you drop down more info on my channel theres a link to my mediafire folder with Fractal Extreme palettes and a horrible little command-line utility to convert text files to palettes and back. So now I've emailed you, commented on your blog and now found your youtube site.

Ever feel like you're being stalked?

[nosro1]

This is fabulous. After my current project, I think it is time to finally give up frame-by-frame rendering. Brains over brawn.