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3d stereo images made from Fractal images

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Brian F Flint
Brian F Flint Regular Member • Posts: 184
3d stereo images made from Fractal images
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I down-loaded a free software called JWildfire onto my Windows PC. It can produce coloured patterned images in a random way. The process is using Fractals. I am learning to use it. I watched a few youtube tutorials on this. I have now managed to produce something which I can make a stereo 3d image of. Here is an example which I have produced - crossview

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3D Gunner Senior Member • Posts: 1,031
Re: 3d stereo images made from Fractal images
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Nice subject for start! 👍

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Another one from me. 🙂 (cross view)

"Alien Virus" - Made with Mandelbulb 3D

Brian F Flint
OP Brian F Flint Regular Member • Posts: 184
Re: 3d stereo images made from Fractal images
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I down-loaded your Mandelbulb 3D image and made a mpo file and viewed it on my monitor with shutter glasses. The image quite amazing.

I am still learning JWildfire and may try Mandelbulb 3D free software later.

here is another one I did with JWildfire - crossview

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3D Gunner Senior Member • Posts: 1,031
Re: 3d stereo images made from Fractal images
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Nice result!

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Proper adjusting the shooting parameters allows for extremely deep 3D images.

"Warp Engine" (cross view)

A "cave" (cross view)

Bashir Lunat
Bashir Lunat Senior Member • Posts: 1,211
Re: 3d stereo images made from Fractal images

All four above 3D images are stunning.

3D Gunner Senior Member • Posts: 1,031
Re: 3d stereo images made from Fractal images
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Thanks for appreciating my part of the contribution on this topic!

Brian had a very good idea opening a topic for such 3D imaging.
I assume he accepts the idea that other people interested in such topics can post here.

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So, I'm posting another one that I imagine represents part of a huge construction obtained from some kind of "modular bricks"...

For cross-eye!

I also made a short video clip about the construction (also for cross-eye).

Brian F Flint
OP Brian F Flint Regular Member • Posts: 184
Re: 3d stereo images made from Fractal images
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I am interested in anybody's contribution to this subject. That is what this forum is for.

There are some  weird and incredible shapes produced by these fractals.

The ones I use are generated in a random manor and they are not always suitable for producing a stereo 3d image. I create my stereo images by moving a virtual camera in the x direction and produce two rendered jpg images which I put  into StereoPhotoMaker to make the alignment.

Here is another one

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BillAngel Regular Member • Posts: 200
Re: 3d stereo images made from Fractal images

Here is another approch: This intricate fractal like pattern was generated by the Mirror Lab App from a photograph. The resultant pattern was then rendered as a 3D stereoscopic image in side-by-side format by the Leiapix App.

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3D Gunner Senior Member • Posts: 1,031
Re: 3d stereo images made from Fractal images

The result is very interesting! 👍

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Probably not many people know that fractals are the basis of many of the most interesting "landscapes" in computer games and science fiction movies, where all kinds of images are added on top of fractals, in the form of textures. 🙂

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I found a peculiar structure on the surface of a distant planet... 😎

(for cross view)

Brian F Flint
OP Brian F Flint Regular Member • Posts: 184
Re: 3d stereo images made from Fractal images

BillAngel wrote:

Here is another approch: This intricate fractal like pattern was generated by the Mirror Lab App from a photograph. The resultant pattern was then rendered as a 3D stereoscopic image in side-by-side format by the Leiapix App.

Very good. Did Mirror Lab create a 2d or a 3d image. Or did you do a 2d to 3d conversion in Leiapix app.

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Brian F Flint
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Re: 3d stereo images made from Fractal images

3D Gunner wrote:

Thanks for appreciating my part of the contribution on this topic!

Brian had a very good idea opening a topic for such 3D imaging.
I assume he accepts the idea that other people interested in such topics can post here.

................................................................

So, I'm posting another one that I imagine represents part of a huge construction obtained from some kind of "modular bricks"...

For cross-eye!

I also made a short video clip about the construction (also for cross-eye).

Very good. The video clip is also very good. Zooming in on a side by side image must be difficult.

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3D Gunner Senior Member • Posts: 1,031
Re: 3d stereo images made from Fractal images

Brian F Flint wrote:

Zooming in on a side by side image must be difficult.

The original video has good quality and resolution, but the host site resized it down and it remained just that as an idea.

And the movement is not zoom in/out, it is achieved by simultaneously moving the camera pair in the desired direction, which in this case is very simple, but can be very complex.

It is very complicated to set a deep and complex motion inside fractals because it requires a variable stereoscopic basis depending on the relative sizes of the areas visited.

Several tests must be done beforehand in order not to compromise the final rendering which can take several hours/days depending on the complexity and resolution of the scene.

I have a few formulas that require several tens of minutes to render a single pair of frames (3D). Rendering a complex scene for a 20 second clip at 4K resolution would require a high performance processor and ~8-10 hours to render only one second of motion, i.e. a total of 150-200 hours of non-stop rendering plus initial preparation.

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Another small demo:

Some kind of "Borg like" under construction was find.

A probe was launched to transit the structure (video with sound ).

(ross-view)

BillAngel Regular Member • Posts: 200
Re: 3d stereo images made from Fractal images
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Brian F Flint wrote:

BillAngel wrote:

Here is another approch: This intricate fractal like pattern was generated by the Mirror Lab App from a photograph. The resultant pattern was then rendered as a 3D stereoscopic image in side-by-side format by the Leiapix App.

Very good. Did Mirror Lab create a 2d or a 3d image. Or did you do a 2d to 3d conversion in Leiapix app.

Mirror Lab produced a 2D image. The Leiapix app then converted the 2D image to a 3D stereoscopic pair.

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Brian F Flint
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Re: 3d stereo images made from Fractal images

3D Gunner wrote:

Brian F Flint wrote:

Zooming in on a side by side image must be difficult.

The original video has good quality and resolution, but the host site resized it down and it remained just that as an idea.

And the movement is not zoom in/out, it is achieved by simultaneously moving the camera pair in the desired direction, which in this case is very simple, but can be very complex.

It is very complicated to set a deep and complex motion inside fractals because it requires a variable stereoscopic basis depending on the relative sizes of the areas visited.

Several tests must be done beforehand in order not to compromise the final rendering which can take several hours/days depending on the complexity and resolution of the scene.

I have a few formulas that require several tens of minutes to render a single pair of frames (3D). Rendering a complex scene for a 20 second clip at 4K resolution would require a high performance processor and ~8-10 hours to render only one second of motion, i.e. a total of 150-200 hours of non-stop rendering plus initial preparation.

...................................................................

Another small demo:

Some kind of "Borg like" under construction was find.

A probe was launched to transit the structure (video with sound ).

(ross-view)

The video is amazing.

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3D Gunner Senior Member • Posts: 1,031
Re: 3d stereo images made from Fractal images

Brian F Flint wrote:

The video is amazing.

Thanks for your appreciation!

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It's very interesting to watch the morphing objects.

I made a video of one of these, from birth to extinction.
I need to convert it so it can be seen cross-eyed.

Brian F Flint
OP Brian F Flint Regular Member • Posts: 184
Re: 3d stereo images made from Fractal images
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I down-loaded the free application Mandelbulb3D

It looks like it will create more interesting shapes than Jwildfire, but that might be because I am still learning.

After about half an hour, using Mandelbulb3D,

I had created two Fractal images suitable for making a 3d stereo image. Here it is.

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Brian F Flint
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Re: 3d stereo images made from Fractal images

another using Mandelbulb3D - crossview

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3D Gunner Senior Member • Posts: 1,031
Sci-Fi themed series made from Fractal images
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I developed a Sci-Fi themed series (starting several years ago).

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Some images with VLA (very large array) of antennas.

Bashir Lunat
Bashir Lunat Senior Member • Posts: 1,211
Re: 3d stereo images made from Fractal images

Brian F Flint wrote:

I down-loaded the free application Mandelbulb3D

It looks like it will create more interesting shapes than Jwildfire, but that might be because I am still learning.

After about half an hour, using Mandelbulb3D,

I had created two Fractal images suitable for making a 3d stereo image. Here it is.

You keep coming up with great 3D shots.

Keep coming.

Brian F Flint
OP Brian F Flint Regular Member • Posts: 184
Re: 3d stereo images made from Fractal images
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Thanks. Here is another one

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