Five animated zooms into the Mandelbrot set, morphed into eachother and synchronized to music. By slowly increasing the number of iterations as we zoom in, we can see the fractal grow.
Watch it on YouTube
Technical details:
Max. iterations: 6000
Max. zoom: 6.2e+14
Frames: 2310 (320x240)
Time to design and create the complete animation: ~50 hrs.
Render time: ~2hrs.
Rendering software: Ultra Fractal 4.03
Video software: VisualDub 1.6.17
Music: Snap! - Exterminate
Full AVI size: 57.4Mb (download)
2007-04-18
2007-04-14
Ascii Art Mandelbrot Fractal Zoom
As part of my DHTML++ demo, I wrote an ASCII Art Mandebrot Fractal zoomer. Unfortunately, the current version is waaaay to slow to calculate the frames in real-time. Apparently they did not optimize JavaScript in Internet Explorer for rendering fractals in real time.
I am working on a much smarter algorithm, which only calculates the fractal once. I intend to use variable accuracy. This means I can get more detail around the area I zoom in to, so I do not need to recalculate the fractal for every frame. However, this is a bit more complex than it sounds, so don't hold your breath.
In the mean time, here's an example of what it will look like:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opk9T_FK5ZA
The quality is rather poor. If you want to download the original, it is 20Mb and available at:
http://Skypher.com/SkyLined/download/Fractals/AsciiArtFractalZoom.avi.
I am working on a much smarter algorithm, which only calculates the fractal once. I intend to use variable accuracy. This means I can get more detail around the area I zoom in to, so I do not need to recalculate the fractal for every frame. However, this is a bit more complex than it sounds, so don't hold your breath.
In the mean time, here's an example of what it will look like:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opk9T_FK5ZA
The quality is rather poor. If you want to download the original, it is 20Mb and available at:
http://Skypher.com/SkyLined/download/Fractals/AsciiArtFractalZoom.avi.
DHTML++ Browser demo
I've been working on various bits and pieces for over a year now and I am still not nearly halfway. I figure I need a really decent amount of effects and a really decent source; I can't go about publishing just three nifty things with spaghetti code. This ofcourse means I will never finish it, so I might as well give away a few previews.
At http://skypher.com/SkyLined/DHTML++/ you can find all ideas for effects I've had so far. Some of them may appear almost as-is in the final demo and some are just "Proof of Concepts"; I plan to completely rewrite it because the code is unreadable and does not lend itself to integration with the rest.
I will update the site with newer versions from time to time. I will blog about any mayor updates or new effects when appropriate.
At http://skypher.com/SkyLined/DHTML++/ you can find all ideas for effects I've had so far. Some of them may appear almost as-is in the final demo and some are just "Proof of Concepts"; I plan to completely rewrite it because the code is unreadable and does not lend itself to integration with the rest.
I will update the site with newer versions from time to time. I will blog about any mayor updates or new effects when appropriate.
2007-04-13
VBScript Functions for JavaScript
If you're used to languages like JavaScript, C and Java, then VBScript can be a pain to code. But VBScript does offer a number of useful features that JavaScript does not, such as MsgBox, InputBox and String. To make these easily available in JavaScript, I have created a script that creates an object that works as a wrapper for these functions in JavaScript. The object has a method for each VBScript function, which can be used to call these functions. This allows you to use them from JavaScript as if they were a normal part of JavaScript.
To use the script, download it from http://skypher.com/SkyLined/download/vbs.js/vbs.js, put it on your server and add this tag to you HTML file:
<SCRIPT src="vbs.js" type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript"></SCRIPT>
Any script that runs after this script will have access to an object called "vbs", which has a number of properties and methods that can be used to access VBScript features.
Properties: (See MsgBox function documentation at MSDN)
vbOKOnly, vbOKCancel, vbAbortRetryIgnore, vbYesNoCancel, vbYesNo, vbRetryCancel, vbCritical, vbQuestion, vbExclamation, vbInformation, vbDefaultButton1, vbDefaultButton2, vbDefaultButton3, vbDefaultButton4, vbApplicationModal, vbSystemModal
Methods: (see VBScript functions reference at MSDN)
Abs, Array, Asc, Atn, CBool, CByte, CCur, CDate, CDbl, Chr, CInt, CLng, Cos, CreateObject, CSng, CStr, Date, DateAdd, DateDiff, DatePart, DateSerial, DateValue, Day, Escape, Eval, Exp, Filter, Fix, FormatCurrency, FormatDatTime, FormatNumber, FormatPercent, GetLocale, GetObject, GetRef, Hex, Hour, InputBox, InStr, InStrRev, Int, IsArray, IsDate, IsEmpty, IsNull, IsNumeric, IsObject, Join, LBound, LCase, Left, Len, LoadPicture, Log, LTrim, Mid, Minute, Month, MonthName, MsgBox, Now, Oct, Replace, RGB, Right, Rnd, Round, RTrim, ScriptEngine, ScriptEngineBuildVersion, ScriptEngineMajorVersion, ScriptEngineMinorVersion, Second, SetLocale, Sgn, Sin, Space, Split, Sqr, StrComp, String, StrReverse, Tan, Time, Timer, TimeSerial, TimeValue, Trim, TypeName, UBound, UCase, Unescape, VarType, Weekday, WeekDayName, Year
Example:
vbs.MsgBox("Hello, world!", vbs.vbOKOnly | vbs.vbInformation, "JavaScript");
To use the script, download it from http://skypher.com/SkyLined/download/vbs.js/vbs.js, put it on your server and add this tag to you HTML file:
<SCRIPT src="vbs.js" type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript"></SCRIPT>
Any script that runs after this script will have access to an object called "vbs", which has a number of properties and methods that can be used to access VBScript features.
Properties: (See MsgBox function documentation at MSDN)
vbOKOnly, vbOKCancel, vbAbortRetryIgnore, vbYesNoCancel, vbYesNo, vbRetryCancel, vbCritical, vbQuestion, vbExclamation, vbInformation, vbDefaultButton1, vbDefaultButton2, vbDefaultButton3, vbDefaultButton4, vbApplicationModal, vbSystemModal
Methods: (see VBScript functions reference at MSDN)
Abs, Array, Asc, Atn, CBool, CByte, CCur, CDate, CDbl, Chr, CInt, CLng, Cos, CreateObject, CSng, CStr, Date, DateAdd, DateDiff, DatePart, DateSerial, DateValue, Day, Escape, Eval, Exp, Filter, Fix, FormatCurrency, FormatDatTime, FormatNumber, FormatPercent, GetLocale, GetObject, GetRef, Hex, Hour, InputBox, InStr, InStrRev, Int, IsArray, IsDate, IsEmpty, IsNull, IsNumeric, IsObject, Join, LBound, LCase, Left, Len, LoadPicture, Log, LTrim, Mid, Minute, Month, MonthName, MsgBox, Now, Oct, Replace, RGB, Right, Rnd, Round, RTrim, ScriptEngine, ScriptEngineBuildVersion, ScriptEngineMajorVersion, ScriptEngineMinorVersion, Second, SetLocale, Sgn, Sin, Space, Split, Sqr, StrComp, String, StrReverse, Tan, Time, Timer, TimeSerial, TimeValue, Trim, TypeName, UBound, UCase, Unescape, VarType, Weekday, WeekDayName, Year
Example:
vbs.MsgBox("Hello, world!", vbs.vbOKOnly | vbs.vbInformation, "JavaScript");
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