From 996cbb474b839167c2704c2a5cc17c1aabd52034 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: bernie Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:35:20 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Edit page blog/2009/11 --- blog/2009/11 | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) diff --git a/blog/2009/11 b/blog/2009/11 index 780b2d2..b42816c 100644 --- a/blog/2009/11 +++ b/blog/2009/11 @@ -21,6 +21,18 @@ If your browser sucks at HTML5, you can directly download the video files, avail || [[pictures/julia4D/julia4D.avi | julia4D .avi]] || 1280x720 || 6000Kbit/s || H.264 || - || 60MB || || [[pictures/julia4D/julia4D-640x360.avi | julia4D-640x360.avi]] || 640x360 || 1200kbit/s || H.264 || - || 12MB || +=== Rendering notes === + +It took about 2 weeks of computation on a dual-core machine to render the 2048 high resolution frames contained in 82 seconds of video. +My previous renderings at lower resolution and lower iteration count were much faster. + +A The high iteration count actually makes the fractal surface a little too polverized to appreciate. Adding transparency +and gradients is another bad idea as it complicates things even more. If I find the time and motivation to re-render the +animation, I'll look for better balance. + +In case someone wants to experiment, these are the [[pictures/julia4D/julia4D.pov | scene source]] +and [[pictures/julia4D/julia4D.ini | ini file]] I used. + === Video encoding notes === The files were encoded from a sequence of PNG frames generated by POV-Ray, -- 2.25.1