Mandelbulb 3D : The Searchable and Complete Guide to Creating Infinite Worlds

Description

Mandelbulb 3D software provides an incredible portal into creating and exploring 3D fractal worlds. These worlds are recursive – having an infinite level of detail, having complexity and often have an organic look to them as a result.

However Mandelbulb 3D has many options and functions, which can seem bewildering to a new user. Most users when first faced with the software, will press buttons and choose fractals at random to try and experiment to get results.

In this searchable library, Scappin Matteo (see his video showreel below) shares his experience through five tutorials (eight hours of content).

Scappin has a constructive and staged approach to learning the software, providing a foundation to start with and then showing the more complex and under utilised aspects of Mandelbulb 3D in this resource.

He’ll show you how he creates his amazing exploratory videos moving through 3D fractal worlds.

The library includes:-

• Eight hours of content
• Four presentations on learning Mandelbulb 3D and how to get the best use of M3D.
• A Mandelbulb 3D Solutions tutorial : Scappin answers top frequently asked questions and challenges that users face

Library Features

• Search for any keyword or phrase spoken across ALL of the tutorials in the library – research and deep dive on a particular topic.
• English captions on all five videos

Who is this library for?

• Artists : wanting to create amazing digital artwork quickly
• Game artists : Unique objects and settings for videogames
• Professional artists : special effects for movies
• Explorers : to discover infinite virtual worlds
• Mandelbulb artists : Gain a more comprehensive understanding of M3D

Video showreel by the course presenter, Scappin Matteo.

You’ll Learn

• Foundation aspects of the user interface
• How to create your first render
• Basic optimisation tips for rendering
• Navigating fractals
• Dealing with light and colors in 3D fractal models
• Visual effects
• Handling detail levels
• Exporting fractals as 3D models
• Fractals understood and classified
• Power tips : under utilised options
• Exploring the power of DIF geometric shapes
• How to create an animated journey into a fractal world
• Advanced visual effects
• Professional rendering solutions

Requirements

Mandelbulb 3D software (free)

 

Library Content

PART 1 : Foundation

Matteo’s Story

• Discovery and learning of Mandelbulb 3D
• What kind of graphics can be achieved with Mandelbulb 3D
• Talking through Matteo’s animation project examples

Interface

• Main Tab
• Formulas Tab
• Light Tab
• PostProcess Tab
• Navigator Tab

Your first render

• Basic simple formula
• Navigator basics
• Calc and render size
• Light and Colors
• Visual effects : fog and shadows
• Detail level
• Post processing Ambient Shadow and Hard Shadow

PART 2 : The Fractal Universe

2D

• Mandelbrot
• Menger/Sierpinski

3D

• Daniel White
• Mandelbulb CUT
• 3D Menger/Sierpinski

Formula type

• Pure fractals
• 3D-3Da
• 4D-4Da
• Ads
• Julia Mode
• DIFs
• Shapes
• Transformations

Formula Combo

• Menger + Mandelbulb power 8

Power Tips : User interface options you didn’t know about

Advanced Visual Effects

PART 3 : Simple but Exceptionally Deceptive : Fun with DIFs

Transformations

• Amazing IFS
• CanleyIFS

Shapes/Objects

• HeightmapIFS
• RandCubesIFS
• HexGrid

Orbit trap and coloring

Animating your Worlds

PART 4 : Professional Rendering Solutions

Scappin’s Favourite Formulas!

• Amazing Surf
• Formula basics
• Exploration and Julia mode
• Rendering settings
• Light
• Colors
• PostProcessing in Mandelbulb 3d

Amazing Box Combinations

• Formula basics
• Adding menger
• 32 Iteration trick
• Exploration and Julia mode
• Rendering settings
• Light
• Colors
• PostProcessing in Mandelbulb 3d

Advanced Optimisation and Rendering Tips

Solutions Workshop Video

Topics included:-

• Revealed : hidden aspects of the user interface
• Optimisation tips for rendering
• How to navigate fractals to gain the render you need
• Light, colour and atmospheric effects
• Fractals understood and classified
• Power tips : under utilised options
• High value animation tips

Presenter : Scappin Matteo 

Matteo studied computer science in northern Italy. At the age of ten he became fascinated by fractals (in 2 dimensions) and in particular by the mandelbrot fractal. He was fascinated, how can such a simple thing generate an entire abstract universe?

When studying programming (C ++, Processing) he discovered the topic of recursion; the love between Matteo and fractals was born!

One night in 2012, for the first time, he saw a video of a 3D fractal showing a fantastic world, without limits. It was designed by mathematics and interpreted by humans. He was speechless.

From his first simple animations, Matteo has since come a long way, studying and understanding fundamental concepts such as lighting, shadows, reflections, colors and the emotional impact they have on human beings.