Steps to Infinity - Mandelbrot Fractal Zoom (2e1289)

If you were to count the steps, I can assure you there infinitely many to the final mini-Mandelbrot. However, the resolution of the video is only 4k, so you wouldn't be able to see all of the steps close to that final minibrot. The the final image has a magnification of 2e1289. (That is 2 with 1289 zeros after it. Doubling a number every 1.5 seconds gets you to very big numbers very quickly). Please hit subscribe!

This video is actually a stress test of my little plug-in for After Effects (which I'll upload soon as open source). Actually, while the video rendered fine, things did start slowing down after rendering the first 30mins. I'm not sure if that was AE or my fault, more investigation required. This one uses the "log steps" mode with "angle" shading for a psuedo-3D effect. The angle shading introduces some slight artefacts at times, but I still like the effect. We alternate between grey and colour, nothing exciting on the colouring front sorry, as I said this was more of a test of a big render.

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Zoom: 2.04e1289

[nobodyspecialjusteric]

leaps & bounds my favorite color scheme thanks

[MarkRussellGopro]

Definitely caught my attention for a while!
Cool video☑️

[BubbleBFDI]

Me: ight imma head out
Maths town: *releases a video*
Me: ight imma come back

[ceejay]

You may call it only a test but I'd say the colouring is extremely effective. To be honest I prefer your shorter videos: two hours is a lot of time to spend staring at a screen full of abstract patterns, however engaging they may be!

[neodintchly]

Imagine the Mandelbrot set at the end was the size of your thumb

[vnceigz]

I like the smooth, clean color-scheme and shading. It's bright and colorful but not gaudy, and the shading reminds me of the good old days of computer graphics with Gouraud and Phong shading. 😀

[ubivermiscerritulus]

If this is the fingerprint of God just imagine what the hand looks like

[stanervin]

I am gonna ration eight minute clips of this one. Will be finished in a coupla weeks.
😴

[chefmike]

I always wondered how long it takes these to render. I know I’ve rendered out much smaller resolutions and after like almost a week I had I think it was maybe 2 minutes long. The computer must be in a refrigerated room or close to burning up lol.

[twitchalmighty]

I look at this this and I think, what would the universe look like if one could see it at the Planck Scale ?v

[salvatorepitea]

21:30 reminds me of st Patrick's day, , LoL

[jawshlitelife]

might as well reverse the video and upload one the goes backwards *hint hint* ;P

[RowynOfficial]

Do you know if rendering a Mandelbrot video renders faster every step it goes out?

[BloobleBonker]

Billowing satin curtains. Rose petals.

[roiq]

Are all these shades given by the formula or are they added with image processing?

[woodenwood]

What is mandelbroot can somronr explain

[virgilsstudio]

VERY awesome and impressive!
I have music - would love to collaborate!