Galaxy Generator Released

The galaxy generator is released. There are quite a number of things I would like to add to it eventually, but I suppose I'm happy with the basic setup for now.



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Galaxy Generator Example Movie

I recorded and edited a little bit of the galaxies in motion. I'm wondering if "Galaxy Generator" is a poor name since some of the effects look less like galaxies and more like glowing clouds. Then again I suppose that sort could count as an elliptical galaxy. Perhaps sometime I'll be able to update the generator to generate specific types of galaxies.

Anyway, here's an embedded version of the example movie, and links to alternate sites follow:



Video links (in case the embedded doesn't show or play):

YouTube
Blip.tv
Vimeo
Flickr

Galaxy Generator Coming Soon

I've made a galaxy generator that cycles through about 40 presets or generates galaxies at random. I have the poster finished, but I don't have the instructions written, so it won't be available until tomorrow.

I think they look much better in motion than they do as still images, but here's a few snapshots of some presets and randomly generated galaxy effects: