Metamorphic animation of 3D fern-like fractal images based on a family of transitional 3D IFS code approach

Based on a family of transitional 3D IFS code, the attractive metamorphic animation of 3D fractal images between two kinds of 3D fractal images can be conducted. To show an animation which is looked natural, two kinds of 3D fern-like IFS fractal are chosen with small difference of orientation in both x-axis and z-axis directions or horizontally and also in y-axis direction or vertically. There are two ways of animation is conducted, those are with and without spin animations. The spin animation exhibits the three dimensional point of view and the other animation exhibits the accuracy of gradual changing from the start image to the target image without lost of orientation. The 3D IFS code sets as the start and target objects should be in a family of transitional 3D IFS code, otherwise the result of the metamorphic animation will show a strange transition effect.