The hardest way to make a GIF

 (blog.willgrant.org)

40 points | by plaguna 15 hours ago

4 comments

  • ticulatedspline 2 hours ago
    > Using imagemagick on the command line I was able to combine the images into a GIF.

    man what a cop out, I was hoping they would use a text editor to build the gif. that would be way harder.

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    • hereonout2 2 hours ago
      Indeed, I've never developed my own film but I do respect it entails a fair bit of effort, and the funky old camera is cool.

      But scanning, cropping using one of the latest image editors, then running it through imagemagick does not feel like the hardest way to make a gif.

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      • adzm 2 hours ago
        Developing film is such a beautiful kind of magic. Watching the image appear in a darkroom before your eyes is a very unique experience.
    • helterskelter 1 hour ago
      Yeah I was expecting somebody to build a gif by hand from the spec using ed.
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    • DerivativeBS 1 hour ago
      Yeah, real devs write their own LZW compression implementation from scratch in C++
  • mxfh 51 minutes ago
    No reference to Ulead GIF Animator? Was expecting some time travel step in between.
  • dominicq 3 hours ago
    "Acquire photons" was funny
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    • john_strinlai 3 hours ago
      it certainly gives "you must first invent the universe" vibes
    • MitPitt 3 hours ago
      If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe
  • virgil_disgr4ce 3 hours ago
    This reminds me in the best way of Lynch's Lumiere competition entry: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ds-OKH2ow4o