{"id":9215,"date":"2012-12-18T23:38:59","date_gmt":"2012-12-19T04:38:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aforgrave.ca\/detritus\/?p=9215"},"modified":"2012-12-19T17:48:08","modified_gmt":"2012-12-19T22:48:08","slug":"gifestivus2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aforgrave.ca\/detritus\/2012\/12\/18\/gifestivus2012\/","title":{"rendered":"GIFestivus 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

And so it begins.<\/p>\n

GIFestivus 2012<\/strong> is underway.<\/p>\n

At least that’s what I’m calling it. \u00a0Grant Potter<\/a> is also using GIFestivus<\/em>, and he’s already at the 6th Day of GIFestivus<\/a>, but Alan Levine<\/a> said the official announcement would go out today (Wednesday the 18th) and he might be calling it the ds106 GIFest<\/strong>. Regardless of what it’s called<\/em>, there is a little holiday GIF cheer going around the ds106 community<\/a>, and I’m going to see if I can learn a few things while playing along, and making some art, dagnabbit.<\/em><\/p>\n

You likely know already that the Oxford Dictionary USA named GIF as its Word of the Year for 2012<\/a>, that this was the year that the humble GIF turned 25<\/a> years old, and that there were a variety of celebrations around the world for this web-page-annoyance-now-turned-artform (Moving the Still, on Tumblr<\/a>, on Paddle8<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

Here’s what I have reviewed this evening, with a focus on the following:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. selecting a clip that might work as an animated GIF.<\/li>\n
  2. importing and limiting the number of frames.<\/li>\n
  3. copying and reversing frames to produce a seamless GIF (no forward and backward option in Photoshop, it would appear).<\/li>\n
  4. adjusting the frame timing to something that seems to work.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Et voila!<\/p>\n

    \"The<\/a>

    The Saint, with his halo, from “The Wonderful War”<\/p><\/div>\n

    This GIF is not part of any specific assignment or seasonal theme. It is simply an experiment for reviewing a few things necessary before I embark on this travail<\/em>. I was looking to get something that works in the cinematic GIF \/ living movie stills<\/em> category, as wonderfully illustrated on IWDRM: If We Don’t, Remember Me.<\/a>\u00a0My GIF above is from the pre-opening scene of the old TV favourite, The Saint, episode The Wonderful War.<\/em><\/p>\n

    Next up is to sort out the process of editing the individual images within the animation — presumably this means adjusting the specific layers prior to making the frames. And I’m also going to spend some time learning about masking<\/a>. I’m hoping to post a modified version of this GIF tomorrow, after some sleep.<\/p>\n

    In the meantime, if you’re looking to follow along with GIFestivus2012<\/strong>, you might want to check out the following link:<\/p>\n

    \"Animated<\/a><\/p>\n

     <\/p>\n

    DS106 Animated GIF assignments<\/a><\/p>\n

     <\/p>\n

    There’s nothing like being animated!
    \nIt sure beats being unanimated<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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