Post 544: Testing the Infamous Hall Pass - 12fps vs 24fps - Animated GIF images

Version One: at 12fps

Version Two: at 24fps

Both versions (c) 2023 Jim Middleton, The Animating Apothecary

Could this become another Roadshow -- uh oh!

Post 451 - Uh-Oh -- More Tests -- Nothing Good Can Come of This

In retirement, folks (ok, my brother) seem very concerned that I'll have too much time on my hands, so random assembly projects keep appearing in a (futile) attempt to keep my noggin active.  OK, this was the first, about 150 pieces, and it has been sitting on the shelf for about 25 years.   If I'm going to put something like this together, I'm going to "do something" with it.  Here's a test (fear not, it's open book):

                                        (cc) 2022 Jim Middleton, The Animating Apothecary

February 17, 2022 Updated version - need to align and enlarge the spinning building a bit more.

(c) 2022 Jim Middleton, The Animating Apothecary

Revisiting Sfumata - Number Two

After completing #1 in 1998, #2 should have been a breeze.  After all, it had been begun two years before that, using the unsupported Autodesk Animator Pro, designed for DOS.  Well, after 30 seconds and 90 layers, this much was finished.  Began with adjusting timing and colors, now that technology permits such luxuries on a budget of $35 and paper clips.

Time to wrap up the last 70%.  Let's hope for fewer distractions this time!  After all, #3 is becoming impatient.

Political Asylum - Work in Progress

Calling it a work in progress is actually optimistic...it's been cluttering space on at least six different PCs since 1999.  If ever completed, it will be a whopping 3 minute opus synchronized to a nice, public domain 1917 recording in my collection.

Part one, created in Autodesk Animator Pro (DOS version!!!) plays with an 1846 photo from the Library of Congress:

Part two, created in Autodesk Animator Pro for Windows 3.11 (beta version), works with multiple layers that had to be sandwiched, optical printer style, in the render that took, as I recall, about 8 minutes...

This third clip is a frame-by-frame reconstruction of some 8mm footage shot in 1973 that may be put to use as well: