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Re: Random Animations

#31
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Since no one else asked... how is this done? Are there any specialized programs for this sort of graphical/visual programming? Or is this just a bunch of Python scripts using 3D/math/plot libs?

You semi-randomly try stuff. Iterate on what's cool (genetic selection).

Also study the code of other animations to learn the general ideas and patterns.

Re: Random Animations

#33
I'd have found this much more interesting if the animations were rendered in the browser - I would have loved to poke around the code that makes them work.

They're neat looking, but being served videos and not code leaves an itch unscratched.

Re: Random Animations

#34

I'd have found this much more interesting if the animations were rendered in the browser - I would have loved to poke around the code that makes them work. They're neat looking, but being served videos and not code leaves an itch unscratched.

I had the opposite reaction. I can see them on a phone in lockdown mode that fails to render many of the fancy modern JavaScript pages.

Re: Random Animations

#37

Some of these animations transported me back 20-25 years ago to the days when I would have Winamp cranking with its visualization plugins. Fun times. Cool animations here.

Me too, but I'm old enough to remember TV interstitials looking like that.

Re: Random Animations

#39

Some of these animations transported me back 20-25 years ago to the days when I would have Winamp cranking with its visualization plugins. Fun times. Cool animations here.

Obligitory shoutout to ProjectM!

MilkDrop 3 got released not that long ago and works on any audiosource. V2 was basically our digital fireplace in the 90s.

https://github.com/milkdrop2077/MilkDrop3

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