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Re: How and why to take a logarithm of an image [video]

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The title I get when I click on this is, "How (and why) to take a logarithm of an image"

> How (and why) to take a logarithm of an image

I watched it a few days ago and this descriptive title was part of the reason I clicked. I generally trust 3B1B anyway but normally a title like "This picture broke my brain" would put me off.

Re: How and why to take a logarithm of an image [video]

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post #6

The title I get when I click on this is, "How (and why) to take a logarithm of an image"

i see "Decoding Escher's most mind-bending piece". fascinating, and absurdly confusing, that there are multiple titles.

It's a pretty common feature of youtube creator studio. https://www.theverge.com/news/840789/youtube-video-title-a-b...

Re: How and why to take a logarithm of an image [video]

#34

I've been loking into how 3B1B builds their rendering pipeline, and it's honestly mind blowing. They use Python along with custom OpenGl shaders to handle most of geometric transformations, shich seems to be what creates those "brain breaking" visual effects.It's fascinating how our visual cortex tries to interpret overlapping geometric patterns and ends up producing such counterintuitive perceptions. Shat I still ca…

there is at least one video, if not a series of videos, where he explains his process in detail, showing the coding process and everything. it is a collaboration with another person where, if i recall, he is teaching them.

i will see if i can find it.

edit: "How I animate 3Blue1Brown | A Manim demo with Ben Sparks" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbu7Zu5X1zI

more on workflow: https://github.com/3b1b/videos?tab=readme-ov-file#workflow

code for videos: https://github.com/3b1b/videos

manim: https://github.com/3b1b/manim

manim community edition: https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/

Re: How and why to take a logarithm of an image [video]

#35

I've been loking into how 3B1B builds their rendering pipeline, and it's honestly mind blowing. They use Python along with custom OpenGl shaders to handle most of geometric transformations, shich seems to be what creates those "brain breaking" visual effects.It's fascinating how our visual cortex tries to interpret overlapping geometric patterns and ends up producing such counterintuitive perceptions. Shat I still ca…

there is at least one video, if not a series of videos, where he explains his process in detail, showing the coding process and everything. it is a collaboration with another person where, if i recall, he is teaching them. i will see if i can find it. edit: "How I animate 3Blue1Brown | A Manim demo with Ben Sparks" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbu7Zu5X1zI more on workflow: https://github.com/3b1b/videos?tab=readme…

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Re: How and why to take a logarithm of an image [video]

#36
post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

YouTube has A/B testing features that allow videos to have multiple titles and/or thumbnails.

I'm sorry, what? Can people now see different titles? Insanity, if true.

It has been that way for a while now. I see Veritasium video titles and thumbnails change quite often, it can be quite annoying as it sometimes gives the appearance of it being a whole new video.

A/B testing a title feels wrong to me, its almost as bad as A/B testing a UUID. Just pick a title and stick to it unless you need to fix a factual error.

Re: How and why to take a logarithm of an image [video]

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post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

i see "Decoding Escher's most mind-bending piece". fascinating, and absurdly confusing, that there are multiple titles.

It's a pretty common feature of youtube creator studio. https://www.theverge.com/news/840789/youtube-video-title-a-b...

i had no idea, thanks. at first glance it seems okay-ish for the creator, but only serves to be confusing for the users.

Re: How and why to take a logarithm of an image [video]

#38
post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm sorry, what? Can people now see different titles? Insanity, if true.

It has been that way for a while now. I see Veritasium video titles and thumbnails change quite often, it can be quite annoying as it sometimes gives the appearance of it being a whole new video. A/B testing a title feels wrong to me, its almost as bad as A/B testing a UUID. Just pick a title and stick to it unless you need to fix a factual error.

Titles and thumbnails have a huge impact on video performance, and when it's your main income it seems reasonable to try to marginalise the impact.

Re: How and why to take a logarithm of an image [video]

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post #31
post #6

The title I get when I click on this is, "How (and why) to take a logarithm of an image"

> How (and why) to take a logarithm of an image I watched it a few days ago and this descriptive title was part of the reason I clicked. I generally trust 3B1B anyway but normally a title like "This picture broke my brain" would put me off.

In case you're curious, when I ran that title/thumbnail AB test, the option "This picture broke my brain" did end up winning. I was a bit disappointed, because I didn't really _want_ it to win, but I did include it out of curiosity. Ultimately, I changed it to the other title, mostly because I like it better, and the margin was small.

I was genuinely torn about how to title this, because one of my aims is that it stands to be enjoyed by people outside the usual online-math-viewing circles, especially the first 12 minutes, and leaning into the idea of a complex log risks alienating some of those.

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