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Re: Help I accidentally a wigglegram

#41

Post by initramfs »

I've noticed that GIFS with several frames in them tend to be quite large files. I like that these use dithering, which can reduce the file size. Ideally it would be not larger than 2-3 lightweight photos juxtaposed together, and less than 300KB. I also wish there was a pause button on them because sometimes reading articles on the web with them persistent can get tedious. I suppose disabling images can mediate that, or copying the text to another document.

"In Web Browsers (Chrome, Edge, Firefox): Install browser extensions like GIF Scrubber on Chrome or GIF Blocker on Firefox, which add playback controls to any web page.

On iPhone/iPad: Go to Settings > Accessibility > Motion, and turn off Animated Images to pause all GIFs in Safari.

On Mac: Go to System Settings > Accessibility > Display, and toggle off Animated Images.

In PowerPoint: Press the 1 key on your keyboard during a presentation to pause the GIF."

Re: Help I accidentally a wigglegram

#42

Post by RetroTechie »

jannyfer wrote: post #6

That was fun, and the script on github looks hand-written which is refreshing after having been reading AI-written code for months. I have 120k photos in iCloud that I'm sure have duplicates (I exported my library to Google Photos years ago and exported it back to iCloud). The iOS duplicate detection stopped flagging duplicates for me to merge a while back. I gotta do something like this script...

> and the script on github looks hand-written which is refreshing after having been reading AI-written code for months.

We really need a short for "is it AI or not? has entered the discussion".

Re: Help I accidentally a wigglegram

#44

Post by RobotToaster »

initramfs wrote: post #41

I've noticed that GIFS with several frames in them tend to be quite large files. I like that these use dithering, which can reduce the file size. Ideally it would be not larger than 2-3 lightweight photos juxtaposed together, and less than 300KB. I also wish there was a pause button on them because sometimes reading articles on the web with them persistent can get tedious. I suppose disabling images can mediate that,…

There's been a move towards using MP4 files instead of GIFs because the filesize is smaller, despite MP4 being patent encumbered.

Re: Help I accidentally a wigglegram

#45

Post by RobotToaster »

MrGilbert wrote: post #32
rendaw wrote: post #7

Somehow the extra motion seems to reduce the illusion of depth, it just seems like a disjointed animation to me.

I agree. The first three from reddit work really well for me. I assume it's because of the fixed horizontal movement, and the fact that they are captured at the same moment from different angles. :) The others are nice (but hectic) animations to me.

The ones from Reddit also have more frames, I'm guessing they were taken on on a Nishika 3-D camera.

Re: Help I accidentally a wigglegram

#47

Post by [deleted] »

RobotToaster wrote: post #44
initramfs wrote: post #41

I've noticed that GIFS with several frames in them tend to be quite large files. I like that these use dithering, which can reduce the file size. Ideally it would be not larger than 2-3 lightweight photos juxtaposed together, and less than 300KB. I also wish there was a pause button on them because sometimes reading articles on the web with them persistent can get tedious. I suppose disabling images can mediate that,…

There's been a move towards using MP4 files instead of GIFs because the filesize is smaller, despite MP4 being patent encumbered.

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Re: Help I accidentally a wigglegram

#48

Post by initramfs »

RobotToaster wrote: post #44
initramfs wrote: post #41

I've noticed that GIFS with several frames in them tend to be quite large files. I like that these use dithering, which can reduce the file size. Ideally it would be not larger than 2-3 lightweight photos juxtaposed together, and less than 300KB. I also wish there was a pause button on them because sometimes reading articles on the web with them persistent can get tedious. I suppose disabling images can mediate that,…

There's been a move towards using MP4 files instead of GIFs because the filesize is smaller, despite MP4 being patent encumbered.

I found APNG suffer the same issue, but there may be some workarounds:

https://share.google/aimode/X1Q5rp3z2tEbtDSPf

"Yes, but not natively just by using a standard tag in web browsers. Because native APNGs play continuously like a traditional GIF, you need to use one of the following methods to pause them: [1, 2, 3, 4]

1. The Canvas Method (Best for Web Controls) To add play/pause functionality, you cannot use an tag. Instead, you need to render the APNG onto an HTML element and control it using a JavaScript library like apng-js. This provides precise, video-like control over the frames. [1, 2, 3, 4]

2. The Cover Method (Simplest Fallback) If you just want to freeze an APNG on its first frame, you can layer a static .png of the first frame directly over the APNG. When you uncover or hide the static image, the underlying APNG will be revealed and play as normal. [1]

3. Use CSS Animation Alternatives [1] If you are designing the animation yourself, an alternative is to build it as a single static image (a filmstrip of all frames side-by-side) and animate it using CSS background-position. This allows you to pause the image natively using the CSS animation-play-state property. [1, 2, 3]"

Re: Help I accidentally a wigglegram

#50

Post by RobotToaster »

PetitPrince wrote: post #35
nixosbestos wrote: post #11

How is the first one done? It seems like the cartons would fall faster than you could manually capture 2-3 images? (super cool all around, thanks for sharing)

To add to the other comments if you have the idea to use multiple camera to make the same effect but at a higher quality (and if you somehow sort how the synchronisation problem), then congrats ! You have invented bullet time, as demonstrated 27 years ago* in the Matrix. *ouch, I feel old

>if you somehow sort how the synchronisation problem

These days you can just capture video and make a 4d Gaussian splat

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