The hardest way to make a GIF

Posted by plaguna 18 hours ago

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Comment by ticulatedspline 6 hours ago

> Using imagemagick on the command line I was able to combine the images into a GIF.

man what a cop out, I was hoping they would use a text editor to build the gif. that would be way harder.

Comment by hereonout2 5 hours ago

Indeed, I've never developed my own film but I do respect it entails a fair bit of effort, and the funky old camera is cool.

But scanning, cropping using one of the latest image editors, then running it through imagemagick does not feel like the hardest way to make a gif.

Comment by adzm 5 hours ago

Developing film is such a beautiful kind of magic. Watching the image appear in a darkroom before your eyes is a very unique experience.

Comment by helterskelter 5 hours ago

Yeah I was expecting somebody to build a gif by hand from the spec using ed.

Comment by unsnap_biceps 4 hours ago

Comment by DerivativeBS 5 hours ago

Yeah, real devs write their own LZW compression implementation from scratch in C++

Comment by dominicq 7 hours ago

"Acquire photons" was funny

Comment by john_strinlai 7 hours ago

it certainly gives "you must first invent the universe" vibes

Comment by MitPitt 6 hours ago

If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe

Comment by mxfh 4 hours ago

No reference to Ulead GIF Animator? Was expecting some time travel step in between.

Comment by virgil_disgr4ce 6 hours ago

This reminds me in the best way of Lynch's Lumiere competition entry: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ds-OKH2ow4o