The hardest way to make a GIF

ticulatedspline•about 2 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.

hereonout2•about 2 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.

adzm•about 1 hour 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.

helterskelter•about 1 hour ago

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

unsnap_biceps•7 minutes ago

DerivativeBS•37 minutes ago

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

dominicq•about 3 hours ago

"Acquire photons" was funny

john_strinlai•about 3 hours ago

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

MitPitt•about 2 hours ago

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

virgil_disgr4ce•about 2 hours ago

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

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