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November 18, 2012 12:23 PM

Five GIFers For The Serious Minded

Elspeth Reeve: From Gaffes to GIFs: The Great Shift in Presidential Debate Strategy and Gabby Douglas's Awesome Night: A GIF Guide

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posted by the man of twists and turns (18 comments total)

The sample GIF for #4 is standard output from a regular T1-weighted MRI scan. Our computers have the software for making these installed by default. Next time you're getting your brain scanned, ask the technician for one of these as a souvenir.
posted by Nomyte at 12:48 PM on November 18, 2012 [9 favorites]

Yeah but which gifs does Sasha Grey watch?
posted by Foci for Analysis at 12:49 PM on November 18, 2012

I liked the sense of power conveyed in the tiger GIF.
posted by arcticseal at 12:53 PM on November 18, 2012

I think I'm going to spend all night making GIFs for the NYPL. Thanks.
posted by Jehan at 12:57 PM on November 18, 2012 [1 favorite]

What's the tiger one supposed to show? The loop seems very short

Yeah, I'm a little bugged by the tiger gif actually. I think it'd be much better even if they'd just increased the frame delay like this.

But then I'm picky and opinionated so.
posted by six-or-six-thirty at 1:09 PM on November 18, 2012

These are cool. I've really been intrigued by animated GIFs lately.
posted by OmieWise at 1:24 PM on November 18, 2012

not serious enough.
posted by mary8nne at 1:44 PM on November 18, 2012 [1 favorite]

If we ever get the ability to use avatars beside our user names I call the tiger. I GOT DIBS. Plus I licked it, just to ensure none of you steal my awesome avatar.
posted by Keith Talent at 2:35 PM on November 18, 2012

IWDRM - lovely stuff. I want to try making these, I especially like the way they capture a particular gesture, and loop it seamlessly. how cool would the tiger one be if it got an entire stride, so it was the tiger running towards you forever
posted by 5_13_23_42_69_666 at 3:43 PM on November 18, 2012 [1 favorite]

Yeah, I fully expected to see IWDRM in this list.
posted by painquale at 4:45 PM on November 18, 2012

That Presidential link makes me ill. Are people really this shallow? Or is the media really this manipulative as to make blink-rate, nods and watch-glances supposedly pivotal?
posted by DU at 5:51 PM on November 18, 2012

What's the tiger one supposed to show? The loop seems very short

Desire for a cheeseburger?
posted by Navelgazer at 5:58 PM on November 18, 2012

Man...half way across a tightrope over Niagara Gorge has to be the worst time for a grand mal seizure ever.
posted by yoink at 6:06 PM on November 18, 2012 [1 favorite]

Anyone smell toast? Just me?
posted by TheWhiteSkull at 7:11 PM on November 18, 2012

Not sure what counts as 'serious' here, but dvdp is one of the best GIFfers around. Really beautiful geometric movement.
posted by wemayfreeze at 8:26 PM on November 18, 2012 [1 favorite]

Cinemagraphs: 1, 2, 3.
posted by painquale at 8:40 PM on November 18, 2012

Anatomical Illustration GIFs from 1901 Flap-Up Book

Animated GIFs of The Naughty Nineties: A Pop-Up Book For Adults Only. Oh, those Victorians!
posted by the man of twists and turns at 5:33 AM on November 30, 2012

Moving the Still, a GIF art show, via
posted by the man of twists and turns at 7:40 AM on December 13, 2012