Light Pen Animation
August 4, 2006 8:14 PM Subscribe
If you have a lot of time on your hands and a deep love for animation and LEDs, you might put together something like this. [via]
That's pretty awesome. I suspect we'll see it in a music video in the near future.
posted by sixacross at 8:32 PM on August 4, 2006
posted by sixacross at 8:32 PM on August 4, 2006
Awesome. Thanks for posting!
posted by DakotaPaul at 9:12 PM on August 4, 2006
posted by DakotaPaul at 9:12 PM on August 4, 2006
the final image (with the duck and the little green worm) also gives away the secret to how they did it.
posted by StrasbourgSecaucus at 11:29 PM on August 4, 2006
posted by StrasbourgSecaucus at 11:29 PM on August 4, 2006
Care to elaborate Strasbourg?
Cause I still don't get it. Does it have to do with the monitor on the right?
posted by sour cream at 4:57 AM on August 5, 2006
Cause I still don't get it. Does it have to do with the monitor on the right?
posted by sour cream at 4:57 AM on August 5, 2006
Ahh, plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose. New tech meets old. Tex Avery would be proud.
posted by eriko at 6:56 AM on August 5, 2006
posted by eriko at 6:56 AM on August 5, 2006
This is amazingly cool. How great an animator do you have to be to be able to animate something where you can't see the previous frame? Or the frame you are working on?
posted by quin at 10:08 AM on August 5, 2006
posted by quin at 10:08 AM on August 5, 2006
Pentastic!
posted by Zombie Dreams at 11:57 AM on August 5, 2006
posted by Zombie Dreams at 11:57 AM on August 5, 2006
sour cream writes "Care to elaborate Strasbourg?
"Cause I still don't get it. Does it have to do with the monitor on the right?"
Yeah. Looks like she's using some sort of stop motion software. Something like this, although I doubt it's precisely the same program. You can see the frames filling up across the top of her screen.
quin, I would say that they can see the previous frame (or multiple previous frames, as these programs often have onion skinning) and can see the current frame after the exposure is finished and thus can decide whether they want to do it over.
Not taking away from the skill on display, of course. This is really, really awesome.
posted by brundlefly at 12:14 PM on August 5, 2006
"Cause I still don't get it. Does it have to do with the monitor on the right?"
Yeah. Looks like she's using some sort of stop motion software. Something like this, although I doubt it's precisely the same program. You can see the frames filling up across the top of her screen.
quin, I would say that they can see the previous frame (or multiple previous frames, as these programs often have onion skinning) and can see the current frame after the exposure is finished and thus can decide whether they want to do it over.
Not taking away from the skill on display, of course. This is really, really awesome.
posted by brundlefly at 12:14 PM on August 5, 2006
FYI, the link doesn't go to the top level; it's just one page among many. People just skimming the link might not realize that and miss some cool stuff!
posted by Eideteker at 12:58 PM on August 5, 2006
posted by Eideteker at 12:58 PM on August 5, 2006
Yes, indeed. Copy/pasted the wrong address.
I am shamed.
posted by absalom at 1:28 PM on August 5, 2006
I am shamed.
posted by absalom at 1:28 PM on August 5, 2006
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