Fun With Graphic Information Formats (GIFs)

[Davey Do]

Sometimes, Still Photographs are just plain fun to play with, as was this one from the movie Paper Moon.

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Would anyone care to guess the number of different frames? The total number of frames it took to make this GIF?

 

[dobielvr]

15

 

[Davey Do]

HEY! THANKS FOR PLAYING, DOBIELVR, BUT AAAAAAAAANT! That's the incorrect number for either the number of different or total frames. (Hint: guess lower!)

Now, this GIF has five different images with a total of 32 frames to make it last 6.72 seconds:

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[Davey Do]

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[Davey Do]

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[dobielvr]

7

 

[Dustbunny]

4

 

[Davey Do]

Well, out of the three contestants, Dobielvr, Dustbunny, and Abe, the winner is....

ABE!
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There are five different frames in the Paper Moon GIF, and eight total frames.

Thanks for playing!

 

[Davey Do]

From "Jaws":

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[Davey Do]

From "Casablanca":

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[Davey Do]

"The 39 Steps", 1935:

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[Davey Do]

"The Man Who Knew Too Much", 1934:

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[Davey Do]

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[Davey Do]

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Sometimes, it's just fun to take a photograph and play with it. Making a GIF is kind of a sculpturing process, cutting down the image, bit by bit, and then saving each step, as in this one:

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Then, the frames are reversed to go back from where they started, otherwise, an unrealistic chopped effect takes place, like in many online GIFs:

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[Davey Do]

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[Davey Do]

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