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Rotating Shimmer Hat

Speed: 0.4x

I’ve been thinking about shimmery and glittery things and how to capture them. The ideal would be to create a lenticular print of a reflective object / scene, like catching the reflections of snow for example.

This is an attempt at capturing a rotating crystal-covered hat as a series of photos and using photoshop to align the layers, and to create the animation. The first attempt was way too fast, so initially I created 3 different versions with ffmpeg at different speeds to see which one worked best.

But I then realized I could just use javascript to control the playback speed, which would save bandwidth and allow for more flexibility.

Different version

Versions

Original (1.0x)

100% Slower (0.5x)

Speed: 0.5x

200% Slower (0.33x)

Speed: 0.33x

300% Slower (0.25x)

Speed: 0.25x