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Live set featuring 25 minutes of new material, performed on last night's Midnight Snacks 9th Anniversary radio show. Recorded live in Brooklyn, NY • April 2, 2014.
Production Notes • Sequentix Cirklon, 6U eurorack (inc. Piston Honda, Hertz Donut, FMVDO, Ataraxic Translatron, Noisering, Polivoks VCF, Bionic Lester, Echophon), MFB-503 drum computer, DMG-01 (running MGB).
Jeremiah Johnson, Erosion Channels, 2012, PNG.
(for Phone Arts)
Received delivery from Hangzhou-based PCB manufacturer.
First production run of 100 Nullsleep TAKEOVER cards designed in cooperation with Andrew Reitano.
Jeremiah Johnson, Bitmap Restoration, 2012, PNG.
(for Phone Arts)
WAVE MUSE (titlescreen)
An interactive text experience meant to contextualize a subsequent browsing session. In the style of early text adventure games, the player uses words to interact with the gameworld by entering them at a command prompt. Wave Muse draws inspiration from Kevin Bewersdorf's Spirit Surfing essay, and is intended to be a spiritual successor to Void Gaze. Click on the preview above or visit www.wavemuse.net to view the full work. Wave Muse was created for Speed Show: Extra Credit, curated by A. Bill Miller, in response to the question, "What is Internet?"
Jeremiah Johnson, Mirror Wake, 2012, PNG.
(for Phone Arts)
Jeremiah Johnson, Holographic Fate, 2012, PNG.
(for Phone Arts)
Jeremiah Johnson, Productivity Graph, 2012, PNG.
(for Phone Arts)
Jeremiah Johnson, Spectral Spirit Bleed, 2012, PNG.
Jeremiah Johnson, Guassian Ruins, 2012, PNG.
_ DOWNLOAD M3D059 NULLSLEEP - EIN SOF _ RUNNING TIME 15:00
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Introduction
Motivated by frustration at the inconsistent experience related to viewing GIF-based works across different web browsers, this study seeks to examine the minimum supported frame delay values and quantify the discrepancies. Prior research on this topic can be found in humpy77's deviantART journal entry from March 29, 2007 entitled, Frame Delay Times for Animated GIFs. However, over the past 5 years the environment has changed significantly and new research was needed. For those that wish to achieve the highest possible framerates or the best cross-browser compatibility, this comparative breakdown should prove to be a useful reference.
PLEASE NOTE : IN ORDER TO CORRECTLY VIEW THE COMPARISON IMAGES BELOW IT IS REQUIRED THAT YOU USE CHROME, FIREFOX, OR OPERA.
Chrome
2007 Status : Previous report does not include information on this browser. 2012 Status : Supports frame delays as low as 0.02 s, with anything below that being rounded up to 0.10 s.
Performance Δ : ? UNKNOWN Maximum Framerate : 50 fps
0.00 s 0.01 s 0.02 s 0.03 s 0.04 s 0.05 s 0.06 s 0.10 s
Firefox
2007 Status : Previous report states that frame delays below 0.02 s are rounded up to 0.10 s. 2012 Status : Supports frame delays as low as 0.02 s, with anything below that being rounded up to 0.10 s.
Performance Δ : → STEADY Maximum Framerate : 50 fps
0.00 s 0.01 s 0.02 s 0.03 s 0.04 s 0.05 s 0.06 s 0.10 s
Safari
2007 Status : Previous report states that frame delays below 0.03 s are rounded up to 0.03 s. 2012 Status : Supports frame delays as low as 0.06 s, with anything below being rounded up to 0.10 s.
Performance Δ : ↓ DECLINED Maximum Framerate : ~16 fps
0.00 s 0.01 s 0.02 s 0.03 s 0.04 s 0.05 s 0.06 s 0.10 s
Opera
2007 Status : Previous report states that frame delays below 0.10 s are rounded up to 0.10 s. 2012 Status : Supports frame delays as low as 0.02 s, with anything below that being rounded up to 0.10 s.
Performance Δ : ↑ IMPROVED Maximum Framerate : 50 fps
0.00 s 0.01 s 0.02 s 0.03 s 0.04 s 0.05 s 0.06 s 0.10 s
Internet Explorer
2007 Status : Previous report states that frame delays below 0.06 s are rounded up to 0.10 s. 2012 Status : Supports frame delays as low as 0.06 s, with anything below that being rounded up to 0.10 s.
Performance Δ : → STEADY Maximum Framerate : ~16 fps
0.00 s 0.01 s 0.02 s 0.03 s 0.04 s 0.05 s 0.06 s 0.10 s
Conclusions
The first finding to note is that no modern browser surveyed supports frame delays below 0.02 seconds. Therefore, when creating an animated GIF, one should never use a frame delay below this threshold as it will be entirely ineffectual. Another interesting discovery is the presence of Safari as the only browser to have declined in performance related to animated GIF playback.
For those interested in creating and viewing smooth, fast animations the clear choices are Chrome, Firefox, and Opera. These browsers all support a minimum frame delay of 0.02 seconds, resulting in an animated GIF running at 50 frames-per-second. However, this capability needs to be weighed against the issue of cross-compatibility.
With the decision of Safari and Internet Explorer to only support frame delays down to 0.06 seconds (rounding up to 0.10 seconds for anything below this), there is the possibility that the animation will be viewed significantly slower than intended. The GIF in question would be played back at a mere 10 frames-per-second, rather than the desired 50 frames-per-second. At just 20% of its true speed, this becomes a serious consideration for aesthetic impact.
You are invited to extend this research and offer critical feedback. I can be reached via email through this contact form or as @Nullsleep on Twitter.
There used to be a time when images that were resized would retain their sharp edges, but several years ago web browsers began implementing image smoothing. I've always enjoyed being able to look more closely at the details in drawings online, but the experience is hampered when the pixels are blurred.
I've been looking for a way to eliminate this blurring effect that now commonly occurs when one zooms into images. Below is a comparison image, along with CSS that should work across all browsers to maintain crisp edges when images are scaled or the page is zoomed:
img { image-rendering: optimizeSpeed; /* FUCK SMOOTHING, GIVE ME SPEED */ image-rendering: -moz-crisp-edges; /* Firefox */ image-rendering: -o-crisp-edges; /* Opera */ image-rendering: -webkit-optimize-contrast; /* Chrome (and eventually Safari) */ image-rendering: optimize-contrast; /* CSS3 Proposed */ -ms-interpolation-mode: nearest-neighbor; /* IE8+ */
}
This post is dedicated to Dragan Espenschied and Tom Moody.
Jeremiah Johnson, Erased Tom Moody Drawing, 2012, PNG.
(for Phone Arts, original drawing can be seen here)
Jeremiah Johnson, Environment Variables, 2012, PNG.
Jeremiah Johnson, Hostiae, 2011, PNG.
(for Phone Arts)
Jeremiah Johnson, Flawed Perspective, 2011, PNG.
(for Phone Arts)
