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#linearmemory

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Karsten Schmidt

Similar to my #LinearMemory piece from last year (check the hashtag for references), these current #Actiniaria explorations make me fully appreciate all the research, efforts and supporting hardware behind the DCI-P3 & Rec.2020 color spaces. The intensity (and subtlety) of some colors & combinations are just stunning (to me), and I don't mean this in any ableist way (just enjoying whilst I still can!)...

Also still amazed that something like this runs at a smooth 60fps @ 2160x2160 UHD resolution on a mobile device with a just Snapdragon 2 chipset... As part of my advisory role @ day job, over the past few months I've been tasked with optimizing artworks for almost a dozen generative/algorithmic artists, often achieving 2-4x framerate improvements... Very much feeling a longer blog post re: code craft vs code art coming up, hoping to connect them more...

"To understand a program you must become both the machine and the program." — Alan Perlis

(Note: Sadly Firefox does not seem to respect the Rec2020 color profile in the video, please download or use Chrome or Safari for viewing...)

#ThingUmbrella#GenerativeArt#AlgorithmicArt
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Karsten Schmidt

Wrote a small script to use `ffmpeg` to create a looping slideshow from an image sequence with crossfades between images. Output either as MP4 or GIF, configurable durations & transition speeds, support for extra post-processing & other args... Needs thi.ng/transducers for composing the complex filter pipeline, then can be run via bun.sh or similar... Maybe some will find it useful too! :)

gist.github.com/postspectacula

(Ps. ffmpeg seems to use quite a bit of RAM for this [at decent resolutions], so try to keep number of input images <30, YMMV of course...)

GIF
#ThingUmbrella#LinearMemory#Transitions
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Karsten Schmidt

I've created & uploaded video previews of a few more #LinearMemory variations & recommend the download versions for best quality (HD720p @ 60fps)... The actual piece is a realtime (browser based), endless and non-repeating animation. The only things left now are further optimizations and making it dynamically adaptive to different screen/print sizes...

drive.google.com/drive/folders

Enjoy!

Still frame of one of the linked animation previews, showing a glitchy, multi-layered and multi-colored abstract landscape of layers of pixel patterns of different scales and densities. The white thi.ng logo is overlayed in the center
#Generative#Art#GenerativeArt
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Karsten Schmidt

As expected, my new generative art piece #LinearMemory really seems to be video encoding's enemy no.1 and if you want to enjoy a decent preview, you can dowload a 30 seconds, 1280x720 MP4 (file size ~115MB) from here:

drive.google.com/file/d/18-8l2

At least I learned how to create Rec.2020 videos for reproducing the HDR colors of the original footage, but the complex aesthetics of this piece are _really_ just not suitable (nor intended) for video and will serve as a great benchmark for another project I'm involved with...

Still frame of the linked animation excerpt, showing a glitchy, multi-layered and multi-colored abstract landscape of layers of pixel patterns of different scales and densities. The white thi.ng logo is overlayed in the center
#Generative#Art#GenerativeArt
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Karsten Schmidt

More progress on my #LinearMemory piece and more fun with ring buffers... (incl. fun with thi.ng/color, thi.ng/pixel & thi.ng/fibers as main ingredients...) It's actually all smoothly animated too now, but I still have to figure out video codec settings to make it acceptable for uplodading previews...

In the meantime, here're some new/current variations. I love defining & exploring generative systems relying on super simple setups (often just exploiting a simple data structure or algorithm), yet produce such complexity...

Abstract composition of hundreds of layered/superimposed semi-random bit patterns (pixels) in different scales and colors. A glitchy texture on the boundary between order/chaos. White thi.ng logo overlay in the center
Abstract composition of hundreds of layered/superimposed semi-random bit patterns (pixels) in different scales and colors. A glitchy texture on the boundary between order/chaos. White thi.ng logo overlay in the center
Abstract composition of hundreds of layered/superimposed semi-random bit patterns (pixels) in different scales and colors. A glitchy texture on the boundary between order/chaos. White thi.ng logo overlay in the center
Abstract composition of hundreds of layered/superimposed semi-random bit patterns (pixels) in different scales and colors. A glitchy texture on the boundary between order/chaos. White thi.ng logo overlay in the center
#ThingUmbrella#Generative#Art
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