{"id":26937,"date":"2011-07-06T06:54:58","date_gmt":"2011-07-06T13:54:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ponoko.com\/blog\/?p=26937"},"modified":"2011-07-06T06:54:58","modified_gmt":"2011-07-06T13:54:58","slug":"laser-cut-zoetropes-from-animated-gifs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ponoko.com\/blog\/ponoko\/laser-cut-zoetropes-from-animated-gifs\/","title":{"rendered":"Laser cut zoetropes from animated GIFs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Now you can <em>really<\/em> save your clips to the desktop.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/gregab\/physical-gif\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-26973\" title=\"physical gif\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ponoko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Screen-shot-2011-07-06-at-11.47.17-PM-e1309960180807.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ponoko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Screen-shot-2011-07-06-at-11.47.17-PM-e1309960180807.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.ponoko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Screen-shot-2011-07-06-at-11.47.17-PM-e1309960180807-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Launching into the public arena through yet another Kickstarter campaign comes <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/gregab\/physical-gif\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Physical GIF<\/a>, a project from NYU graduates <a href=\"http:\/\/gregborenstein.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Greg Borenstein<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/39forks.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Scott Wayne Indiana<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Fresh from their Digital Fabrication class, the concept is to combine two elements of techno-nostalgia (digital animations + 19th century <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoetrope\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">zoetropes<\/a>) into one show-stopping tabletop novelty.<\/p>\n<p>We all know and love animated GIF images&#8230; they have been with us since the earliest days of the internet, and are still going strong even with html5 and other new-fangled technologies looming large. Greg and Scott celebrate these silent flickering favourites by releasing the animations from their digital confines.<\/p>\n<p>How do they do this? The individual frames of the GIF animations are edited to include little tabs and then laser cut, to be reunited on a turntable device. When the turntable spins and is illuminated with a strobe light, persistence of vision creates a fluid animation for your viewing pleasure.<\/p>\n<p>Head over to Kickstarter to read all about it, and see what you can get your hands on in return for supporting the project.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/gregab\/physical-gif\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Physical GIF<\/a> via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boingboing.net\/2011\/07\/05\/laser-cut-zoetropes.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">BoingBoing<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Now you can <em>really<\/em> save your clips to the desktop.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Launching into the public arena through yet another Kickstarter campaign comes Physical GIF, a project from NYU graduates Greg Borenstein and Scott Wayne Indiana.<\/p>\n<p>Fresh from their Digital Fabrication class, the concept is to combine two elements of techno-nostalgia (digital animations + 19th century zoetropes) into one show-stopping tabletop novelty.<\/p>\n<p>We all know and love animated GIF images&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26937","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Laser cut zoetropes from animated GIFs<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ponoko.com\/blog\/ponoko\/laser-cut-zoetropes-from-animated-gifs\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Laser cut zoetropes from animated GIFs\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Now you can really save your clips to the desktop. 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