Ocean: A Photicular Book (Photicular Books) (Photicular Books - Animal Kingdom)

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See the Pen How to Animate a Coffee Drinking Sprite With ScrollMagic by Envato Tuts+ ( @tutsplus) on CodePen. Dan Kainen and Carol Kaufmann tell their story of a personal safari, led by their guide, Massek, who showed them the many splendors that are there, thrilling, inviting and frightening at the same time.

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It’s not Photicular, but it uses the same kind of slotted paper tabs you pull to make the images change. A decade ago, I remember my old boss Tim Chatman designing a paper flip book thing for a client of ours.Rather than a GIF, you can use an image sprite, and swap out which part of the image you are showing as you scroll. His final demo is here:

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In the introduction Kainen he shares that his grandfather was an inventor, his father an artist and the curator of graphics at the Smithsonian, and that as a child, he was a magician. He explains that photicular imaging is an old technology, lenticular or integrated photography, done in a new way. His third patent is for the Motion Viewer, his first product in the field of integrated imaging and the Motion Viewer is what makes “Safari” so spectacular. The writer, Carol Kaufmann, tells the story of the safari from its day of big game hunting to the important role it plays today in animal conservation and preservation in Africa. Appeal: The main appeal is the movie-like images of course, but also the amount and quality of information provided is very good. The facts and information are not so much that it feels like an encyclopedia entry but is still more than just a few bullet points.Audience: This book would have a wide appeal because even toddlers would enjoy looking at the images, but the text and information would be good for elementary students. Sometimes a book just reaches out and grabs me. “Safari: a photicular book”, grabbed me and I am having trouble letting it go. I had it with me for days while out at the Reference Desk because I wanted to write about it and couldn’t figure out how to describe it. But now it is ready for another reader and I have to say goodbye. At least while I had it at the desk I was able to share it with others, (whether they really wanted to see it or not). To get super meta, here’s a GIF of me playing with a “rubbable” GIF: The squishing is just what the GIF is of, it’s the ability to scrub through the GIFs frames that is interesting here. Well, squishing Steve Buscemi’s head is interesting too, but you know what I mean. Related