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CompuServe encouraged the adoption of GIF by providing downloadable conversion utilities for many computers. By December 1987, for example, an Apple IIGS user could view pictures created on an Atari ST or Commodore 64. [4] GIF was one of the first two image formats commonly used on Web sites, the other being the black-and-white XBM. [5]
Stephen Earl Wilhite [2] (March 3, 1948 – March 14, 2022) was an American computer scientist who worked at CompuServe and was the engineering lead on the team that created the GIF image file format in 1987. GIF went on to become the de facto standard for 8-bit color images on the Internet until PNG (1996) became a widely supported alternative ...
AS Long As Possible (ASLAP) (2015–2017) is a 1,000-year long animated GIF made by Finnish artist Juha van Ingen. [1] It premiered at Kiasma National Museum of Contemporary Art in Helsinki on 28 March 2017. The animation is created in collaboration with developer and sound artist Janne Särkelä. [2]
The Sensorium is regarded the world's first 4D film. [102] Invasion of the Body Snatchers becomes the first film to receive a home video release in its original aspect ratio, when The Criterion Collection releases it as Laserdisc Spine #008. The practice would go onto become the industry-wide standard for future home video releases.
Dailymotion, a French video-sharing website, is founded. [19] 2005 April 23 Companies YouTube opens for video uploads, and the first YouTube video uploaded on April 23, 2005, is titled Me at the zoo. [20] Between March and July 2006, YouTube grows from 30 to 100 million views of videos per day. 2006 May 14 Companies
The X-rating was used to promote the film and it became the highest-grossing independent animated film of all time. The success of Heavy Traffic (1973) made Bakshi the first since Disney to have two financially successful animated feature films in a row. The film utilized an artistic blend of techniques with still photography as the background ...
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First CGI film created for viewing with 3-D glasses. Spawn: First extensive use of CGI fire in a feature film beyond sweetening. First film to integrate a CGI fabric onto a character's costume. [41] Titanic: First wide-release feature film with CGI elements rendered under the open-source Linux operating system. [42]