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Wow, I really wanted that to continue the path all the way to Europe. Really just a treat to use. The smoothness of the "gif-like" images just smashes typical v

• chime 13y ago
  They're called http://www.reddit.com/r/cinemagraphs http://www.reddit.com/r/cinemagraphs
  • cm2012 13y ago
    Thanks for that
  • modfodder 13y ago
    Actually, they're just really nice high quality animated gifs (someone below analyzing the source states that they are actually video, which is possible). A cinemagraph is a still photo that has one (or few) moving parts of the image, typically in a near seamless loop. A cinemagraph is a bit more involved to create than a gif, requiring at least some basic compositing.
    • aw3c2 13y ago
      They are webm videos, really nice.
    • look_lookatme 13y ago
      I'm being served h264 encoded HTML5 video embeds: http://graphics8.nytimes.com/newsgraphics/2013/07/21/silk-road/assets/media/loading_970.mp4 http://graphics8.nytimes.com/newsgraphics/2013/07/21/silk-ro... The file size is 874k. If it were an animated gif of similar quality, the file size would be massive.
  • chenster 13y ago
    Wow, won't it be awesome if there's also background sound??
• bibinou 13y ago
  It's a video : http://graphics8.nytimes.com/newsgraphics/2013/07/21/silk-road/assets/media/loading_970.mp4 http://graphics8.nytimes.com/newsgraphics/2013/07/21/silk-ro... I have to give them kudos on the JS implementation, it's really smooth.
• easy_rider 13y ago
  Loved it, and It's awesome that they are not afraid to go out of the box and even get this done right. I think the core of it's success is that as a user you are still in full control of the presentation with the scrollwheel in a natural vertical plane. And then to top it off the content itself is made more pleasant to look at, and the use of the map and smooth loaded video's just delivers an overall immersive experience.