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John Whitney - Arabesque (1975) early computer graphics



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John Whitney is considered by many to be the "Father of Computer Graphics". He started in the 1940s building clockwork mechanisms with lights to draw directly on film. Later, he bought WW2 surplus analog ballistics computers and eventually started using digital computers. I believe this one was rendered using a vector display.
Incidentally, his son John Whitney, Jr. owned the company that did graphics for "The Last Starfighter".


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Would love to see ... ( 1 year ago by max0nOz)
Would love to see it, but it doesn't work for some reason..!?
wow, i really love ... ( 1 year ago by goddollars)
wow, i really love this
im awaiting your other ones
i posted a video response with the stuff i do, its kinda similar, but i use real lights/lasers and film it, then later edit
cant wait to see the otherss
It works for me ... ( 1 year ago by postingoldtapes)
It works for me from several computers. All I can figure is something on your system. Sorry.
Boring ( 1 year ago by Knuckleschaotix)
Boring
Awesome, thank you ... ( 1 year ago by pvx)
Awesome, thank you for doing such! Just curious, would one of them happen to be "Catalog"?
I do have "Catalog" ... ( 1 year ago by postingoldtapes)
I do have "Catalog". These are from a VHS copy made from a LaserDisc called "Visual Pathfinders: John Whitney". I wish I owned the LD, but no such luck. The same tape also has a collection of the work of Oskar Fischinger.
::::::: ... ( 1 year ago by VJSco)
:::::::PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP.....lol...:/
this is so good i ... ( 10 months ago by JackLipnick)
this is so good i can't even blame whitney for jar jar. thanks for posting!
beautiful! ( 9 months ago by RhythmDroid)
beautiful!
Wow, that's pre ... ( 9 months ago by ninja9578)
Wow, that's pre Apple. He did that on a mainframe?
Some of Whitney's ... ( 9 months ago by postingoldtapes)
Some of Whitney's stuff was on a mainframe, but he actually predated digital computers. Some of his earliest stuff was on analog computers, and before that he built clockwork mechanisms to create his work.
This is also a ... ( 8 months ago by manensol)
This is also a great meditation video.
Actually, John ... ( 8 months ago by pvx)
Actually, John Whitney didn't use the Scanimate. IIRC, he did most of his work using a animation stand he built himself, controlled by a surplus military analog gun control computer, which was used to move & control the camera & stand. It was very similar to the Oxberry animation stands made later (one which was used to animate the "starfield sequence" of the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey, IIRC.
It's actually " ... ( 7 months ago by Awsomeaton)
It's actually "stargate" not "starfield".
The stargate ... ( 7 months ago by JumpCheckProductions)
The stargate sequence in 2001 was done by Douglas Trumbull and was done with slit-scan photograpy.
Truly amazing. It ... ( 7 months ago by eyepoo)
Truly amazing. It makes you re-think what people are capable of.
interesting work. ... ( 5 months ago by woreno)
interesting work. not a supercomputer. seems that the animation are a set of overlays of representations of waves generated by electronic oscilloscopes controlled by trigger, frequency divs, et all.
the potential of ... ( 5 months ago by Meteotrance)
the potential of analogue electronic is endless if use some controler like that on a digital technologie we can do more than a simple photorealistic digital image, especialy for morphing technique, im a synth musician and as the analogue moog synth we can do very imprevesible sound or image if we make an anlogue computer image.
hey theres a movie ... ( 3 months ago by guimbadriver)
hey theres a movie called WESTWORLD is a movie from 1973 theres a take in a control room that a color computer screem shows a multicolor 3D triangles flying in the screem, its was the first computer graphics sample..
I'm not sure is ... ( 3 months ago by postingoldtapes)
I'm not sure is John Whitney had anything to do with that, but his work predated 1973. He actually built clockworks to draw with light directly on film, then mechanical analog computers...digital computers only appeared fairly late in his career.
Thanks for posting ... ( 2 months ago by fatherwkd)
Thanks for posting this VID.!
This was made whit ... ( 3 weeks ago by overclockeador)
This was made whit sprites or poligons?
This was 1975, and ... ( 3 weeks ago by postingoldtapes)
This was 1975, and I believe it was before the invention of either sprites or any polygon drawing techniques. Dick Shoup built the first framebubber in 1974, Evans & Sutherland didn't make a commercial one until 1975. Frambuffers didn't have the power to draw like this for another decade. That's why I believe this was drawn on a vector display, which was filmed. The Star Wars animations (in Episode IV) were done in that way at the University of Chicago.
Yes, it's amazing.. ... ( 3 weeks ago by overclockeador)
Yes, it's amazing.... tnx for the history lesson...



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