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20th Anniversary Mac: 1984 Ad Reposted
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I did not see it posted here so: http://www.isd.net/cmcalone/cine/1984.html
It is a nice page that documents the making of 1984.
My personal feeling was cool, an iPod.... did not bother me one bit. My friend did not even notice it till the second viewing.... wonder what he was looking at.
It is a nice page that documents the making of 1984.
My personal feeling was cool, an iPod.... did not bother me one bit. My friend did not even notice it till the second viewing.... wonder what he was looking at.
Re: Re: How did they animate the iPod?
electric606 claimed that the composite was done where he works, and was a proprietary tool. There are a few of those out there. One such shop (Digital Domain I believe) is planning on making their in-house compositing app a commercial product. Perhaps that is where electric606 works.
Having a body-double attempt to model the exact moves of the original model just sounds like a exercise in futility. It would just be easier to track a point, either by hand or tracking tools and add in the iPod. I've done a 3D track before to replace a logo. It's not always easy, but it's better than getting another person to attempt to mimic the moves that were already done.
I could perhaps take the hi-res version of the ad and replace the iPod with a Dell DJ. Nahhh, that thing would look better on Big Brother. I mean, look at it! The Dell DJ looks like the front of a Buick.
electric606 claimed that the composite was done where he works, and was a proprietary tool. There are a few of those out there. One such shop (Digital Domain I believe) is planning on making their in-house compositing app a commercial product. Perhaps that is where electric606 works.
Having a body-double attempt to model the exact moves of the original model just sounds like a exercise in futility. It would just be easier to track a point, either by hand or tracking tools and add in the iPod. I've done a 3D track before to replace a logo. It's not always easy, but it's better than getting another person to attempt to mimic the moves that were already done.
I could perhaps take the hi-res version of the ad and replace the iPod with a Dell DJ. Nahhh, that thing would look better on Big Brother. I mean, look at it! The Dell DJ looks like the front of a Buick.
In fact, they did spend time choosing a proper character, the woman shown was cast for the part because she won a gold medal at the Olympics for throwing.
That's using your brain!
Originally posted by stoid
In fact, they did spend time choosing a proper character, the woman shown was cast for the part because she won a gold medal at the Olympics for throwing.
That's using your brain!
Cool I didn't know that! You learn something new everyday
The story is, a number of attractive models auditioned for the part, but none could throw the hammer, until they found none other than Anya Major, who was not only a model, but also a champion discus thrower. And THAT is how they cast the 1984 woman.
What I find funny is how this ad seems to be more reflective of the Mac community than anything else...
It does look like it is flickering between a '0' and an '8.' But it also looks like the '6' in '26' is flickering between a '6' and a '5.' I guess we'll just have to wait until then and see what happens.
Did anyone else that didn't attend MWSF happen to purchase the "MacWorld San Francisco 2004 Apple Mac Poster?" It was my wife's 1st purchase on eBay. The poster cost $14.99 plus $5.00 S & H. It just arrived today and in good condition. This gives me more faith in eBay, although it was a straight purchase and no a bid. An interesting item is that the person we purchased it from also lives in the Boston area.
There are a couple of other ways to get the quicktime movie.
1. Open the source code and look for the url of the movie (It should end with .mov and start with an akamai address) Make a new html page with a link to that url and contextual-click and select "save link as..." or something similar
2. go to mozilla.org and download their browser Mozilla Firebird (It's around six megs). (You should do this anyway if you have windows. It's like ten times better than explorer.) Then go to the page the movie is on. Go to the tools menu and select Page Info. Go to the media tab and scroll through the media URLs until you find a really long one with type video/quicktime.
Click it and then click the button that says Save As...
Voila.
1. Open the source code and look for the url of the movie (It should end with .mov and start with an akamai address) Make a new html page with a link to that url and contextual-click and select "save link as..." or something similar
2. go to mozilla.org and download their browser Mozilla Firebird (It's around six megs). (You should do this anyway if you have windows. It's like ten times better than explorer.) Then go to the page the movie is on. Go to the tools menu and select Page Info. Go to the media tab and scroll through the media URLs until you find a really long one with type video/quicktime.
Click it and then click the button that says Save As...
Voila.
Does this work on your system with this particular file? This is how I usually get Apple's movie files, but this new commercial only gets saved as a 4 KB file that points to the QuickTime site. I had to use QuickTime Pro to save it correctly.
Re: I'm horrified
Actually, I think it shows how well Apple has succeeded in going up against Big Brother. It shows how 20 years laters, Apple is making some head ground.
Actually, I think it shows how well Apple has succeeded in going up against Big Brother. It shows how 20 years laters, Apple is making some head ground.