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Announcements => Third party => Topic started by: gwrede on March 02, 2021, 07:25:14 pm

Title: Polished version of the Cheetah gif.
Post by: gwrede on March 02, 2021, 07:25:14 pm: Hi, everybody!

I first encountered Free Pascal in 1998 or 1999, when browsing everything Pascal on the net. I've used Turbo Pascal since 2.0, on CP/M, in Orwell's Year, 1984. (In 2000, I switched to D (aka Dlang).)

The first time I saw the Cheetah logo I thought "How cool is that!" -- But ever since that day I've had a hard time accepting how it moves unnaturally. I wished I had the know-how and tools to do something about it. And ever since, when checking the site, It's been a pet peeve of mine.

During the years I have converted quite a few people to Free Pascal. (D is not for every use case.)

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Now, the other day it occurred to me that I now have the tools and skills to do the job.

The thing you notice when watching a real Cheetah run and hunt is that it keeps its head still and level!

I fixed that, and tried to otherwise not change the logo.

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Legalese: I give the Copyright to my changes to the logo to the Free Pascal Community.

Also: I fully understand there are a ton of reasons to /not/ update the logo. But just in case, find my file attached to this post.

Thank you!
Title: Re: Polished version of the Cheetah gif.
Post by: AlexTP on March 02, 2021, 08:01:10 pm: I 'd vote for __some__ head movement, because when I see
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaV1_M2j200
the head moves a little.
Title: Re: Polished version of the Cheetah gif.
Post by: Blaazen on March 02, 2021, 08:14:32 pm: I agree. The head is too stable. It's not natural. However your animation is fine.
Title: Re: Polished version of the Cheetah gif.
Post by: glorfin on March 02, 2021, 08:18:06 pm: Totally agree with AlexTP and Blaazen. Fine animation, but completely fixed head is unnatural.
Title: Re: Polished version of the Cheetah gif.
Post by: trev on March 03, 2021, 04:34:33 am: I totally disagree with the comments so far :) It revised GIF looks more realistic to me. Yes, I watched the video.
Title: Re: Polished version of the Cheetah gif.
Post by: mika on March 03, 2021, 11:56:08 am: Quote from: Alextp on March 02, 2021, 08:01:10 pm
I 'd vote for __some__ head movement, because when I see
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaV1_M2j200
the head moves a little.
If only then slightly backward and forward movement of head should be added.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icFMTB0Pi0g
(at 2:51 it's all about free pascal)

It's really satisfying to look at this new cheetah movements.
Title: Re: Polished version of the Cheetah gif.
Post by: ASBzone on March 03, 2021, 08:39:35 pm: Quote from: trev on March 03, 2021, 04:34:33 am
I totally disagree with the comments so far :) It revised GIF looks more realistic to me. Yes, I watched the video.

Ditto. :D
Title: Re: Polished version of the Cheetah gif.
Post by: glorfin on March 04, 2021, 05:47:37 pm: Stabilization is never ideal. And in the videos provided it is not ideal too. So, some slight movements msut be.
Title: Re: Polished version of the Cheetah gif.
Post by: Paolo on March 04, 2021, 06:10:02 pm: Have a look at for other cheetah animation
https://forum.lazarus.freepascal.org/index.php/topic,51416.msg377661.html#msg377661 (https://forum.lazarus.freepascal.org/index.php/topic,51416.msg377661.html#msg377661)
Title: Re: Polished version of the Cheetah gif.
Post by: asdf1337 on March 04, 2021, 08:33:32 pm: Could you provide an animated scalable vector graphic (SVG)? Then it can easily be scaled for mobile, normal screens or huge displays while it still looks fine on all ;)
Title: Re: Polished version of the Cheetah gif.
Post by: Kays on March 04, 2021, 11:10:34 pm: I’ve “improved” the logo. :D :P

Quote from: gwrede on March 02, 2021, 07:25:14 pm
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The first time I saw the Cheetah logo I thought "How cool is that!" -- But ever since that day I've had a hard time accepting how it moves unnaturally. […] And ever since, when checking the site, It's been a pet peeve of mine.[…]
I actually hate it, but I hate all kinds of fast and restless GIF animations. I have the logo blocked because of that.
Title: Re: Polished version of the Cheetah gif.
Post by: laguna on March 05, 2021, 12:52:51 pm: too speed
Title: Re: Polished version of the Cheetah gif.
Post by: gwrede on March 08, 2021, 05:26:29 pm: Hi!

Here you have the version with a bobbing head. Is this better?
Title: Re: Polished version of the Cheetah gif.
Post by: Blaazen on March 08, 2021, 05:29:03 pm: YES!
Title: Re: Polished version of the Cheetah gif.
Post by: winni on March 08, 2021, 05:35:37 pm: Youtube video:

Running cheetah with slow motion and moving skeleton:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icFMTB0Pi0g

Winni
Title: Re: Polished version of the Cheetah gif.
Post by: ASBzone on March 08, 2021, 06:38:21 pm: Quote from: gwrede on March 08, 2021, 05:26:29 pm
Hi!

Here you have the version with a bobbing head. Is this better?

Yes. Very nice.
Title: Re: Polished version of the Cheetah gif.
Post by: VTwin on March 08, 2021, 09:41:47 pm: I also like the second animation better.

Wow on both of the videos links! What an impressive animal. Good choice for Lazarus logo.
Title: Re: Polished version of the Cheetah gif.
Post by: problemaconlibreriadinami on July 07, 2021, 03:02:13 pm: had to register to see the attachment. encountered Lazarus first time today. i like what i've read of it and will use. i made some things in Delphi long ago having been taught to code in Pascal and it was good and useful. i was both intrigued and irritated by the cheetah logo bottom of Lazarus page. intrigue was answered by seeing it's the FP logo, next i find history of that. irritation was sorted by your effort here. i don't know how you did it but you've done a great job of correcting the animation. ps in my reading noticed the name Lazarus has to be explained for some people; we already encountered the name at school and then relatively soon after, this was cemented in memory by being the name given to AmigaDOS disks "repaired" by the official program DiskDoctor

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