WTF, IBM, GTFO…
I remember in the early 80’s “drawing” on an IBM PCjr, fastidiously pecking out pixel after pixel. Now the company behind that artistic juggernaut has taken that approach to an insane extreme:
You’re about to see the movie that holds the Guinness World Records™ record for the World’s Smallest Stop-Motion Film. The ability to move single atoms — the smallest particles of any element in the universe — is crucial to IBM’s research in the field of atomic memory. But even nanophysicists need to have a little fun. In that spirit, IBM researchers used a scanning tunneling microscope to move thousands of carbon monoxide molecules (two atoms stacked on top of each other), all in pursuit of making a movie so small it can be seen only when you magnify it 100 million times. A movie made with atoms.
The making-of is fascinating:
Presumably, notes Adobe video PM Al Mooney, it was edited in Premiere Proton. 😉
This was big news two weeks ago.
[Thanks for being a jerk about it. (Do you suppose there’s any legitimate reason I didn’t share it sooner—other news here, maybe?) –J.]
For every hater there are many more of us who are grateful for your efforts here, even if we remain silent most of the time. Thanks for the post.
I too am not happy with the recent marketing decisions made by corporate Adobe, however I continue to hold great respect for the engineers, programmers, and product teams. I find this blog to be both educational and entertaining and admire John for continuing to stick his neck out as a public face for Adobe.
John
Thought Adobe folks would like to know the Cohen brothers are switching to Adobe for next movie
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Ken