Katsudō Shashin is a filmstrip speculated to be the oldest work of
animation in Japan. Three seconds long, it depicts a boy who writes "moving picture" in
Japanese script, removes his hat, and waves. Discovered in a collection of films and projectors in
Kyoto, its creator is unknown. Natsuki Matsumoto, an expert in
iconography at the
Osaka University of Arts, determined that it was most likely made before 1912. It may have been influenced by animated filmstrips for German
cinematographs, devices that first appeared in Japan in 1904. Evidence suggests Katsudō Shashin was mass-produced to be sold to wealthy owners of home projectors. To Matsumoto, the relatively poor quality and low-tech printing technique indicate it was likely from a smaller film company. Unlike in
traditional animation, the frames were not produced by photographing the images, but were impressed directly onto film. They were
stencilled in red and black using a device for making
magic lantern slides, and the filmstrip was fastened in a loop for continuous play. (
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Halftone is the
reprographic technique that simulates
continuous tone imagery through the use of dots, varying either in size or in spacing, thus generating a gradient-like effect. Shown here are three examples of color halftoning with
CMYK separations. From left to right: The
cyan separation, the
magenta separation, the
yellow separation, the
black separation, the combined halftone pattern, and finally how the human eye would observe the combined halftone pattern from a sufficient distance.
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Katsudō Shashin is a filmstrip speculated to be the oldest work of
animation in Japan. Three seconds long, it depicts a boy who writes "moving picture" in
Japanese script, removes his hat, and waves. Discovered in a collection of films and projectors in
Kyoto, its creator is unknown. Natsuki Matsumoto, an expert in
iconography at the
Osaka University of Arts, determined that it was most likely made before 1912. It may have been influenced by animated filmstrips for German
cinematographs, devices that first appeared in Japan in 1904. Evidence suggests Katsudō Shashin was mass-produced to be sold to wealthy owners of home projectors. To Matsumoto, the relatively poor quality and low-tech printing technique indicate it was likely from a smaller film company. Unlike in
traditional animation, the frames were not produced by photographing the images, but were impressed directly onto film. They were
stencilled in red and black using a device for making
magic lantern slides, and the filmstrip was fastened in a loop for continuous play. (
Full article...)
Halftone is the
reprographic technique that simulates
continuous tone imagery through the use of dots, varying either in size or in spacing, thus generating a gradient-like effect. Shown here are three examples of color halftoning with
CMYK separations. From left to right: The
cyan separation, the
magenta separation, the
yellow separation, the
black separation, the combined halftone pattern, and finally how the human eye would observe the combined halftone pattern from a sufficient distance.
This Wikipedia is written in
English. Started in 2001 (2001), it currently contains
5,192,657 articles.
Many other Wikipedias are available; some of the largest are listed below.