#slitscan

[zizirobinson]

Slit-scan is a long-exposure photo technique where the camera is moved around a screen with a narrow slit. While used historically for large group photos and racing photo-finishes, it was made famous in the world of VFX by 2001: A Space Odyssey's stargate sequence.

(good god this site does not like gifs, here's a still in its original resolution)

[fashionlandscapeblog]

Ralph Nevins

[grayrazor]

The Deep Space Nine, Generations, and Voyager warp effects are my favorite. They keep the stretching/spaghettification from the TNG effect, but are a lot snappier, while still not looking like just a Star Wars hyperspace jump.

[catswilleatyou]

the trace

[tanaka-s]

Track[DAILY:MAR,21.2026] Ws：http://www.tanakasoushi.net/works/track_view.php?date=20260321&link=MAR,21.2026 X：https://x.com/Tr_soushitanaka/status/2035898270501965921

[eucanthos]

Ansen Seale (Texas, 1960)

"Portrait of Wind - Palm"

Made using a slitscan camera [my own invention] Slitscan photography is a technique that captures images through a narrow slit on the image sensor, allowing only a small portion of the scene to be exposed at a time. As the subject moves, the slit records the image sequentially, creating a stretched, distorted, or abstracted version of reality. All distortions happen "in camera". No manipulation applied... – Ansen Seale

Ansen Seale, Artist of the Year 2020. San Antonio Art League & Museum

thnx wsrnnova

https://www.ansenseale.com/photos.cfm?id=33

https://www.saalm.org/ansen-seale.html

[tokyonomad]

Ripples Through Time

[traceloops]

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