@EscapeFromBriarwoodHospital@mastodon.gamedev.place
Post #1441277
2025-04-21 18:53 UTC
@nosfe All sorts of patterns. Usually the emulsion would crack inward from the edge of the film. I remember seeing it a lot on super8 and 8mm, since that was what we mostly transferred. We didn't get much 16mm to transfer. At an internship at a film archive, I didn't see degradation of this type on any 16mm, since it was stored properly. Vinegar syndrome was the most common problem. When we would see stuff like this, it would be time to either transfer it to video or make a new print.
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@gunstick@mastodon.opencloud.lu 2025-04-21 19:54
@EscapeFromBriarwoodHospital @nosfe all sorts of patterns sounds like the emulsion can trigger any of the 256 cellular automata rules. Sierpinski is rule 30. Here you can see all patterns. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/ElementaryCellularAutomaton.html
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@nosfe@kamu.social 2025-04-22 21:54
@EscapeFromBriarwoodHospital can you be more specific which of the cellular automata patterns have you observed on film and which film stocks they were on? Cracking emulsion, vinegar syndrome and any other regular film degradation that has been documented is not what I have here.