Tag: news
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4 Luoghi mistici in Italia che vi cattureranno l’immaginazione
L’Italia è piena di luoghi in cui il misticismo ed il fascino si traducono in immutabile bellezza da secoli e quindi vorrei introdurvi in questi 4 luoghi che ho avuto la fortuna di visitare… La magia di questi siti è indescrivibile ed un vero toccasana per il corpo e per la mente. Buona lettura. 1.…
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5 Creature del folklore toscano che potrebbero incuriosirvi
La Toscana è piena di leggende e folklore popolare e contadino. Mi piacerebbe raccontarvi di alcune creature Italiane che trovo particolarmente curiose ed interessanti. Buona lettura. 1. Il cane fantasma Narra la leggenda che lungo gli argini del fiume Ombrone e dei torrenti limitrofi, durante le notti di nebbia, verso le tre, si aggiri silenziosamente…
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Getting Started with Scroll Cinema — Tutorials Now on YouTube
Hello and welcome! If you’re reading this post, you’ve likely encountered a scrolling movie or “scrollie” made with Scroll Cinema somewhere out there on the web. Scroll Cinema, for anyone who isn’t aware, is a robust, no-code visual editor for making high-fidelity, scroll-driven work for the web, built from the ground up to be intuitive…
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Scroll Cinema 0.5.0 — Horizontal Scrolling and Reel Logic
I’m happy to announce that the next major version of Scroll Cinema is now available, alongside a new YouTube tutorial series with short, focused walkthroughs covering everything from fundamentals to more advanced workflows. With this release, Scroll Cinema has officially reached parity with A Modern Ghost, which was originally created using an earlier, undistributable version…
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New Submission Deadline — Scrollimation, Vol. 1 — Feb. 15th
Update to our recent Call for Submissions — the new deadline is February 15th. Let’s take the extra time to prepare some good stuff! For anyone planning to contribute, this is also a good chance to submit your piece for the Electronic Literature Collection (deadline January 31st). Happy holidays!
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Scroll Cinema 0.4.1 — Autoplay Indicator
I’ve made a 0.4.1 update to improve the user experience of autoplaying sequences — it introduces an indicator to signal when an animation is ongoing. About half of users I’ve been testing with recently have felt unsure when to swipe or not in OnChain Mecha. I think this is because swiping throughout the piece doesn’t…
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Scroll Cinema 0.4.0 Update — Versioning and Exporting Project Files
I’ve made an update to 0.4.0 that will introduce more stability to Scroll Cinema, and I believe it was the last thing needed to make scrollies ready for production. All Scroll Cinema projects will automatically receive this change. Introducing Version Management Until now, every time an update was pushed to Scroll Cinema, all projects were…
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AltSalt is back! Now with a new vision, new tools, and new projects
Hey all, I’m happy to announce that AltSalt is back 😀 We’ve been on hiatus as I’ve been reprogramming the site for technical reasons and considering next steps! But the new site is finally live (you’ll need to reset your password to log in) and I’m excited to start new collaborative community projects and continue…
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Scrollimation, Volume 1 — Call for Submissions
Calling all e-lit makers, artists, writers, designers, coders, and creators of all kinds! We’re organizing a new multimedia anthology, Scrollimation — a collection exploring the art and culture of scrolling – and we’d love for you to be part of it. Who: E-lit creators, animators, zinesters, writers, artists, designers, coders, and anyone else interested in the…
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On Zinemaking and Peruvian Identity — Interview with Marisol Silva Pilares
This is part of an ongoing series to highlight members of the AltSalt community. Here we interview Marisol Silva, a Peruvian-American poet and zinester based in New York City whose work explores the liminal space between her two cultures. Her zines, Baptized by Ají, Ñaña Vol. 1, and Ñaña Vol. 2, are an unapologetic mix…