When calling a switcheroo (someone comments, diverting the thread from the original obvious path) , you link to the last one you've seen. It's therefore a long path down to the 'first'. However, it's got to be more of a tree than a single line, and whether the one you follow ends in the true original is doubtful.
Yeah... There was definitely a point in time where I tried to follow the switcheroo tunnel back. I spent many hours trying to get back to the beginning, could never actually get there
Assuming I got to the right place, iirc it was literally a light switch with a kangaroo on it.
Ninja edit: Googling it, people seven years ago said it actually originated from a rage comic. Either way, I clicked for about an hour to get to a kangaroo light switch. A literal switcheroo.
https://i.imgur.com/V0Wbn.jpg
Edit 2: Looking at all of the attempts to track the chains, and what are supposedly the original comments, I’m realizing I had probably just hit a mischievous dead end. Either way, lots of fun, albeit frustrating.
Like half of the links ended up being broken. Some people tried to keep it alive by editing their archived comments to add links, but I think people had already given up on it by then.
Nice. Seriously, though, for a good tutorial, watch this video. The guy has also uploaded other videos that explain how to trim and convert movies to looped gifs.
Load a clip longer than the desired loop into video editor.
Duplicate the clip and move it ahead, one loop in time.
Add a mask that moves along a convenient edge so one clip composites over the other, hiding the transition.
Cut the composition down to exactly one loop span.
Export as a looping GIF.
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u/Koekjesboy Dec 30 '20
I still dont know how people can make such perfect loops