how to blink

../ lets simplify even further. each is a tutorial on how to blink in a different situation, yup, mhm.

Folder structre and safty

There were a couple of times where I acsidentally saved over other songs. My folder structure was like this.

../
  1.json
  1-render.wav
  2.json
  2-render.wav
  3.json
  3-render.wav

It was too easy to click the wrong file when saving. Structuring it like this seamed to help.

../
  1/
    1.json
    1-render.wav
  2/
    2.json
    2-render.wav
  3/
    3.json
    3-render.wav

This helped alot. Cover Art This is my eye as viewed through a 200deg peephole. I think it looks like an alien. Videos The videos were recorded like this.

The eye window is a love2d program. The other is ultrabox in "Song Player" view. Open it with Shift+P or from the "file" menu. These are then blended together into OBS using the "screen" blend mode. Love2d program

lg = love.graphics
local open = lg.newImage('open.png')
local closed = lg.newImage('closed.png')

local current = open
local timer = 10

local width, height = open:getWidth(),open:getHeight()
local halfWidth,halfHeight = width/2,height/2
function love.load()
	love.window.setMode(width, height)
end

local lastTimerChange = 0
local deb = false
function love.draw()
	lg.setColor(1,1,1)
	if timer <= 0 then
		if current == open then
			current = closed
			--[[
			The duration of a blink is on average 10010 seconds; actual rates vary by individual, 
			averaging around 17 blinks per minute in a 
			laboratory setting. However, when the eyes are 
			focused on an object for an extended period of 
			time, such as when reading, the rate of blinking 
			decreases to about 4 to 5 times per minute.
			]]
			-- 60*2 = 120
			-- 60*10 = 600
			timer = math.random(120,600)
		end
		lastTimerChange = timer
	else
		timer = timer - 1
	end
	lg.draw(current)
	if deb then
		lg.print(timer)
		lg.print(lastTimerChange,0,20)
		lg.line(halfWidth, height,halfWidth,0)
		lg.line(0, halfHeight,width,halfHeight)
		local mx,my = love.mouse.getPosition()
		local dx,dy = mx-(halfWidth),my-(halfHeight)
		local len = math.sqrt(dx*dx+dy*dy)
		lg.circle('line',halfWidth,halfHeight,len)
	end
end

function love.keypressed(key)
	if key=='d' then
		deb = not deb
	end
end

Software Used - Ultrabox (Music maker) - Krita (cover art saturation and cropping) - Love2d (blinking animation) - Obs (recording and layering video) - MystiQ (.mkv to .mp4 convertion)