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An image, that combines a photo, and a video element that is looped to give the illusion of movement.
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Cinemagraph Pro: A professional graphics tool for creating “flixels”—combinations of video and photo.
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Other than the above iOS apps, Apple also recognized the best Mac apps — journaling app Day One and photography app Cinemagraph Pro, which helps you create flixels.
armand dijcks created the pieces by manipulating ray collins’ still images in adobe after effects, before using flixel cinemagraph pro to complete the animation.
An image that is projected into the air by a floating drone.
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While all the patent filings mention the need for safety features, the manipulation of giant marionettes and droves of flying screens or "flixels" in close proximity to huge crowds of families seems like exactly the kind of use that might raise concerns from regulators.
I think Disney's clever idea to call them "flixels" is cool, though, and if they can pull together enough flixels to form an actual flying display, that would be seriously impressive, since even a basic flying display with a QQVGA resolution (160x120) would need 19,200 (!) individual flying robots.
Engineers working for Disney theme parks want to use drones as “flixels,” or flying pixels.
The aerial display system makes use of the concept of a “flixel” or floating pixel (of a flying pixel object).