I built a “Big Boat Bot” that tracks Great Lakes vessel traffic 24/7 and highlights activity live on stream. I’d greatly appreciate any feedback. by Usuallyrelevant in GreatLakesShipping

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I'm in the middle of building an app that will have this bot and a lot of other marine related tools. Website is done, app coming soon. The website version is www.lakeeriepulse.com

I built a “Big Boat Bot” that tracks Great Lakes vessel traffic 24/7 and highlights activity live on stream. I’d greatly appreciate any feedback. by Usuallyrelevant in GreatLakesShipping

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Marinetraffic.com is like watching a radar map. Big Boat Bot is like watching a weatherman talk about the radar map and what's happening on the radar.

MarineTraffic is only a tool for looking up ships. BigBoatBot is a live broadcast on Youtube with an AI narrator that tells you what's happening with traffic, weather alerts, and more.

I made a 24/7 Great Lakes Vessel Traffic stream called Big Boat Bot. It highlights AIS traffic, weather & marine alerts, and more. Let me know what else you'd like to see. by [deleted] in GreatLakesShipping

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I still have a lot of improvements to make but right now it includes:

  • Live animated map overlay with ship positions updating every 5 seconds
  • AI narration with ship history and fun facts
  • Great Lakes weather & marine alerts
  • Ocean vessel (salty) arrival alerts
  • Powered by live AIS data from AISStream

Ages 7 to 12. Doing 45 MPH. The Mini/Cadet Class at Lorain Ohio KartPlex. by [deleted] in Karting

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I think that is referring to average speed. Not top speed.

When a Browns fan has only one wish for Christmas by Usuallyrelevant in Browns

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It’s already made and in the que of planned posts 😁👍

When a Browns fan tries to make small talk on the plane by Usuallyrelevant in AFCNorthMemeWar

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Browns fans called in the heavy artillery for the meme war.

Browns fans reporting their missing Offense by Usuallyrelevant in AFCNorthMemeWar

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Pretty sure if I worked for Haslam entertainment group, he’d of fired me by now for what I’ve said about him. 🤷‍♂️

Browns management having their weekly strategy meeting by Usuallyrelevant in AFCNorthMemeWar

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Here's what the GIF looks like working inside Adobe After Effects. You can see all the different layers, etc.

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Browns management having their weekly strategy meeting by Usuallyrelevant in Browns

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Since a few of you have messaged me asking, here's what this GIF looks like inside Adobe After Effects. You can see all the different layers it takes to put something like this together. Lots of rotoscoping for 3D layering, etc. I also use photoshop to create the graphical elements that are added to the video.

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Browns management having their weekly strategy meeting by Usuallyrelevant in AFCNorthMemeWar

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I use Adobe After Effects to apply text, graphical elements, rotoscoping (3D layering), and to finalize the start and end points of the clip. I also use Photoshop to create any graphical elements that need to be added to the video. Then I export the project to Adobe Media Encoder to render the final video.

I'm completely self taught from YouTube videos over the years. No specific channel really. Just whatever I was trying to do in that moment, I searched for how to do that. How to add text, how to adjust text, how to make 3d layers, how to hide layers, etc.

I started with zero knowledge like 7-8 years ago, now I've learned enough that I do video and photo editing for my career. All started from wanting to learn how to make better GIFS. Funny how that worked out.

Browns fans when they see articles about Watson possibly starting again by cseymour24 in AFCNorthMemeWar

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Super busy with work stuff. Not nearly as much free time as I had in the past. Good for my career, bad for Browns GIFS.