What's the difference...?

[Deryn]

What's the difference between Distortion and 5x5's Moving Pips?

Not complaining.. just wondering. Love the effect

 

[Glenn West]

Distortion, in itself, is a specific routine and handling for the moving pip's gimmick, which has been around for years.

I don't mean to speak for W:H though, but I believe he already mentioned this, so i believe I m just repeating and paraphrasing.

I believe it was also mentioned that the moving pips are traced back to the '70's, mind you I have a book that mentions them in a repulished section from, I believe, at least the turn of the century. The last one, not this one, 2000, lol.

 

[remy]

Looks to me as if 5x5's pips twist, or something. or maybe it's just me. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-62zlNcUTWg

 

[jibjibman]

From what I have researched, Michael Ammar was the first one to do the moving pips, or at least the first one to publish/record it. He gave W:H and the others permission to release distortion.

 

[Version X Imports]

The method of Distortion and 5X5 is totally different from one another. Both of them have the same idea in mind, but Distortion has a lot less of a risk being exposed as to The New Era of Moving Pips in public. If you placed both effects on a table and had to choose between the two, a most likely chance that you would choose how Distortion is done then the one in Five times Five Japan.

Sorry I can't be more detailed about this, but I hope it was enough input.

- Charles