Four Frames One Moment

A web app that converts Lomo Action Sampler photos into stabilized animated GIFs.

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What it does

The Lomo Action Sampler camera captures 4 sequential photos in a 2x2 grid on a single frame. This app:

1. Splits the image into 4 quadrants
2. Aligns frames to reduce wobble (the 4 lenses aren't perfectly aligned)
3. Creates a smooth looping GIF animation

Tech stack

• Node.js + Express
• ImageMagick for image processing
• Vanilla HTML/CSS/JS frontend
• Deployed on Dokku

Running locally

npm install
npm start

Requires ImageMagick to be installed (brew install imagemagick on macOS).

Frame order

The default frame order is: TL → BL → BR → TR

This matches the typical Lomo Action Sampler firing sequence.

Deployment

Deployed via git push to Dokku:

git push dokku main

License

MIT