Alright, so here we are in late 2013. About ten years ago visbot (https://www.deviantart.com/visbot) was founded, and if my memory serves me well, the first release came out in February or March 2003. We had a bunch of shabby websites from early on, some revisions can still be viewed on Wayback Machine. Throughout the years, the layout changed a couple of times and so did the backend. But for a group of people busy in the visual field, our website had all been remarkably text-based. Sure, we had screenshots here on DevianArt, or on Customize, Winamp and some other sites that are long gone. It was possibly difficult for outsiders to get an idea of our craft, but that is abo
As a follow-up to the provocatively titled End of AVS, here are some good news. Thanks to Moonbeam13 (https://www.deviantart.com/moonbeam13) and the deviantart developers, it is now possible to upload .pimp files to the visualization galleries. This is probably the best results for both sides: AVS artists can still distribute an installable format while DeviantArt does not have to worry about corrupted executables.
Now, what does this mean for AVS artists? You might not have known, but for several years, PimpBot has produced two files:
1. an installer for distribution (.exe)
2. a project file (.pimp)
These project files contain all the data for the installer and can be loa
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as if the state of avs wasn't bad enough, deviantart stabs the scene in its back with a new policy that no longer allows users to upload installers - the standard way to distribute avs (and milkdrop) files for over ten years. read on...
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It's August 25th th which means it's that time of the year again and your special day is here! We hope you have an awesome day with lots of birthday fun, gifts, happiness and most definitely, lots of cake! Here's to another year!
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you know, i still run winamp solely because of those visbot AVS visualizations. they've been in my peripheral vision for yeeeeaaaarrrssss now. seriously. wow. man i feel old. anyway, i can't listen to any IDM without seeing the visbot spaceinvader in my mind's eye.
i never thought to search DA, i got here from visbot.net, which i've had bookmarked for like ...ten years, wow.
anyway yeah big fan etc etc. thanks for all the math xxooo