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  • mantrakid18

    Ok wtf.. Ramanisky2's post broke my mind so much i had to open it in Photoshop to see what the hell....

    Here it is with guides:

    So i was like WTF. it has to be arrows... So removed arrows.

    So i was like OK WTF. It has to be that there are 2 of them...

    So finally i was like... there's no way... theres just no way...

    .....

    • sorry for the MBmantrakid
    • BafflingRamanisky2
    • It’s gotta be the gradient itself. Right?!?Ramanisky2
    • Yeah i feel like the gradient and contrast between darker and lighter gives the illusion that the 'edge' of the circle is moving....mantrakid
    • What i DONT get is if you watch any of the ones without arrows, it still seems to be 'shifting' at various points to give different illusions..mantrakid
    • There might be trickery in the gradient itself like the speed it shifts or something...mantrakid
    • The slight edge on each of the rings is important too. They look like lo-res artefacts but it's a key bit of the illusion.MrT
    • Here's another version https://imgur.com/CV…MrT
    • and https://www.boredpan…MrT
    • LOL you wasted your time to open in photoshop and deconstruct it when these kind of optical illusions have been there forever.NBQ00
    • Upvote of the dayemphor
    • Try putting the guides on the insidetoemaas
    • But I wouldn’t waste time ;)toemaas
    • I love optical illusions. This is great. @MrT, the one with the circles is even better! Thanks guys!SimonFFM
    • hello... lighter things look bigger than dark things that same size. what you guys learn from L I F. E??!shapesalad
    • Wait until you play it backwardsmisterhow
    • Its the gradient stroke on the inside and outside of the circles that have a slight bevel effect. So when it spins your eyes get tricked that is moving.Sellies
    • Take out 2px of stroke inside & out, and you will see it not moving. The other links have that same visual effect. Zoom in see the stroke colour.Sellies
    • You gotta tweet this so the outside world can weigh in!!nb
    • I think the gradient spins on a slightly different axis.doriangrey
    • OK, I had to use AdBlockPlus to kill these GIFs. They were really doing my eyes and head in.Continuity
    • I just went full analog and measured with a speed square. It's just a couple of frames off in the squeezes that is fucking our brains.garbage
    • https://i.imgur.com/…garbage
    • :D:D:Dsted
    • It seems to have something to do with how your eyes are positioned. I can make it go thrrough all types of movements just by kinda moving my gaze.monospaced
    • Were the arrrows merely suggestive? Creepymonospaced
    • Did a little digging and it looks like the term is the Munker Illusion.garbage
    • https://michaelbach.…garbage
    • so, do we have a clear solid explanation yet?Krassy
    • qbnx filesrenderedred

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