Return-Path: Received: from gateway03.websitewelcome.com ([67.18.34.22] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 5196463 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Sat, 31 Aug 2013 17:00:37 +0200 Received: by gateway03.websitewelcome.com (Postfix, from userid 5007) id 83071D482CB5E; Sat, 31 Aug 2013 10:13:06 -0500 (CDT) Received: from gator3190.hostgator.com (gator3190.hostgator.com [198.57.247.154]) by gateway03.websitewelcome.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 60B0FD482CB01 for ; Sat, 31 Aug 2013 10:13:06 -0500 (CDT) Received: from [24.163.5.74] (port=62990 helo=jupiter) by gator3190.hostgator.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1VFmrJ-0001K5-Qi for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Sat, 31 Aug 2013 10:13:06 -0500 Reply-To: From: "Stephen van Vuuren" To: "'After Effects Mail List'" References: In-Reply-To: Subject: RE: [AE] stupid time-lapse tricks Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2013 11:12:59 -0400 Organization: SV2 Studios Message-ID: <003f01cea65c$94d28630$be779290$@com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0040_01CEA63B.0DC0E630" X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 12.0 Thread-Index: Ac6mU4JdZoxgZLeCTYSfJx7NQgBsCgACEIlA Content-Language: en-us X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - gator3190.hostgator.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - media-motion.tv X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - sv2studios.com X-BWhitelist: no X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: X-Source-Sender: (jupiter) [24.163.5.74]:62990 X-Source-Auth: stephen@sv2studios.com X-Email-Count: 1 X-Source-Cap: c3RlcGhlbnY7c3RlcGhlbnY7Z2F0b3IzMTkwLmhvc3RnYXRvci5jb20= This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0040_01CEA63B.0DC0E630 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Greg B.'s steps are exactly how this is done - I've used this and variations of this technique a number of times. Just keep the idea that all motion is a series of stills and anything you put in an image sequence is motion in AE. Some variations you can do with this: 1. For a really smooth move, shoot with a higher model Canon DSLR in JPEG fine - 5d, 5D Mark III etc with a fast card. You can shoot at a steady rate 1,2 even 4fps until the card is full. 2. Apply Twixtor to the image - you can get anything from interesting effects to making it look like you shot motion footage to start depending on what settings you use. 3. Same for motion blur or any other time based plugs - you can create really interested effects. stephen van vuuren 336.202.4777 http://www.insaturnsrings.com/ http://www.sv2dcp.com/ http://www.sv2studios.com/ A film is - or should be - more like music than like fiction. It should be a progression of moods and feelings. The theme, what's behind the emotion, the meaning, all that comes later. -Stanley Kubrick From: After Effects Mail List [mailto:AE-List@media-motion.tv] On Behalf Of Greg Balint Sent: Saturday, August 31, 2013 10:08 AM To: After Effects Mail List Subject: Re: [AE] stupid time-lapse tricks Take a regular still cam, use a dolly or some sort of fixed height rolling thing to affix the camera to. Take the shots all in progression so that each frame will be a sequentially numbered frame. Walk 5 feet, take another shot, etc. Import the frames into AE as an image sequence. Render out the shaky footage. Import that new rendered movie and apply image stabilization via warp stabilizer. Do this per shot. Should be pretty easy, the cumbersome part is shooting it all. ///Greg Balint //Art Director / Motion Graphics Designer /321.514.4839 delRAZOR.com/ On Aug 31, 2013 9:20 AM, "Jim Curtis" wrote: http://vimeo.com/46106624 A client sent me this link, and said it was shot with a still camera, and he called it a "walking time-lapse." He wants to do something similar. I'm wondering how the film maker got all the images to register in succession. Seems like you could do this manually in Ae, which would take forever, unless. there's some software that automates the process. Is anybody aware of such software? ?? Jim .. +---End of message---+ To unsubscribe send any message to ------=_NextPart_000_0040_01CEA63B.0DC0E630 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Greg B.’s steps are exactly how this is done – I’ve = used this and variations of this technique a number of times.  Just = keep the idea that all motion is a series of stills and anything you put = in an image sequence is motion in AE. Some variations you can do with = this:

 

1.       = For a really smooth move, shoot with a higher model Canon DSLR in = JPEG fine – 5d, 5D Mark III etc with a fast card. You can shoot at = a steady rate  1,2 even 4fps until the card is = full.

2.       = Apply Twixtor to the image – you can get anything from = interesting effects to making it look like you shot motion footage to = start depending on what settings you use.

3.       = Same for motion blur or any other time based plugs – you can = create really interested effects.

 

stephen van vuuren

336.202.4777

 

http://www.insaturnsrings.com/

http://www.sv2dcp.com/

http://www.sv2studios.com/<= /span>

 

A film is – or should be – more like music than like = fiction. It should be a progression of moods and feelings. The theme, = what’s behind the emotion, the meaning, all that comes = later.

–Stanley Kubrick

 

From:= = After Effects Mail List [mailto:AE-List@media-motion.tv] On Behalf Of = Greg Balint
Sent: Saturday, August 31, 2013 10:08 = AM
To: After Effects Mail List
Subject: Re: [AE] = stupid time-lapse tricks

 

Take a regular still cam, use = a dolly or some sort of fixed height rolling thing to affix the camera = to. Take the shots all in progression so that each frame will be a = sequentially numbered frame. Walk 5 feet, take another shot, etc. Import = the frames into AE as an image sequence. Render out the shaky footage. = Import that new rendered movie and apply image stabilization via warp = stabilizer.

Do this per shot.

Should = be pretty easy, the cumbersome part is shooting it all. =

///Greg Balint
//Art Director / Motion Graphics = Designer
/321.514.4839
delRAZOR.com/
    =

On Aug 31, 2013 9:20 AM, = "Jim Curtis" <jpcurtis@me.com> = wrote:

http://vimeo.com/46106624


A client sent = me this link, and said it was shot with a still camera, and he called it = a "walking time-lapse."  He wants to do something = similar.

I'm wondering how the film maker got all the images to = register in succession.  Seems like you could do this manually in = Ae, which would take forever, unless… there's some software that = automates the process.

Is anybody aware of such = software?


??

Jim





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