Return-Path: Received: from nk11p00mm-asmtp007.mac.com ([17.158.161.6] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 5196494 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Sat, 31 Aug 2013 17:21:34 +0200 Received: from [192.168.1.68] (99-152-153-100.lightspeed.dllstx.sbcglobal.net [99.152.153.100]) by nk11p00mm-asmtp007.mac.com (Oracle Communications Messaging Server 7u4-27.07(7.0.4.27.6) 64bit (built Jun 21 2013)) with ESMTPSA id <0MSE00ARYJ8P6U60@nk11p00mm-asmtp007.mac.com> for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Sat, 31 Aug 2013 15:34:03 +0000 (GMT) X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10432:5.10.8794,1.0.431,0.0.0000 definitions=2013-08-31_05:2013-08-30,2013-08-31,1970-01-01 signatures=0 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 spamscore=0 suspectscore=2 phishscore=0 adultscore=0 bulkscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=7.0.1-1305240000 definitions=main-1308310090 From: Jim Curtis Content-type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_01C586EA-71B5-4B19-9FB9-A9B3E0B986B9" Message-id: MIME-version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 6.5 \(1508\)) Subject: Re: [AE] stupid time-lapse tricks Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2013 10:34:01 -0500 References: To: After Effects Mail List In-reply-to: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1508) --Apple-Mail=_01C586EA-71B5-4B19-9FB9-A9B3E0B986B9 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 I wasn't sure if Ae's stabilization would be adequate. As "walking" and = not a tripod or even a monopod was mentioned, I would presume that = there'd be some wild fluctuations in registration between shots. I = don't think a tripod would be permitted or practical in a subway station = or car, or progressing through a crowd on a sidewalk or foot bridge. Here's another video my client sent, with some interest in doing similar = shots (some of these are real-time, and some are time-lapse). You can = see there are camera moves where it would be impossible to put down a = tripod or use a steadicam, due to the uneven, rocky, debris-laden = terrain in the "slot canyon" shots particularly.=20 https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=3Dplayer_embedded&v=3DR_odAWTEtMQ#t=3D= 16 Thanks for all the input. On Aug 31, 2013, at 10:12 AM, Stephen van Vuuren = wrote: > Greg B.=92s steps are exactly how this is done =96 I=92ve 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: > =20 > 1. For a really smooth move, shoot with a higher model Canon = DSLR in JPEG fine =96 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 =96 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 =96 you = can create really interested effects. > =20 > stephen van vuuren > 336.202.4777 > =20 > http://www.insaturnsrings.com/ > http://www.sv2dcp.com/ > http://www.sv2studios.com/ > =20 > A film is =96 or should be =96 more like music than like fiction. It = should be a progression of moods and feelings. The theme, what=92s = behind the emotion, the meaning, all that comes later. > =96Stanley Kubrick > =20 > 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 > =20 > 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. >=20 > Do this per shot. >=20 > Should be pretty easy, the cumbersome part is shooting it all. >=20 > ///Greg Balint > //Art Director / Motion Graphics Designer > /321.514.4839 > delRAZOR.com/ > =20 >=20 > On Aug 31, 2013 9:20 AM, "Jim Curtis" wrote: > http://vimeo.com/46106624 >=20 >=20 > 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. >=20 > 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=85 there's some software that automates the = process. >=20 > Is anybody aware of such software? >=20 >=20 > ?? >=20 > Jim >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 > . > +---End of message---+ > To unsubscribe send any message to --Apple-Mail=_01C586EA-71B5-4B19-9FB9-A9B3E0B986B9 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252
I wasn't sure if Ae's = stabilization would be adequate.  As "walking" and not a tripod or = even a monopod was mentioned, I would presume that there'd be some wild = fluctuations in registration between shots.  I don't think a tripod = would be permitted or practical in a subway station or car, or = progressing through a crowd on a sidewalk or foot = bridge.

Here's another video my client sent, = with some interest in doing similar shots (some of these are real-time, = and some are time-lapse).  You can see there are camera moves where = it would be impossible to put down a tripod or use a steadicam, due to = the uneven, rocky, debris-laden terrain in the "slot canyon" shots = particularly. 


Thanks for all = the input.



On Aug 31, = 2013, at 10:12 AM, Stephen van Vuuren <stephen@sv2studios.com> = wrote:

Greg B.=92s steps are exactly how this is done =96 = I=92ve 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 =96 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 =96 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 =96= you can create really interested effects.
 
stephen van = vuuren
336.202.4777
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/