Return-Path: Received: from nk11p00mm-asmtp002.mac.com ([17.158.161.1] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 5197277 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Sun, 01 Sep 2013 21:36:49 +0200 Received: from [192.168.1.68] (99-152-153-100.lightspeed.dllstx.sbcglobal.net [99.152.153.100]) by nk11p00mm-asmtp002.mac.com (Oracle Communications Messaging Server 7u4-27.01(7.0.4.27.0) 64bit (built Aug 30 2012)) with ESMTPSA id <0MSG00DOMPQ65Z70@nk11p00mm-asmtp002.mac.com> for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Sun, 01 Sep 2013 19:49:20 +0000 (GMT) X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10432:5.10.8794,1.0.431,0.0.0000 definitions=2013-09-01_06:2013-08-30,2013-09-01,1970-01-01 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-1309010146 From: Jim Curtis Content-type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_E8D9E271-AC57-44BA-8848-EE6F1789AA69" Message-id: <98992453-FFE3-4AB9-9164-15AF217BDAC1@me.com> MIME-version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 6.5 \(1508\)) Subject: Re: [AE] stupid time-lapse tricks Date: Sun, 01 Sep 2013 14:49:16 -0500 References: To: After Effects Mail List In-reply-to: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1508) --Apple-Mail=_E8D9E271-AC57-44BA-8848-EE6F1789AA69 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 I browsed the site and searched for hyperlapse and found several = tutorials and articles. =20 This one showed a comparison between Ae's Warp Stabilizer and FCPX. Ae = rules! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D74eylIGJaHY I'll pass all this along to my client, the shooter. Thanks! Jim On Aug 31, 2013, at 7:34 PM, pixelbot@comcast.net wrote: > really rather than speculate about the best way to do hyperlapse - go = to timescapes.org There are several people on that forum that have done = exactly what you are showing, they have mastered it and are willing to = share information - this link for example: > = http://forum.timescapes.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=3D7&t=3D10853&p=3D58959= &hilit=3Dhyperlapse#p58959 > for example includes a before and after version of the shots. >=20 > go there and search for hyperlapse >=20 > tt >=20 > From: "Jim Curtis" > To: "After Effects Mail List" > Sent: Saturday, August 31, 2013 8:34:01 AM > Subject: Re: [AE] stupid time-lapse tricks >=20 > 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. >=20 > 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 >=20 > = https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=3Dplayer_embedded&v=3DR_odAWTEtMQ#t=3D= 16 >=20 > Thanks for all the input. >=20 >=20 >=20 > On Aug 31, 2013, at 10:12 AM, Stephen van Vuuren = wrote: >=20 > 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. > 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/ > =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=_E8D9E271-AC57-44BA-8848-EE6F1789AA69 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 I browsed the site and searched = for hyperlapse and found several tutorials and articles. =  

This one showed a comparison between Ae's Warp = Stabilizer and FCPX.  Ae rules!


I'll pass all = this along to my client, the = shooter.

Thanks!

Ji= m


On Aug 31, 2013, at 7:34 PM, pixelbot@comcast.net = wrote:

really rather than speculate about the best way to do = hyperlapse - go to timescapes.org There are several people on = that forum that have done exactly what you are showing, they have = mastered it and are willing to share information - this link for = example:
for example includes a before and after = version of the shots.

go there and search for = hyperlapse

tt

From: "Jim Curtis" <jpcurtis@me.com>
To: "After Effects Mail = List" <AE-List@media-motion.tv>Sent: Saturday, = August 31, 2013 8:34:01 AM
Subject: Re: [AE] stupid = time-lapse tricks

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:
 
       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