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Cool video of some timelapse photography of the Grand Canyon with behind the scenes timelapse.

 
A little paddle porn for your Saturday...

Excellent compilation of kayakers getting beat down...always entertaining, unless you are the one drinking that booty beer at the take-out...

A bit more educational...
http://downthecolorado.org/
 
langutah said:
Nice! Anybody know how they do the three-D effect in the film's still photography?
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I don't know but I think the only way it could be done would be to basically create two layers of the image. The back layer would need to be patched so that any people, branches, etc. are not in it and then that background removed from the foreground. Then you could pan the front layer over the top layer and it would appear to be 3D. Most of the time it's used, the background looks like it would be pretty easy to patch up and split so I'm pretty sure that is how it has to be done. Does that make sense?
 
Yeah that makes sense. But they didn't do that frame by frame I don't think. I'll bet there is a software method (automated).
 
langutah said:
Yeah that makes sense. But they didn't do that frame by frame I don't think. I'll bet there is a software method (automated).
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It does seem like it should be automated somehow, I just can't imagine how software would know where to make the cuts and properly mend the background. It actually isn't that tough to do manually though. I decided to give it a shot. Having an image with a clear boundary between foreground and background makes it pretty easy. I didn't spend much time editing these photos so they could be much better. The hardest part was really getting the motion to be smooth and look natural to the eyes. The first one of Sage is probably a bit fast and doesn't look quite right. The second one of Nate in the Winds is a little better. Kind of fun to play with. I'd definitely toss some in on a future video.


For comparison, these are the layers I used for Nate's clip. I didn't really need to remove his legs and poles but I did for some reason.

Original image:
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Background frame with Nate photoshopped out.
windsbg.png

Foreground frame with the background cut.
windsfg.png
 
Nick is spot on. You can then set motion keyframes for position of the layers at the first frame and the last in most professional editing applications including Final Cut, After Effects, Motion, etc.

Whichever software is being used will render all the frames in between for you. You can then set keyframes in between for adjusting speed from fast to slow and so on if desired.

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that's really cool. I need to get better at softwares.
 
I'm really enjoying that technique. I added a sideways pan of Halls Creek Narrows to the clip I posted above. In addition, I scaled up the foreground hoping to give it an zooming in look as it panned. It wasn't the best shot for it, but there is a lot of potential there. Making me rethink my feelings on making videos.
 
Nick said:
I'm really enjoying that technique. I added a sideways pan of Halls Creek Narrows to the clip I posted above. In addition, I scaled up the foreground hoping to give it an zooming in look as it panned. It wasn't the best shot for it, but there is a lot of potential there. Making me rethink my feelings on making videos.
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It can definitely become addiction once you discover how to do it. The animation technique is often referred to as "2.5D".
 
I deff need a better camera and comp, as well as the right software to start making some videos again. I made some music videos in my spare time in Iraq from a string of still pics we took. I had a blast doing it, and my fellow soilders loved watching them afterwards. I would love to start again.
 
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