guyonabus
2.5 Dimensions
Wow.. I'm overwhelmed. Explorer #2 on October 7th 2008
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This is the first cut of a sequence of still images that were cut together to give a faux 3D look.
It's not exactly a singular strobist photo. It's many.. (most of them were shot with small flashes [nikon sb-800]).
I'm going to update this one as the cut progresses (titles, fine tuning, etc.)
If you look through my photostream, I'm sure you'll spot a couple shots that look similar to the ones used in this animation.
Permission was granted for the music.
by: Jaimie Cullum
title: These Are The Days
Incredible album! Check it out on iTunes!
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Update for those wondering how I went about creating this.
First of all the initial inspiration shot was taken.. just like any other photo on flickr. Completely traditionally. Then, the question was asked... How can this be converted into an animation? For a shot to work with this type of treatment it needs at least three elements that can give the shot a sense of "depth". A foreground element, a background element, and the central focus. The more elements that you have distributed along your z-space.. the better the illusion can be.
So, I shoot all of the different elements for each animation separately. For example, in the shot which featured 3 girls jumping off of the dock I had all three girls jump separately in order to avoid them overlapping each other and to maximize the resolution of each element. 3 girls jumping? 3 separate photos. For this particular example, I also took a shot of the background all by itself.
Then, all elements are brought into photoshop and isolated (using masks). This can be pretty time consuming.
Finally, all of these elements are brought into After Effects and distributed in 3d space on the Z axis. Animate the position of the virtual camera to taste, play around with the virtual camera's depth of field... and voila.
And.. the beauty of it all is that your camera most likely takes better-than-HDTV-resolution images. So, as long as you don't shrink them before bringing them into your compositing application.. you end up with HD video!
I hope that helps :)
2.5 Dimensions
Wow.. I'm overwhelmed. Explorer #2 on October 7th 2008
---------------------
This is the first cut of a sequence of still images that were cut together to give a faux 3D look.
It's not exactly a singular strobist photo. It's many.. (most of them were shot with small flashes [nikon sb-800]).
I'm going to update this one as the cut progresses (titles, fine tuning, etc.)
If you look through my photostream, I'm sure you'll spot a couple shots that look similar to the ones used in this animation.
Permission was granted for the music.
by: Jaimie Cullum
title: These Are The Days
Incredible album! Check it out on iTunes!
----
Update for those wondering how I went about creating this.
First of all the initial inspiration shot was taken.. just like any other photo on flickr. Completely traditionally. Then, the question was asked... How can this be converted into an animation? For a shot to work with this type of treatment it needs at least three elements that can give the shot a sense of "depth". A foreground element, a background element, and the central focus. The more elements that you have distributed along your z-space.. the better the illusion can be.
So, I shoot all of the different elements for each animation separately. For example, in the shot which featured 3 girls jumping off of the dock I had all three girls jump separately in order to avoid them overlapping each other and to maximize the resolution of each element. 3 girls jumping? 3 separate photos. For this particular example, I also took a shot of the background all by itself.
Then, all elements are brought into photoshop and isolated (using masks). This can be pretty time consuming.
Finally, all of these elements are brought into After Effects and distributed in 3d space on the Z axis. Animate the position of the virtual camera to taste, play around with the virtual camera's depth of field... and voila.
And.. the beauty of it all is that your camera most likely takes better-than-HDTV-resolution images. So, as long as you don't shrink them before bringing them into your compositing application.. you end up with HD video!
I hope that helps :)