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02/08/2012 04:06:54 PM · #1 |
If you aren't familiar with what a Cinemagraph is, here are a few that I stole from this link: //www.tripwiremagazine.com/2011/07/cinemagraphs.html
Obviously, this challenge would have to be a bit outside our normal rules.
This one should be an open challenge too, so I can enter. :) |
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02/08/2012 04:25:53 PM · #2 |
+1 This would be an awesome challenge both to enter and to vote on.
+1 again. |
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02/08/2012 04:29:07 PM · #3 |
The concept is really cool, it's just the execution that'd be tricky - primarily, cinemagraphs are built from video rather than photo sources (one frame taken as a still, the subsequent being edited into movement overlays), so we'd have to agree on a photo-based process to replicate the effect instead...
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02/08/2012 04:30:48 PM · #4 |
| Very Cool. Would be awesome if we could somehow work this into a challenge. |
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02/08/2012 04:32:15 PM · #5 |
| If nothing else, SIDE CHALLENGE! :) |
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02/08/2012 04:38:10 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by Manic:
The concept is really cool, it's just the execution that'd be tricky - primarily, cinemagraphs are built from video rather than photo sources (one frame taken as a still, the subsequent being edited into movement overlays), so we'd have to agree on a photo-based process to replicate the effect instead... |
I was picturing using a high frame-rate to execute this. Or it could be done purely as a studio-type claymation setup.
Output would be a GIF... my only worry is file size... but GIFs seem to generally be pretty small file sizes anyways. |
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02/08/2012 05:18:19 PM · #7 |
LOL, reminds me of a joke I played on my family *years* ago. I had taken two photos of my daughter's friend Alyssa, and she had her eyes closed in one. I edited them into an animated GIF and made her blink. Then I called told my family, "hey, look at this nice picture of Alyssa!". Boy, were they freaked out!
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02/08/2012 05:30:26 PM · #8 |
| god i used to have a few animated gifs on my old website in like 94 or somehting when i was about 13 hehe :) |
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02/09/2012 10:32:02 AM · #9 |
| These sort of images seem to be the next step in gifs. The whole point is creating a minimal animation that actually adds a little to the otherwise still image. |
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02/09/2012 10:49:14 AM · #10 |
| The swing one is brilliant. Love this idea. |
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02/09/2012 11:44:22 AM · #11 |
| ive been making these since the first time i saw them... it IS possible to do it with a series of shot still frames, you just need to take the frame rate into account when you are making the image... things like hair blowing in the wind will be a little choppy, although i have had luck with leaves in motion. ive been disappointed more than once that i couldnt enter one into a challenge, haha, this would be perfect! |
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02/09/2012 11:57:54 AM · #12 |
Originally posted by Art Roflmao:
+1 This would be an awesome challenge both to enter and to vote on.
+1 again. |
+ 1 |
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02/09/2012 12:36:52 PM · #13 |
Honestly, I do love the idea... it's really too bad that the only realistic format option would be that old dinosaur animated GIF. GIF files have some rather severe limitations, namely that they are color-palette-based. The palette for a GIF image frame can contain no more than 255 colors.
The APNG format would be a great option, since it supports 8-bit-per-channel color and 8-bit transparency, but it is an unofficial extension of the PNG format, and has limited browser support. In particular, there is no support for it in IE.
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02/09/2012 01:58:04 PM · #14 |
I love the idea but have no idea how to do that..
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02/09/2012 02:08:31 PM · #15 |
I recently went through a tutorial on these which involves importing video into Photoshop, selecting the frames you want, masking the part you want to be still, making the frames into layers, and finally exporting as an animated gif.
It was surprisingly easy to do, although my first attempt looked pretty gruesome (mainly because my camera wasn't on a tripod).
All that being said, this would be a great challenge and definitely doable by the community, but how would we verify the movie was shot after challenge announcement and shot by the submitter? Short of uploading the original movie file (and this would have its own problems), I don't see how this verification would be possible. |
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02/09/2012 02:23:58 PM · #16 |
Since we need verifiable EXIF data (not available AFAIK for any video formats), the best options would seem to be using burst mode, or using a tripod with some sort of static but movable subject.
However, because of all the potential exceptions to the rules we'd have to make, it is probably (as suggested) better-suited for a side challenge ... though I wouldn't start one right away, just in case there's a way worked out to make this a "real" challenge. |
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02/10/2012 12:28:26 AM · #17 |
| my D90 records HD movies at like 30 fps... i think it at least also records the date/time in the file |
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