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Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM

08/15/2018 02:55:05 PM · #1

I have been wanting to give these fancy "gifs" a try for the longest time ever, and FINALLY got around to it. Let me know what you think :)

I had to post a link to FB because it won't load here :(

https://www.facebook.com/150154048383373/videos/238069093706266/?hc_ref=ARSddakBUSL-oINQplBq0sIcxtYPLuAbiHSvQgaGt3uYkUT-GFkK8CoQjVYbHZatd-A

Also, here's a commission I did a while ago that finally went live: //www.philipwhitemusic.com/

P-A-U-L

Canon EOS R6

08/15/2018 03:01:31 PM · #2

Thanks for sharing. Incredible work as always. That is surely the best gif I have ever seen. Love the eyebrow movement.

Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM

08/15/2018 03:07:02 PM · #3

Originally posted by P-A-U-L:

Thanks for sharing. Incredible work as always. That is surely the best gif I have ever seen. Love the eyebrow movement.

Glad you caught it. I thought it might be too subtle. He's actually turning his eyes to and away from the camera.

P-A-U-L

Canon EOS R6

08/15/2018 03:09:40 PM · #4

Curious - you call this a gif. How come? Is it not just a video that seamlessly loops? Or do you use stills to create this?

Message edited by author 2018-08-15 15:10:35.

markwiley

Fujifilm X-Pro2

Fujifilm XF 10-24mm f/4 R IOS

08/15/2018 03:44:50 PM · #5

Very nice. How was this created?

08/15/2018 04:13:06 PM · #6

Originally posted by P-A-U-L:

Curious - you call this a gif. How come? Is it not just a video that seamlessly loops? Or do you use stills to create this?

A gif usually IS a video that seamlessly loops.

08/15/2018 04:14:40 PM · #7

Originally posted by markwiley:

Very nice. How was this created?

It's actually pretty simple, in PS. basically a single frame from a video which is placed over the moving frames, and only mask out to reveal the moving bits.

posthumous

Canon EOS-40D

Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II

08/15/2018 04:44:49 PM · #8

Originally posted by tanguera:

Originally posted by P-A-U-L:
Curious - you call this a gif. How come? Is it not just a video that seamlessly loops? Or do you use stills to create this?

A gif usually IS a video that seamlessly loops.

GIF stands for Graphic Interchange Format. It's a format for saving images, just like JPEG. But unlike JPEG, it allows for storing multiple images and showing them consecutively. This is called an "animated gif."

I don't think this cinemagraph was actually saved as a GIF, which is why you can't get it off of Facebook.