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Flowing streaking effect
Hey everyone,
I just finished shooting some scenes in which everything is time-lapsed except my actor. One shot in particular I have him composited onto a highway median and the cars are going by him in fast forward. I want the traffic to have a streaking effect so that the cars looks “flowy liquidy”and the lights streak. I’m not sure if I’m making sense but if any can give me some hints on how to do this I would appreciate it…Thanks
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Definately peep the archives because this has been talked about a bit albeit a while ago now so check the last year or two. I assume you are shooting it digital and want to do it as a post effect? I’ve always done it the ol’ fashinoed way by hooking up an intervelometer to an old Arri 35III which I find easier than doing it the other way around. But to each his/her own.
But search the archives for strek, time lapse, etc.. should find some good ideas.
Chris Smith
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If video is the capture medium for your project, I suggest that you shoot the freeway with a very long shutter. That way you’ll get the streaking you want, then all you have to do is speed the shot up in AE. I might look something like a time-lapse shot. Now, if you’re shooting film, I could suggest many cameras/techniques to get you in the right direction. I’ve shot quite a bit of things like this.
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well you can track lights and use a particular emitter that looks like a flowing light…rotoscope the cars out and set them to layer emitters with the same settings…put the same flow on their lights…depends on how “flowy” you want it….come to think of it if you track it to a motion path and set it to a mask the vegas effect might no work so bad if you shorten the length of the actual vegas stroke.
I’m a photographer too so I would suggest overall re-shooting it, slow down your shutterspeed for some nice blurrs — if you have a digital camera and the proper software you can do timelapse image sequences right to a laptop.
those were just some thoughts off the top of my head…and lots of points of elipsis
post it when your finished…I’d like to see it
Nicholas Toth
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[Nicholastoth] “– if you have a digital camera and the proper software you can do timelapse image sequences right to a laptop.”
Brilliant! I hadn’t thought of that. I do for fun ugly timelapse by grabbing a frame every 10 seconds or so from a DV cam into a laptop, but I hadn’t thought of doing gorgeous film-like timelapse by controlling my 20D with a slow shutter.
Very nice.
Chris Smith
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I second that Chris -what a great idea (I’ve got a 20D also). Now I’ve got to go and try it myself.
You bastards – as if I don’t have enough projects on my hands already, and there you go throwing out cool ideas to play around with! There’s just not enough hours in a day is there? Then again, this is a night shot…
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Yeah, I have to put it behind of a long list of stuff I have to do. Post what you do with that if you get something going. What software do you use? I have the canon software that came with the cam. I messed with it once but haven’t played with it since. I assume you can set it to auto capture at a specific interval.
Chris Smith
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I just have the same. I haven’t done anything like that with the camera yet. I’ve only been using CS2. My sole use of the camera is for the Kodak Look Manager System. I use it on set a lot.
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Tell me about the system. I use my 20D on set as well to get a better idea of how the film will look. But if there is a more accurate system I’d love to check that out.
Chris Smith
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Basically, it’s software that can emulate any of Kodak stocks, photochemical processes and filtration with the images used with you digital camera. It can be used to previzualize a look and/or to do some color timing to the images you shot during the day and use them for communication to you colorist etc. It calibrates everyones monitor so you are guaranteed the image will be displayed accurately on receiving end. It’s real cool. I used it extensively on my last feature.
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Funny question that I bring up —- but where can you download the software for the timelapse? I’ve done it with an d70 before — but they had all the software in house and claimed they got it for free from nikon.com.
Anyone anyone!
Its nice too because HD timelapse footage looks AMAZING out of a digital SLR.Nicholas Toth
Freelance Animator
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