What editing technique is used in this video???

[Shane Ross]

That isn’t editing…that’s visual effects. And it isn’t simple.

Shane
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[Chris Harlan]

[Shane Ross] “That isn’t editing…”

Well, wait. Wait. There were some cuts. And a dissolve.

[Mike Smith]

If you have After Effects available you might want to look into the time effects, especially the Echo Time effect, and see if it can produce what you want …. https://tv.adobe.com/watch/creative-cow-after-effects-tutorials/echo-effect/

https://help.adobe.com/en_US/aftereffects/cs/using/WS09B6A698-8F9E-4a00-8D1B-07FC62FB2D30a.html

[Michelle Blioux]

Thanks for actual useful information Mike. The refreshing lack of snarkyness is nice in contrast to other responses.

I guess I should have mentioned that I am new to video editing and visual effects. I assumed that because the forum used real names that it would be a professional environment. But alas some people aren’t very concerned with how they appear to the public or future clients.

Cheers and thanks again Mike!

[Mike Smith]

The signal to noise ratio is often OK on here, though I think it varies forum to forum. I think Tim and the team have tried to create a couple of “controversy” arenas to cater for those who want that (fcpx or not being one such), and to leave the tech forums a little friendlier. I don’t know Shane, and though I’d guess that’s not one of his finest posts it may not have been badly intended.

The After Effects here forum has more of an art-and-technique feel than the straight edit forums, and might be worth a look – there are some quite nice tutorals on there, available from a link along from the “add new post” link, and often some quite helpful people.

From a quick search, it looks like you have an interesting photography and art background (I like the portrait that winks) and, obviously, video skills. I’d guess the DSLR for video movement, and perhaps from the other side the emerging large-sensor video camera market, are going to lead to our seeing a lot more video and art / photography convergence in tools and techniques, if not attitudes and aesthetics – exciting times for visual artists.

[Chris Harlan]

[Michelle Blioux] “The refreshing lack of snarkyness is nice in contrast to other responses.”

Sorry. I was probably being the most sarcastic. I can’t speak for Shane, and what he was thinking, but I can explain my reaction. Or at least try. My response does feel a bit Jack-assy.

Here’s the thing: somebody worked hard on that video. They spent a lot of time manipulating images to create something unique. Instead of paying a modicum of tribute to their artistic efforts, your question–purposely or not–dismissed their efforts while making it clear that your intention is to do what they had done. On top of being blithe about wanting to copy their work, you couldn’t even properly identify the process they used to do it. Now, picking things up from other people is fine; all artists do it. But you were very wide of the mark. It was like you walked into a doctor’s office where somebody had been treated with antibiotics and demanded to know what surgery this was.

A lot of us here take our work quite seriously. And, there’s a lot of help to be had, here. People openly give their experience freely, especially to people who seriously embrace these visual crafts. Shane is an exemplary editor, and you may perceive what he was saying as snark, but it wasn’t. He was telling you some very basic facts about how far off the mark your question was. I, on the other hand, was being snarky. For that, I apologize.

[Shane Ross]

I just meant to say the effect wasn’t due to editing, but it was a visual effect. I have no idea how it was done. Just wanted you to know it was “editing” that created it.

And I’m a seasoned editor…we are allowed to be snarky to young newbies. It happened to me, just passing it down.

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[Michelle Blioux]

Hi all,

As a seasoned still postproduction artist I understand the attitude in regards to mimicking other artists work/technique. I’ve had quite a few people attempt to imitate my own work.

I’ve never directly copied someone else’s technique but use the work of other people as a jumping off place. I wanted to understand how this was done and wrap my head around the technique, not copy it.

I will readily admit to being a noob when it comes to video. I’ve taught myself the little I know and will continue to educate myself in video and other multimedia forms. I simply wanted to know how this was achieved because it is similar to other visual ideas I have. I like things that are glitchy, repeated and surreal.

You can view some of my work here to get a better idea of what I’m about. Like I said I have some video experience and plan on continuing my education, both in production and postproduction

https://www.blioux.com

As we can all agree sometimes the industry can be filled with knowledgeable pros that have little patience for those of use just beginning in any of the many facets of the visual industry.

I try to be as forthcoming as possible with what I know in the hopes that, in the rare instances I need help ;), it will be there for me as a form of karma.

I’m not looking for shortcuts but as a self taught artist I sometimes need a point in the right direction as I don’t have classmates or teachers around to ask.

Best,
MB

[Michelle Blioux]

Thanks again Mike-for the info and for checking out my work.

Video and other types of moving images have always held a great interest for me. However before the DSLR movement (and the publishing options that have risen up over the past few years) it seemed almost impossible to get into doing video work if you hadn’t attended school for it and/or been immersed in the community for any length of time.

As a professional photographer working hard to make a living and get my work out there I probably wouldn’t be able to explore video/film making had it not been for my DSLR and the wealth of info available on forums like these.

I’ll check out the After Effects forum. AE is sounding more and more like the next step I need to take to do what I want to do. Looks like I’ll be spending time on lynda.com and adobe.com getting my tutorial on. If you know of any other great sites for educating myself on AE please let me know!

Cheers,
MB

[Mike Smith]

Good luck with it all. AE does offer a fabulous image / effects toolset – but there is so much to take in. The more you’re already familiar with Photoshop and Premiere the easier the entry will be.

Just working though the basics of the tools and included effects / plugins takes a while.

People major on different aspects of AE, to suit their abilities and visual tastes.
To my mind looking at and for great stuff, and then seeking out how-tos and looking into appropriate tools is a good approach, once you’ve got an overview of basic operations and tools – I’m trying to stay focused on the output and the art, rather than the use of the tool …

Beyond the Adobe site and the tutorials here,
https://www.ayatoweb.com/ae_tips_e.html has some interesting stuff. I think the video copilot guy has an active presence in the tutorials here. https://www.videocopilot.net/tutorials/ If you’re fluent with maths-style thinking AE’s expressions may appeal to you, and https://www.motionscript.com/ may be of interest.

Another NYC based photographer / video artist who may be of interest to you is Jeanne Hilary https://www.jeannehilary.com//

All best.