Something new and a little strange
I was doing some image processing for another project when I noticed some interesting operations — charcoal and paint. I read a little more and was intrigued. The way I build these movies — frame-by-frame, using a standard image processing program for most operations, I can take advantage of any operation.
So, I decided to run some of my old movies back though the system, but using some of these new operator.
Leave me a comment, I’d love to hear what you think–
I never really liked this beach scene until now… it could use some music though.
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Your Bro:
OK, first maybe it would be best if you keep to your self that I
25 January 2008, 12:15 pmacctually checked my mail. Ha Ha. The Queen Mary does it for me.
A living oil painting. Makes me wonder what it would be like slowed way down, framed and hung on a wall in my living room. I
think way cool.
pertello:
Might I suggest “The Quiet Surf” by John Zorn for your beach scene?
12 April 2008, 6:36 pmchristopher:
wow - the train one is beautiful. perfect use of the style. i agree that the queen mary looks great - but for me probably works better as a single frame. it almost looks too much like an impressionist painting - too good. but the train sequence - trains are kinda magical anyways, and that treatment really works - especially given the environment the trains are passing through. wonderful!
12 April 2008, 10:32 pmDavid Drucker:
No, no - the music for the scene, should be French Impressionism as well!. Maurice Ravel wrote a gorgeous piano piece called ‘Un Barque Sur L’Ocean’ (A boat on the Ocean) that has also been orchestrated and either version would do nicely. If not that, any excerpt of Claude Debussy’s orchestral tone poem ‘La Mer’ (The Sea) would be fine. As for the train, there is a good piece by Arthur Honegger called ‘Pacific 231′, which is a symphonic ode to a locomotive, and while it is not strictly an Impressionistic work like the other two, it came shortly after Impressionism, and Honneger is swiss, so it’s close enough.
12 April 2008, 11:13 pmcamilo:
Amazing stuff. I wonder if these could somehow be turned into moving screensavers…
13 April 2008, 12:51 amMoShang:
Hey there, Brad
I really like these films. I’ve tried something like this before, but your results are much better than mine. Since you’re asking for music, I’ve just done some music for a short vid of my own; I find the breakbeat works rather well with the sped up video. This post has my vid, as well as a download link to the music for use under CC License.
13 April 2008, 3:26 amhttp://moshang.wordpress.com/2008/04/07/casting-off/
DevonDan:
This is extremely impressive. I love the Queen Mary and Fireboat video. Look forward to seeing more
13 April 2008, 6:16 amimpressionist video?:
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13 April 2008, 9:34 amkevin:
cool and.. i think my canon hv20 has an “art” setting that practically creates the same effect.
13 April 2008, 10:27 amphub4r:
You wrote
… through back though the system, …
English is not my native language but what is ‘through back though’?
A typo perhaps, although I do not know which could replace it to make more sense.
Maybe it could just be my lack of understanding of the English language.
Anyway I only really liked the Queen Mary and the fireboat, it’s the only one which gives me a real impressionist feeling.
13 April 2008, 12:36 pmBut I think the time-lapsing is too fast, I would like to see a more slower version (maybe even a slower than normal.)
And for a subject, maybe something like the paintings of men and woman dancing on the beach in 1920th style clothing and umbrella (don’t know name of paintings/painter.)
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13 April 2008, 4:50 pmbrad:
sigh — English is my first language and I don’t know what it means either. :) It was a typo; I fixed it. Thanks for all the nice comments. There’s something new on the main page you might like.
–brad
13 April 2008, 5:42 pmGlen Hall:
This is captivating stuff. The seascape has a hypnotic effect.
What software did you use to get this effect?
Glen
14 April 2008, 7:40 ambrad:
Hey Glen,
I write a little about the process in the “about” section. (http://www.emerika.com/voe/about) The thing you’re seeing in the beach scene is a kind of blending I am doing.
If you view the video as a sequence of frames, imagine blending frames 1 to 10 and make that a new frame 1. Then blend frames 2 to 11 and make that frame 2… repeat, repeat, repeat. Then make the whole thing into a movie. It’s a little strange. :)
To be clear… blending is just the averaging of N frames. There’s more about it here: http://www.emerika.com/voe/page/4
Brad
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14 April 2008, 8:33 amrobin:
would be better with normal video (and doing this to each frame) becouse this gives me a headach. mostly becouse it seems to start and stop a bit (how manny frames per second do you put in this ?
gr Robin
perhaps make it more like the moving paintings in harry potter make a 10 minute loop of it?
14 May 2008, 9:12 am