D90 Motor Drive + Twixtor Trailer Inspired by Matthew

morgan_moore said:
You need to try this with a nikon D3 - thirteen FPS on 2k size I think - it looked very 'private ryan' - Ill have to try again with the shutter at 13th or 25th (nearly 26th)

One word of caution, shutter rated at 150 000 clicks

I did 13000 over two days trying this !

It is lovely to work with proper files

Why cant we just have a 25FPS Raw shooting DSLR with all the controls

It will come

S
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That would be sweet, but yes, gotta watch that shutter life. Makes doing this a very once in a while kind of thing otherwise you'd burn out these cams within 6-8 hours of use.
 
So you used a timer mechanism? I have the ML-L3 wireless remote and you cant use BOTH the remote and 4.5fps shooting. I dont know why. Its one or the other...

Would I have to buy a remote timer release? I have Camera Control Pro 2 Software which I can use i guess
 
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NJ3118 said:
So you used a timer mechanism? I have the ML-L3 wireless remote and you cant use BOTH the remote and 4.5fps shooting. I dont know why. Its one or the other...

Would I have to buy a remote timer release? I have Camera Control Pro 2 Software which I can use i guess
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I am not sure exactly as I don't have either. I am using the normal shutter and also the 9 frame automatic timer. You might want to ask Matthew as I believe he may have used a remote.
 
Cool,

I'll be showing that and Matts piece in my cinematography class next week.

-J
 
Pirata said:
I am not sure exactly as I don't have either. I am using the normal shutter and also the 9 frame automatic timer. You might want to ask Matthew as I believe he may have used a remote.
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Oh i see what your doing. But the automatic timer only lets you use the L continuos shooting mode (diddnt know L could be set t. 4.5fps) though it was just the H setting only that allowed 4.5fps...
 
I've got a question for ya Pirata. Do you think this DSLR/Twixtor method would work with stop motion material?

I'm thinking of a creature effect for a film I might do later this year. I don't want to go the CGI route because I don't feel that it will be possible to get someone who can actually create an effect that would blend with the live action footage in a believable enough way. If I could build the creature and animate it stop motion style, but then blend the frames together with Twixtor, that would look pretty cool I think.
 
it works. that's exactly what i've tried twixtor for in the past. i animate on fours or less then tween with twixtor. works really well, even on my old super 8 films scanned to dv.

/matt
 
mattsand said:
it works. that's exactly what i've tried twixtor for in the past. i animate on fours or less then tween with twixtor. works really well, even on my old super 8 films scanned to dv.

/matt
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Sweet biscuits!!!!!!!

I think I've found my solution for my problem. Thanks.
 
i will it i find it, it's been almost ten years. i also have some poor man's bullet time effects made the same way if you're interested. i've no idea where it all is now though. i used floppies for archiving back then. ;-)

it's easy to try though, just fire up a stop motion piece of software, use your web camera and animate a beer can or eraser around your desk, that's pretty much what i did, then apply twixtor, apple optical flow or whatever to slow it down.

/matt

/matt
 
D90 short film incorporating motor drive footage 'Vengeance Rides a Train'

D90 short film incorporating motor drive footage 'Vengeance Rides a Train'

The debut of our short film web series 'Vengeance Rides a Train' shot with 50mm 1.4, 1.8, 18-105mm, and Lensbaby. Original score composed with many sound libraries as well as totally original beats using helicopter blades and rods/rails mixed and recorded in Sonar. Visuals were obtained with Magic Bullet Looks, After Effects, Twixtor and Vegas Pro.

The Link for youtube HD: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYo1GWcMgec&fmt=22

Updated Vimeo version for DVXusers: http://vimeo.com/3935400

screenshots:

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Eagerly anticipating the Panny GH1 as that will make achieving all our desired effects much simpler than using the D90 (which is like the camcorder equivalent of a savant, Mozart trapped in Hellen Keller's body).


:beer:

-Akira
 
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I'd suggest seeing the youtube HD version first as I probably won't have a Vimeo version up until next week as I'm still making a few changes and the current file size is over the Vimeo limit
 
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