Tilt-Shift Time-Lapse OMG.
So. Today, via Stumbleupon, I discovered this amazing, mind-blowing video that tilt-shifts and time-lapses a monster truck show rally (and puts it to a rockin’ beat, to boot).
Since I’m taking a video editing class for fun this semester, I was ravenously curious to discover how it was done (I mean, I know about tilt-shift lenses… but for video?). And to figure out if (maybe maybe I hope I hope) it was something I could do, too– without buying expensivo equipment. Since it took more than a few clicks to answer all my questions, I figured I’d aggregate my findings for the internet at large. {You’re welcome}.
The way the artist, Keith Loutit, made his videos is explained in this interview.
But I’m just an amateur who doesn’t have the time (or fancy lenses) to take 60,000 PHOTOGRAPHS and then convert them to Quicktime.
Fortunately, there are short-cuts.
Someone has come up with a clever way to create a tilt-shift effect via Photoshop and FinalCut (okay, some fanciness required, but maybe it’s adaptable to other programs?). Example vid here.
Combine with instructions for making videos time-lapse (either by frame rate or in post), and voilà!
Or, I hope voilà.
Hopefully I’ll get a chance to play around with this before the end of finals.
SO COOL.
update: A friend says there should be plenty more tilt-shift video coming with the new DSLR bodies with video recording– e.g. the new Canon 5DMkII.
