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Shoot an animated gif

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Mr.Bishop
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I want to see a good photographer go out with the purpose of shooting an animated gif. Not a video converted to a gif, but a photo meant to be one... done by a photographer.

Wouldn't that be sick?
Dec 6 2013 3:29PM
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McLS
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It's getting late Bishop.
Dec 6 2013 4:12PM
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gravel
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I think that would be sick, but there are limitations when shooting photos explicitly. Not for people who have cameras 5Ds or 1Ds because they can fire off a ton of photos in rapid succession, but consumer cameras couldn't pull off that kind of speed that it would looks smooth enough animated. IMO it would look just fine if someone shot a video at 1080p with a photography standpoint in mind, cut down the framerate in post to like 12 or 14, and made the video a gif. I suppose there are limitations in sharpness and editability of the photos, but resolution wise, a gif that would be wider than 800 or so pixels is too big. I agree that doing this with photographs would yield a better result, but shooting a video is the next best thing and can still produce something of a high quality.
Dec 6 2013 4:23PM
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Sklar
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like stitching together shots form a sequence?

I did that with this sequence of vinny from dew tour last year

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Dec 6 2013 4:25PM
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Mag
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Joris did a cool one at nine knights(if you meant this rather than a gif as in video) -

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Dec 7 2013 5:35PM
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Mag
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embed fucked

Dec 7 2013 5:36PM
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louie.mirags
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embed success
Dec 8 2013 5:32AM
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joris.blanc
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Half embeded

Do you mean a sequence made into a gif animation like my dub backy one ? or like a cinemagraph ?
or something like this ?

Dec 8 2013 3:15PM
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Mr.Bishop
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Yeah more like a cinemagraph. So essentially just a single shot, so its designed to be a one trick animated .gif.... however it is shot with one of those cameras that is a photography camera that shoots video (sorry for being stupid about camera types).

So that your end product looks like this:

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It was just shot with a photography mind and a photography camera.

Make sense?
Dec 9 2013 6:02PM
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gravel
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I don't agree with this for said clip but now I get what you're looking for. I feel like it was just a shot from the camera that he made a gif.
Dec 9 2013 6:38PM
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Mr.Bishop
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Ack - sorry my english was totally wrong there.

I meant that the idea that I'm talking about should be shot with a photography mind and a photography camera... that example was sort of it, but that was taken with a video camera and shot as a video clip.

SORRY.
Dec 9 2013 8:21PM
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gravel
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Ha, you're good!

I forgot to do this type of thing this weekend shooting urban, I'll do it next time I'm out filming. I won't be able to do it with pics, but I'll try to bring the concepts of photography into a video that I can make into a gif, maybe even do some After Effects to make it less a gif of a video and more of a cinemagraph like previously mentioned.
Dec 9 2013 10:27PM
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DrZoidberg
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So basically, a gif with some thought to composition instead of just doing it to capture the trick?
Dec 10 2013 12:13AM
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Mr.Bishop
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Yeah I guess so. Again, I'm pretty uneducated on this stuff but I think it would turn out really badass.
Dec 10 2013 2:29PM
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Moosen
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Like a really well put together composition of one trick. So we essentially get what I like to call, the harry potter effect. Which is moving pictures.

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or a ski wigglegram!

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Dec 10 2013 4:43PM
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Mag
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Anyone got a link to the guy who was skiing BC iirc and did that "wigglegram" thing with 3 cameras?
Dec 10 2013 4:51PM
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Mr.Bishop
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A really well done cinemagraph could be absolutely epic. like a still of a super dope shifty 180 where you just animate and loop the shifty.

I think same concept but do the whole trick would be sick though. That was what my original idea was like.

We're getting somewhere here though.
Dec 10 2013 9:06PM
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aloj
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you're talking about like this? HD itself
http://youtu.be/1n7JTMpRJVA
Dec 11 2013 6:47AM
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gravel
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Magnus, here are the Black Crows Skis wigglegrams.


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Dec 11 2013 7:45PM
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Mag
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Perfect gavin.

Lol at the white gimp guy in every photo.

Some of these are really cool

Dec 11 2013 7:51PM
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gravel
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They are so sick. Not sure why they got cropped on here, but W/E, there's the link to the website. I love them, wish I had three cameras to try it with, hahaha.
Dec 11 2013 7:52PM
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JuliusJ
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That would be seriously the sickest thing!!
Dec 11 2013 8:47PM
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gravel
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How about this?

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Dec 14 2013 10:10PM
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Mr.Bishop
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Fuck YES! Dude thats exactly it.

That is cool as fuck no?
Dec 15 2013 10:34AM
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.jr
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So basically you just wanted to see a static shot gif? Theres nothing different than a normal gif, just the camera doesn't pan.
Dec 15 2013 11:11AM
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Mag
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There's a guy at the top right, he did do it, it would just be a lot more noticable/better with a lot of people, maybe if you were being towed by a car and you froze the car people would get it.
Dec 15 2013 11:16AM
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gravel
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I have another shot with more people in it that I can use to GIF again.
Dec 15 2013 2:34PM
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gravel
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New angle:

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Dec 15 2013 11:35PM
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.jr
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Gotcha, I could of watched that a hundred times and never saw him.
Dec 16 2013 12:48AM
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Mr.Bishop
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SUPER cool.
Dec 16 2013 11:18AM
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Mr.Bishop
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Man, I'm loving this. Keep it rolling, I feel like it could be a whole new category in ski photography.
Dec 16 2013 11:18AM
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cwphoto
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^ how do you even do something like that? (I'm gonna assume its not easy haha)
Dec 19 2013 12:17AM
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gravel
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Well. I set up the camera on a tripod that fits the whole trick in the shot. I import the shot into After Effects and manually animate a mask around just the skier so he is the only one moving. That's the hard/long part. Then I export it, reduce the frame rate, and convert it to a gif. Maybe I'll make a tutorial I can post in here if there's enough interest.
Dec 19 2013 12:50AM
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No.Quarter
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I think the people also have to look like they are moving in the still image too. Maybe like a skier weaving through people on a run. Or a wide shot of a park run with just one skier hitting a jump line. I think keystone (or any other large park for that matter) could be really good for that because of the layout of the park and on any given day there would be a lot of people so it would be easy to imply motion in the still part of the image.
Dec 19 2013 12:54AM
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cwphoto
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cool, thanks a ton! i know a couple people that are really good with cameras, i'll have to run the idea by them. i really like how your shot turned out!
Dec 19 2013 7:33AM
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Mr.Bishop
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Start the revolution. We're at the very beginning of something here that could totally blow up in Ski photography. Lead the way!
Dec 19 2013 9:28PM
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gravel
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YES SIR RIGHT AWAY SIR!


Dec 19 2013 9:46PM
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Mag
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Hahaha that's gold. Though I really hope this doesn't become a "popular" thing, not because hipster but because it'll only be good in moderation and when done well.
Dec 20 2013 11:26AM
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Mr.Bishop
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You should write a news article explaining it.
Dec 20 2013 1:22PM
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.jack.
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thought of this music video when scrolling through this thread. Not quite what you guys are talking about but i think its pretty cool.
Dec 20 2013 3:18PM
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JuliusJ
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its essentially just making a gif... yeah? i mean not saying he shouldn't but pretty sure the knowledge is out there on how to make them.
Dec 20 2013 3:46PM
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gravel
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Well there's a difference between a gif and a cinemagraph since a cinemagraph is specifically edited so only the subject moves and everything else is frozen... So it necessitates pretty intense After Effects masking.
Dec 20 2013 5:11PM
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JuliusJ
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I know what the difference is, but you can do the same in photoshop. Same result, different method.
Dec 20 2013 8:09PM
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JuliusJ
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And not trying to downplay any of the stuff done by you when I say that (cause both of yours are straight fucking awesome and I'm stoked that you're probably one of the first people going out shooting with that intent), I'm just meaning people are able to do it with just photoshop too. Same idea though, just intensive masking I think.
Dec 20 2013 8:13PM
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gravel
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Definitely. I didn't even think of doing it in Photoshop. Maybe I'll try that next time!
Dec 20 2013 8:15PM
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JuliusJ
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And maybe AE is more effective in producing it. I don't really know. I haven't done it, so really I'm not the one to talk haha.
Dec 20 2013 8:24PM
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