Do it in the basket - TRAILER

[Delicate]

Hi

Please note this 1 minute TRAILER (EXE-file for PC) I made for one work I put on Vimeo.

I tried to combine two interests of mine, where photography is the other one.

http://www.mediafire.com/?61gq4phungofpaj

Introduction:

The EXE presentation is a shortened version of my work, consisting of only 30 pictures.

It's a fullHD 1920x1080 size slideshow.

No picture here is showed faster than 0.8 sec.

I used 'Unsharp mask - Best for animation - 30' sharpening.

I didn't actually made any bigger attention to this show, it's just a reference to the show i uploaded on Vimeo.

So, you can find the full version on Vimeo:

http://vimeo.com/32485966

This version was made using 3.550 fullHD pictures in a row on PTE, version 7.0 !!

Do you think this might be some kind of a record with PTE?

The technique is timelapse, stopmotion and 3D-animation.

Now, because my computer (hardly any ordinary computer?) is not fast anough to show a EXE-presentation where pictures change with 40ms intervals, the presentation must be rendered to a MP4-file. This took approx. 5 hours with my old computer.

I used 'Unsharp mask - Custom - 100' sharpening. Even because of fast picture change, this sharpening rate is of no problem for PTE because the show is rendered to a MP4 file.

I try to explain my experience with both versions, which you also can find out for yourselves by watching both.

And first I must say that the MP4 version I watch via a USB-stick on my Samsung television/monitor is of just an outstanding quality, and now I don't talk about the show itselves - the picture quality is just great on the screen.

I'm a PLUS member on Vimeo, which mean that the show I upload can be watched in 1920x1080 resolution.

Regarding sharpnes, I find no problem on Vimeo. I think I even made the show too sharp in many places with flickering as a result.

But because a video on the internet (like Vimeo) is compressed there is a loose of image quality, which can be seen especially on dark areas of the video frames. With lighter frames with much texture I don't really find much difference.

I also noted that the contrast is higher on the video aditionally rendered by Vimeo which mainly can be seen also on darker areas.

So for future projects I put on Vimeo I might decrease the contrast on darker pictures.

Well all together, I'm pleased with PTE's capability of mixing different techniques like ordinary slidshow-like sequences with stopmotion, timelapse and 3D-animation.

Ps. Guess how many pictures are used on the scene with the violin-players shadow on the field - wrong, just ONE picture.

Regards,

Jan

[Ken Cox]

Jan

vimeo ver is definitely a WOW SHOW

ken

[Lin Evans]

Cool stuff Jan - looks great in HD!

Best regards,

Lin

[Delicate]

Thank you guys for you comments!

Jan

[coopernatural]

Jan,

For me,this was one of the best AVs of 2011.

Super show and very original.

Keep it up in 2012.

Davy

[Delicate]

Davy.

I was actually a little curious how the PTE people would react,

because this is more like a video rather than a AV-show.

Still, the technique is much the same - pictures in a row in PTE, just showed much faster...

And no actual video used.

For the moment I'm just sticked to this way of working.

But it's hard work, it took me numerous evenings for two months to finnish (I commented this also in a long answer on Vimeo)

Thanks Davy for your comment here on the forum,

...in fact, I've got hundreds of fans in the ballooning community on Facebook - feels strange :-),

and thousands watching it on Vimeo, hmmm...

[coopernatural]

Jan,

I had tried (unsuccessfully) to make this type of show using hundreds of video frames.

Realising the sort of input needed,I gave up.

Hours and hours of work. The response here was fairly quiet except for those

who could appreciate your efforts. Maybe it sits easier with those in the video community.

Apart from the technical aspects,I found it fascinating to watch.

Davy

[Ken Cox]

JAN

there are very few willing to experiment -- maybe they are but they dont talk about it (

i treat anything out the ordinary as a breath of fresh air-- your show almost took my breath away

the experimentation that is presented only pushes Igor to enhance the product further and further

keep the brain cells working

ken