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h0ughy
10-11-2010, 07:38 PM
I posted this in the Queensland astrofest thread but realised i should have given the video its own thread (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cgMuIyIVHo);) This is a test and i probably will redo it again. Sorry but its on youtube so the quality is out the door - actually its the very first thing i loaded on there. Sorry about the music - my original track i had on it was copyrighted so couldn't use it.
Taken over 5 nights - all night;)
EDIT FAster version here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-UxIm96aI0)
h0ughy
10-11-2010, 08:09 PM
Thanks Steve. i am not entirely happy with it and will redo it again from scratch, but i can say there are no repeating sequences - there is about 3000 odd images, some taken with the 400D and the majority with the 30D
ballaratdragons
10-11-2010, 08:18 PM
:bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown:
FANTASTIC!
jjjnettie
10-11-2010, 08:32 PM
wonderful work Dave.
I think I saw my set up there a couple of times.
Hope you don't mind, I've shared it with all my astro buddies on FB.
Astroman
10-11-2010, 08:32 PM
Nice work David, some really enjoyable footage there... is the jerkiness of some footage a thing to do with Youtube or the actual movie? Just a Q. by no means having a go at the footage...
peter_4059
10-11-2010, 08:33 PM
Awesome Dave - thats a long animation. Must have taken a long time to put it all together.
DavidTrap
10-11-2010, 08:42 PM
A marathon effort.
Can you share what sort of exposures you were using? Did you take all of these images in RAW or as JPEGs? (I've been thinking through the logistics of such time-lapses and given the number of images and that it will be viewed on a video screen would mean lowish res JPEGs would be appropriate)
Ta
DT
h0ughy
10-11-2010, 08:44 PM
LOL thanks ken you can get up now, you will get a bad back ;)
thanks JJJ - err whats FB - oh never mind just occured to me - face bookends
on a normal PC it works fine - so it must be the downloads from youtube - i created the video at 10 images per second
well stuffing about is taking longer but i used windows moviemaker live for windows 7. works ok. then used adobe media encoder to save the 700mb file for youtube.
I sent an original version of the file to [1ponders] a few weeks back so if it was jerky maybe he would have noticed it?
Astroman
10-11-2010, 08:49 PM
Why not speed it up to normal video speeds of 25fps or higher? 10fps is a little slow, but thats personal taste..
h0ughy
10-11-2010, 08:52 PM
everything in raw plus jpeg - though i have done this is jpegs but left it open to reprocess and redo in raws. the astrotrac shots were 60 or 70 second shots at iso 1600 with a 10mm fisheye lens. may view is that if its high quality to start with it helps big time - allows for a bit of flexability. but if its too low res then you cant make it better ;) 16 gig card and just go for it - i have 4 x 8 gig cards and a 16 gig card
h0ughy
10-11-2010, 08:53 PM
i suppose but then it would run too quick?;)
Matt Wastell
10-11-2010, 08:57 PM
Great - I was entranced!
Thanks!!!!!
xstream
10-11-2010, 09:04 PM
Dave, I'll make sure I'm there next year with the Muscat to keep you awake. You slacked off on the amount of photons! :rolleyes:
Job well done. :thumbsup:
h0ughy
10-11-2010, 09:13 PM
glad you liked it
well you slacked off by not being there LOL;)
stanlite
10-11-2010, 10:03 PM
is this the time lapse that was frustrating you up at astrofest ... the one that turned out blue ??? i remember it well.
h0ughy
10-11-2010, 10:06 PM
lol yep, but i found out it was to do with the pal/ntsc settings
lacad01
10-11-2010, 10:24 PM
Great video :thumbsup:
h0ughy
11-11-2010, 06:43 AM
thanks Adam:)
multiweb
11-11-2010, 08:34 AM
:lol: Loved the credits! Really great video a nice music to boot. Looks like you had heaps of fun and photons. Very well done indeed. :thumbsup::thumbsup:
h0ughy
11-11-2010, 10:40 AM
LOL cant make things too serious;)
Quark
11-11-2010, 01:02 PM
A super effort there Dave and most enjoyable thanks so much for sharing.
Cheers
Trevor
acropolite
11-11-2010, 01:10 PM
yes I agree with you Dave, what's more he didn't even have a note from his mum...:P.
I'm not able to check it out ATM, I will when I get home tonight, I'm almost trembling with anticipation...:D
iceman
11-11-2010, 01:14 PM
Nice work Dave. I hated the music ;) but some good sequences there.
I would've preferred it to go quicker. 10fps is a bit slow. Sure the video would be over quicker, but that's not always a bad thing. People's attention span is about 1.5-3 minutes when watching video.
Nice work for a first attempt!
h0ughy
11-11-2010, 01:42 PM
thanks Trevor
h0ughy
11-11-2010, 01:44 PM
LOL hope it doesn't disappoint
h0ughy
11-11-2010, 01:45 PM
yeah i know -the m,usic is crud - send me something i can use. I will redo the video at a higher frame rate
firstlight
11-11-2010, 02:10 PM
Hi Dave, can you try to upload it to vimeo? quality is good and I'd be able to view it at work.
Cheers
Tony
h0ughy
12-11-2010, 01:32 AM
OK i followed Mikes advice and sped it up (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-UxIm96aI0) with even cornier music:P
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