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2. HDR Video Demonstration Using Two Canon 5D mark II's

by Soviet Montage

1 year ago

1. World's First True HDR Video using DSLRs

by Soviet Montage

1 year ago

by Alaric Cole and Michael Safai

Shot entirely with our custom built HDR video rig. No lights, reflectors, shades, or other gear was used to make this video.

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aaron hall 1 year ago

do you mind sharing how this was done?
Aaron 1 year ago

agreed.
Scott Goodwill 1 year ago

common id love to know how this was done. pls share the method to your madness
mafuko films 1 year ago

I guess, this was shot on film camera, and editing program was AAE ? tell us
Soviet Montage 1 year ago

the short of it is that we're using DSLRs to capture at different exposure values. More details, and what will hopefully be the first short ever shot entirely in HDR, to come soon
pango 1 year ago

you have to hurry, RED's new cameras will have HDR integrated.
ariel wollinger 1 year ago

This looks like a stereo rig in zero position. Also the cameras are out of sync in sub frame timing. Not really the world's first too. But nice anyway.
Goldenboi24k 1 year ago

Hater!!!!
ariel wollinger 1 year ago

nope.
413 Studios 10 months ago

what videos do you make ariel?
Jeremy Guetta 1 year ago

How did you align the different optical lens in the same axis ?
Soviet Montage 1 year ago

Beamsplitter rig, built with blood and tears and aluminum strut.
Michael Nease 1 year ago

Almost looks animated to me. very cool
Peter Strømberg 1 year ago

Excellent, however you did it.
(Two way mirror perhaps?)
astute 1 year ago

I'd love to see a picture of the rig!
Seiishu 1 year ago

Yeah man, post some pictures of the rig. Great work!
Sneaker Stickies 1 year ago

Someone kinda did this November 2009 with lucis art. I'm aware they didn't use 2 cameras with different exposers but I'd still consider it to be the first attempted "hdr" video.
youtube.com/watch?v=vWXJhat3tJI
Christopher Ashworth 1 year ago

Why not simply use this method with one camera only...

labs.adobe.com/technologies/cinemadng/

HDR from one Cinema Raw source.

Nice work but a little to soft for my taste.
Please try doing an Edgy, Industrial "sharp" look.
413 Studios 10 months ago

yeah they're just going to go out and do an edgy, industrial "sharp" look now that you said it. It took them months to do it.
Mark Brown 1 year ago

Hey this is really great! I think you've just invented a whole new concept of filming dream sequences!
Raul Anaya(Guad) 1 year ago

love this...been trying it but hanvt been able to get anything close..keep it up!
Armando Croda 1 year ago

Interesting. How did you linked the cameras?
bob fately 1 year ago

Say, do you think Panasonic would make a version of their AG3DA1 stereo camera with a single lens assembly but keeping the dual CCDs so one could be set +2 and the other -2 stops? That could be the ideal unit to make the raw video.
Question - what kind of processing time per minute of video shot is required?
Black7Wolf 1 year ago

Certainly not the first HDR video. Search for
"HDR test with a Red cam 3d rig"
here on vimeo.
Soviet Montage 1 year ago

FYI that video was posted a few weeks after this one.
Isaac Burdeinick 1 year ago

They Must Used Two DSLR With Video Capture, One Over Exposed & other Underexposed Focusing The Same Subject... After That It's All Software and PP.
Bill Voelker 1 year ago

For kicks, I HAD to try simulating the effect with one camera and Photoshop.
vimeo.com/15210585
Horsefly Productions 1 year ago

Loved the video. It looked more real than real life, and somehow still looked like a graphic novel. As others have asked before me: How was this done?
410 Garfield Films 1 year ago

There are several methods to create HDR video. But I think the use of the two 5Ds here is what sets these short clips apart for the Soviet Montage guys. Splitting the image and with the +2, -2 stops really brings this impact home on the 5Ds. I have a feature length script whose genre would benefit greatly from this technique in key scenes. I will be shooting a trailer to create some buzz for the film and am determined to do the trailer with the dual 5D method. We are working on a rig right now.
David Jeter 1 year ago

Jim, we're working on building a similar rig. Getting the engineering ironed out on the frame right now. When it's done it will be used in a few projects that the funding production company is tied to, but I will likely either build more or make the 1st one available soon after. We're in the Dallas area.
Joe Bouillot 1 year ago

How do you merge the two clips ( whats the rig) Mirrors
Håvard Fandrem 1 year ago

I hope you've seen this:

vimeo.com/11774969
Vasto Captura 1 year ago

I do believe that you are a pioneer.. nice work.. love the method, very creative. I look forward to see where this takes you.
Richard van den Boogaard 1 year ago

Fantastic footage.

BUT — this is not TRUE HDR, since basically you're combining two simultaneously recorded compressed takes. When compared to the world of stills this is the same as creating an HDR from bracketed JPEGs. Therefore, it's FAUX HDR. Until Canon allows us to bypass the encoder and record in RAW mode directly, only RED is likely to offer TRUE HDR with their new HDRx technology.
Tosha Isaev 1 year ago

what u think about this? its my HDR effect test vimeo.com/16617744
Tosha Isaev 1 year ago

and this vimeo.com/16617759
Jess 1 year ago

Really cool
Brian Distad 1 year ago

Awesome!! I've actually been working on this for quite some time now myself. I have a photography background in HDR and have been trying for months to do it in video. check out my video vimeo.com/17519920
Travis Guerra 1 year ago

Brian..looks like a cartoon..not hdr to me not even close to this video..there is now a omni rig..thats supposed to do it
gerar 1 year ago

that is so easy to do with only one camera guys you dont have to believe everithing you read.
gerar 1 year ago

sorry about my english
Erian Trotland 1 year ago

I did a test using only one dslr. Check it out youtube.com/watch?v=v5l1EiRwiZ8
John Lee Siebert 1 year ago

hey guys,
thats awesome. is there a possibility to output the file in a hdr format with a RGB + light channel? i mean like the photo *.hdr format has? (without tonemapping) because i think MOVING hdr footage would or will be pretty interesting für image based lighting (3d rendering)
fernando 11 months ago

sick!!! well done
Orestes Mitas 11 months ago

This is awesome! How did you do it?
413 Studios 10 months ago

great work. this is interesting because you could make it look unreal for a graphic novel type video.
Miguel Netto 9 months ago

Lemme see something to try...:

1- shot the sequence.
2- export frames to singles frames using After Effects, naming by eg. shot.jpg (you can use .tif).
3- Batch process the single frames in photoshop with -2ev and save frames shot-2.jpg
4- Batch process the single frames in photoshop with +2ev and save frames shot2.jpg
5- Join the 3 frames (shot.jpg + shot-2.jpg + shot2.jpg in Photomatix. First make a new profile in Photomatix like you want, them use the batch process with this profile.
6- Leave the machine work. Time to coffee.
7- Join the frames in After Effects or FCP at the same frame rate you shot.

Obs. The frames exported are automatically incremented number in After Effects.

Done!
Gabriel Corbion 9 months ago

Great!!!!
Patrick Kennedy 4 months ago

my hdr video

vimeo.com/28769079
Blackout AKA Michael Biggins 2 months ago

awesome