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33. Slow Motion From Pictures! [After Effects Pixel Mo…
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Create a super slow motion effect from images in After Effects! All you need is two or more photos to create this effect. Pixel Motion is used in After Effects.
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0:18 - Slow Motion From Photos Example
1:00 - Tutorial Start (tips and important information)
2:51 - How to Create Slow Motion From Pictures (method explained)
devowe.com/blog/2011/slow-motion-from-pictures-after-effects-tutorial/
☞ TIPS:
✏ Rotate around your subject - your axis of rotation should be around the subject in the photo.
✏ Choose subjects with little background detail to achieve the best Pixel Motion effect.
✏ Keep the motion between images very, very subtle. Practice rotating around your subject once or twice before you take the picture.
✏ Remember to have your camera on manual EVERYTHING: Aperture, Shutter, Focus, and White Balance. This will ensure the fastest multi-burst from your camera (DSLR or point-and-shoot). If you are shooting at a higher ISO, turn off in-camera noise reduction.
✏ Rename your files to numbers or alphabetical order - After Effects sometimes won't create a proper JPEG sequence with filenames such as "IMG_9738.JPG". In this example, I renamed my photos by chopping off the first 5 characters (making the filename "738.JPG") with a file renamer.
✏ Resize your images to your output WIDTH (1920 for my project). I created an action in Photoshop that automates everything. This will speed up your overall production and processing time.
☞ You can also use this method by zooming into your subject (instead of rotating) while shooting the images. Do this by either zooming with the lens, or physically stepping closer to your subject. Remember your manual focus here.
UPDATE: How to resize your photos/images:
✏ Download my Photoshop preset: bit.ly/resize-for-1080p-HD
✏ Follow the included instructions
REMEMBER that the photos you run through this Photoshop action WILL be overwritten. What I do is create a new folder called 'resized', copy my originals into it, then run the Photoshop action on the 'resized' images folder. After that, I chop off the first five characters of the filename with a file renamer such as File Renamer Basic (bit.ly/File-Renamer-Basic).
To see other After Effects tutorials (including 60p to 24p Slow Motion Conversion, SUPER Slow Motion, TRUE Color Correction, and more), go to:
vimeo.com/channels/aetuts
devowe.com/
Audio: Zoom H4n + Redhead Windscreen
Please bestow a ♥ like or leave a ✉ comment if you have questions!
0:18 - Slow Motion From Photos Example
1:00 - Tutorial Start (tips and important information)
2:51 - How to Create Slow Motion From Pictures (method explained)
devowe.com/blog/2011/slow-motion-from-pictures-after-effects-tutorial/
☞ TIPS:
✏ Rotate around your subject - your axis of rotation should be around the subject in the photo.
✏ Choose subjects with little background detail to achieve the best Pixel Motion effect.
✏ Keep the motion between images very, very subtle. Practice rotating around your subject once or twice before you take the picture.
✏ Remember to have your camera on manual EVERYTHING: Aperture, Shutter, Focus, and White Balance. This will ensure the fastest multi-burst from your camera (DSLR or point-and-shoot). If you are shooting at a higher ISO, turn off in-camera noise reduction.
✏ Rename your files to numbers or alphabetical order - After Effects sometimes won't create a proper JPEG sequence with filenames such as "IMG_9738.JPG". In this example, I renamed my photos by chopping off the first 5 characters (making the filename "738.JPG") with a file renamer.
✏ Resize your images to your output WIDTH (1920 for my project). I created an action in Photoshop that automates everything. This will speed up your overall production and processing time.
☞ You can also use this method by zooming into your subject (instead of rotating) while shooting the images. Do this by either zooming with the lens, or physically stepping closer to your subject. Remember your manual focus here.
UPDATE: How to resize your photos/images:
✏ Download my Photoshop preset: bit.ly/resize-for-1080p-HD
✏ Follow the included instructions
REMEMBER that the photos you run through this Photoshop action WILL be overwritten. What I do is create a new folder called 'resized', copy my originals into it, then run the Photoshop action on the 'resized' images folder. After that, I chop off the first five characters of the filename with a file renamer such as File Renamer Basic (bit.ly/File-Renamer-Basic).
To see other After Effects tutorials (including 60p to 24p Slow Motion Conversion, SUPER Slow Motion, TRUE Color Correction, and more), go to:
vimeo.com/channels/aetuts
devowe.com/
Audio: Zoom H4n + Redhead Windscreen
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awesome viideo. is it only possible in ae cs5 ?
Thank you for your comment!
REMEMBER: The action will overwrite your image(s). Create a new folder, copy all the images into it, then run the action on them. I will update the description with more info.
Hope that helps!
vimeo.com/14723055
Any thoughts?
ill have to try this out.
do you know if it would work with video?
now i need to find something cool to slowmo
Thanks for the comment Tamarcus!
vimeo.com/18474955
Here is my first crack at it. It's really short but I hope to do longer videos soon.
vimeo.com/18779627
Thanks again!
i ran some pixel motion tests. you and yours can check out the results: vimeo.com/19053584
You mentioned some of your image numbers are missing. The way to fix this is to use a file re-namer (like the one in my description above: bit.ly/File-Renamer-Basic) to rename all the files in sequence.
Thanks for the comment!
Thanks for sharing, i look forward to using this in the near future.
I will test now!! See you.
-Michael
Windows XP: [Drive]:\Document and Settings\\Application Data\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS4\Presets.
Windows Vista: [Drive]:\Users\\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS4\Presets.
Make sure PS is closed before you save the preset to the proper location above. Hope that helps!
Make sure Photoshop is closed, then try opening again. If that doesn't work, check your presets location (see my reply to Jose Mas Perez above).
Hope that helps!
-Michael
Thanks Michael!
Yes, it makes sense that more photos = 'more' slow motion.
-Michael
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