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First attempt at subjective transcoding of audio into video using the ambient lapse technique, and first attempt at continuous ambient lapse. Continuous ambient lapse is different from previous discrete ambient lapse experiments in that it tries to recover inter-frame motion, making a final video that truly simulates long-exposure photography.

Shot in infrared around 5am near Prospect Park, while listening to the audio ("A Good Man is Hard to Find" by Sufjan Stevens) slowed down to a sixth of its length. All processing is done in Max with Jitter instead of Processing.

My favorite parts are some of the quick scene changes and steady view shifts (around the tree, down a path). I'd like to try this again somewhere with more motion -- especially where there are lots of people.

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  • Bogdan Dullsky 2 years ago
    It is really beautiful...
    Idea...
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  • blair neal plus 2 years ago
    niice..the movement parts are really cool.. almost like a 3d effect, especially on rotations..i like the blurring a lot better on this than the other ambient lapses
  • Kyle McDonald 2 years ago
    Thanks Blair. I think the biggest reason for the blur feeling different is that the source was sped up only 6x when previous ambient lapses have been anywhere from 20-60x. At 6x you can actually see the trails from overlapping exposures.

    Right now I'm rendering another one using code that is severely different than this one, at 15x, with source from before Friday's open mic set to "The Bells Play the Band" by Bell Orchestre.
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  • Mike Moreno plus 2 years ago
    very nice
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  • Croytaque 2 years ago
    I didn't know Sufjan Stevens (i'm super curious)
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