Mixing Photography and Photoshop in a new way - Cinemagraph [Gizmodo]

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Being 4th of July weekend, I thought it might be cool to create a cinemagraph with some sort of USA flag theme. After riding around San Francisco without finding what I was imagining I'd see, I thought I'd check out the military graveyard in the Presidio. I had a vision of each gravestone having its own flag. I didn't see any US flags that I could get a good angle on, but did see a POW flag.

After that, I happened to ride by the golf course in the Presidio and realized there's a flag on each green. Not a US flag, but a flag non-the-less. With the ball in flight from a chip off the green, and the sun quickly setting in the background, the shot turned out pretty good for a 2nd attempt at a cinemagraph with a completely unstaged scene.

Canon 7D, 24mm Prime lens.
I can't remember the ISO or aperture

Thanks for the contest and showing this technique. I definitely will keep playing with it.

-Dave Walker

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I was sitting in our garden, reading, when my wife Rebekah came out with a bottle of champagne and two champagne flutes. I was holding my glass up in the light while she poured it and watching the cascade of bubbles I thought... "Hey, this would make a great cinemagraph!" This is only my second attempt at the process, but it's something I will continue exploring. Because it's awesome. Shot with a Canon 5D Mark II, Sigma 50mm/1.4 lens, f/3.5 (I think) and I don't know what ISO or speed I shot at. I think the ISO was somewhere between 400 and 800... or ... well... we were drinking champagne, so I really can't tell you all the details. But I hope people enjoy it!

-Craig Schott

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The legend has it that whoever drinks water from Gazi Husrev-Beg Mosque Fountain is bound to return to Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. That's what my girlfriend and I (natives) were told by a randomly passing tourist while filming the video. We kinda knew that already, but hey, thanks, guy! The shooting itself was pretty straightforward once I borrowed a tripod from a friend. Camera: Nikon D90 with the 18-105mm f/3.5 kit lens. Settings: Aperture priority mode, f/5.6, ISO 250, 1/160, 105mm.

-Damir Zekić

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This one was tough! I spent a lot of time trying to plan an interesting shot, and went through about a dozen different ideas before settling on the simplest one. At one point I had a landscape with fluttering flag and a skindiver repeatedly diving (movement looked too small), a car rapide (small bus) zooming past on an overpass (could not get the frame rate correct), and my dog wagging his tail (looked cool, but was boring.) I settled on the swingset and fluttering flag in the background as it had a creepy quality to it. Overall, it was a lot of fun, and taught me a few things about using Photoshop and shooting video (which I rarely do with my P&S.)

Taken in Dakar, Senegal with a Canon SX210IS in standard HD video mode.

-Matthew Sweeney

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I used my Canon T1i with the kit lens. I had several Ideas that didn't quite work out, but for my first attempt I think this one worked OK.

-Andrew VandenHeuvel

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Setup: Panasonic GF1 w/ 20mm pancake lens. Shot with video, edited in PS5 using the tutorial supplied in challenge.

Great learning experience! Thank you

-Aaron Hinckley

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Here is my very first cinemagraph. I wanted to try something I had not seen before which is juxtaposing the same model several times in a photograph...a fashion photo convention that I love...and animating it. It's an interesting still photo convention used to evoke motion. Yet, ironically the motion comes from the "wind" animating the hair and necklace unexpectedly.

It was actually a really painstaking production process that took me several days to figure out and execute. I basically animated each figure and then cut and paste each frame onto the final canvas. I wanted a graphic design element to add the feeling of an animating fashion editorial which I had not seen much of either.

The equipment: Canon 7d, Macbook pro, Photoshop CS4
The settings: zoom lens 28-135 mm, shot around 50 mm, ISO 800, lit with two 1K Arri lights

-Karen Ngo

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When I read this week's challenge, I wanted to try it! I knew my knowledge of a cinemagraph was limited, so I did some research. I don't own any fancy Photoshop software, but I do have GIMP and I was bound and determined to figure it out using that. Between the helpful links on the challenge site and this one: http://www.slideshare.net/Keef21 ... deo-file-using-gimp, I was able to figure something out!

I took quite a few small videos at the local park, but it wasn't until a thunderstorm arrived that I really found something I wanted to use. This is a plant outside of my small apartment that quietly collects raindrops from any storm. I thought this was much better than what I had before (moving ducks, fountains, and dogs...) I think this is one of those "less is more cases".

My dslr doesn't have a video component, so I used my Sony Cybershot. This was on all "auto" settings, and sadly none of the settings recorded on the digital video that I can see.

-Amanda Jaeger

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I never heard of this type of image before this challenge, and it opens new doors for still photography. I used my Canon XSi mounted to a tripod, since it does not have a video function, This was shot in natural light in my Boston apartment. I used continuous shooting to create the feeling of a video. It was shot at f/1.4 at 1/50 using my 50mm 1.4 lens. Using photoshop to create a video from the photos and a clipping mask to get the cinemagraph. Keep the fresh types of photography coming!

-Seth Porter

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If you are like me, the worst thing that can happen is someone sending you a link to "the funniest video EVAR" only to meet with this swirling circle of evil for twenty minutes. Look, Youtube, I get it. You serve eleventy billion videos a day, and I could probably wait a minute. But that's beside the point. The point is that if I want to watch a video of a cat falling asleep, I want to do it NOW. RIGHT NOW.

-Garret Evans

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Shot with Canon 7D, 50mm 1.4L lens.

After reading about the challenge I grabbed my camera and noticed my cat enjoying the sun next to me. So he became a model for the day. Took a video of him at 1080p@24p used photoshop and the guide provided to make this pic.

-Oleksandr Panasyuk

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Done with a 7D 28mm 2.8 lens (at F/2.8). The story behind the picture is pretty hilarious. My friend and I tried doing a couple other pretty boring ones (drinking out of a glass that would never empty, stuff falling through the frame every couple of seconds, etc). But after experimenting with that for a bit and realizing that on the whole they didn't turn out to be that interesting, we decided to try and think up a moment which nobody wants to relive infinitely. Initially our idea was a long string of spit that would constantly dribble from someone's mouth into the toilet, however at that very moment my father came home after having a meal of watermelon (so don't worry it's not red for any dangerous reason) and offered to take our Cinemagraph to a whole new production level. Ironically, after we finished taking a video of him, I was so disturbed that i actually puked myself...(TMI, I know). So there is the whole messy story, and I hope that everyone "enjoys" it to the maximum that something like this actually can be enjoyed! It's gross, and without a doubt, NOT FOR THE FAINT OF STOMACH, but someone had to push the proverbial envelope and we are happy to be those people.

-Adrian Nugent-Head

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The camera used for this shot is a very crappy Insignia NS-DV720P. I don't really know the specs on this camera, except that it's 5mp. I just set it on Auto in the Settings and let her rip.

The idea of this shoot came about when I was watching Inside the NBA on TNT. Charles Barkely was challenged to this 25-Second White Bread Challenge that Kenny Smith discovered on the internet. Basically you have 25 seconds to eat a plain, single piece of white bread. Sounds simple enough but it is very difficult. Needless to say, Charled Barkely failed the challenge, as did I. I came in at about 35 seconds.

I decided to use this video as my Cinemagraph simply because using this technique really emphasizes the eternal struggle I had with that damn piece of bread. It made my mouth extremely dry and I felt like I was on a continuous loop of chewing while trying the challenge.

-Steve Galea

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This particular contest really appealed to me, so I dove in head first for my first shooting challenge. I had tried a couple scenes prior to this, but the animation wasn't coming out as smoothly as I'd like so I thought I'd try this scene for more practice and it turned out to be my favorite. I thew my camera in the corner on a tripod and jumped away everytime fearing I'd smash my head on the low ceiling in the basement. Fortunately I did not, and although my head was a little cut off in the picture I liked the result. My basement isn't particularly visually stunning, walls are lime green in fact, so I put it in black and white, which also made it a bit sharper once saved as a gif. Equipment used: iPhone 4.

-Mike Thweatt

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Shot with a Canon FS200, built in lens. ISO? Riiight. I'm no photographer. Just someone who enjoys Gizmodo and likes to have phun with Fotoshop.

THE STORY:

Evie enjoyed lounging in the sun, cleaning herself and coughing up the occasional fur ball. She'd play a bit, get a bite to eat then take a break in the litter box and start all over again.

Until the parakeet showed up.

The bird cage is in the corner near the ceiling. Just out of reach. The bird inside stares down at Evie. Taunting her. Bouncing from side to side as if to say, "You want some of this?" Tilting its tiny morsel of a head from side to side as if to say, "What are you waiting for? I'm right here..."

"Come and get me."

So Evie waits.

Any day now they'll set up the ironing board like they always do.

Right there in the corner.

And it'll be so ON.

-Jeff Pedigo

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Taken Friday evening as my girlfriend calmly waits for me to get ready before heading out for the night. I recently took and left my main camera on a trip to Florida at a friends. I didn't want that to stop me from completing this great shooting challenge so I used my phones camera in its place. I took the video at 720p. Converted the video to .MOV and then I played around with color hues and contrast till I got to what you see.

-Javier Urbieta

賴昌星

哈！會活動既相。

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Can you give me the source link?

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Hi Brother..
I found it on Gizmodo...but it doesn't tell you how to make it.
http://gizmodo.com/5819367/shoot ... inemagraph/gallery/
However, I find the following link quite useful.
http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/How-To-Make-A-Cinemagraph
it teaches you how to make Cinemagraph using Photoshop.
If you need more information, you can look Cinemagraph up on Google.
Good Luck!!!

dswhkg

Very funny, have the feel of Harry Potter !
Try try sin!