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I’ll try to be quick and simple here and leave any additional feedback based on comments later. The following is price and setup needs for everything other than a decent PC and the presentation computer running MediaShout 4 or Propresenter. The PC build ran us roughly $1000 (i7 quad with 8gb ram). Be sure you use a full ATX motherboard like the one shown below! It will allow room for the multiple capture cards. The items below are the significant pieces of the system that make it work. The video splitter is to split a black/white stage display feed from MediaShout with text for songs coming from the stage display function in MediaShout going to a usb output device like the one shown below. That input (split into 3 signals) is keyed and replaced with one of the three camera feeds to create the 5th, 6th and 7th input selection shown in the images below. An example of the lower thirds processed live in VJDirector will be added below.
Example Video Above:
Software link:
VJDirector with CG creator for lower thirds
My first test at HDR using a trial version of the Photomatix plug-in for Photoshop. I wanted to spend more time cleaning up the image, but this the result of little “work” and the “Grunge” preset within the plug-in. I used 8 photos ranging from 1/60 to around 1/2000 to create the HDR version of the photo. I had the camera set to AV priority mode and adjusted bracketing in the exposure slider. See samples below!
I’m really wanting to try HDR for time-lapses after seeing this video on Vincent Laforet’s blog. It requires an interval timer for your DSLR and a nice slider rig. As they say, you can find anything online. Information blogs like www.learningdslrvideo.com and his recent post here have greatly helped me learn various tools to achieving professional results on a budget. As you’ll see in the videos below, HDR time-laps takes a considerable amount of time and resources to create. Five (5) to eight(8) shots are needed (at different exposures) to create just one HDR image. On top of that, there are two popular plugins on the market for adding effects to your HDR image ( Nik HDR EFEX Pro and Photomatix by HDRsoft). So, yes.. wanting to try it… will I – is the question…
Watch these in HD @ Full screen!
TheChapel. A short film. (HDR timelapse) from Patryk Kizny on Vimeo.
Behind the Scenes!
Making Of The Chapel from Patryk Kizny on Vimeo.
