Category Archives: technogeek stuff
Outside In Dark Sky Time-lapse Shoot
Exciting news literally on the horizon…Colin Legg is embarking on a truly ambitious mission to capture stunning dark sky time-lapse footage in the wilds of Western Australia. He’s taking a truly amazing 5 camera rig using high-end DSLR’s and specialized … Continue reading
EXPOSED! Outside In’s dirty little secret (and hot juicy details about Adobe After Effects CS5)
Shocking headlines seems to work for the rest of the media, so why not here I’ve been sitting on a “dirty little secret” about Outside In for almost exactly a year. But now, thanks to the release of Adobe CS5, … Continue reading
11 Reasons to NOT to make an IMAX art film in your basement: #7: “Too Much Data”
Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons. Popular Mechanics (1949) #7: “Too Much Data” If you recall from reason #5, “a 5.6k IMAX image at 32-bit color will contain 752,640,000 bits of data or nearly 1 … Continue reading
Concept Shot 1 – Lip-Sync with a Still Camera
For a little history on these shots, read this… Watch this very rough test from a couple of year ago and I will explain after. Get the latest Flash Player to see this player. [Javascript required to view Flash movie, … Continue reading
Am I a Mac or am I a PC?
Whenever I show footage, invariably I get the question “Are you making this on a Mac?” or even more pointed “So, you are making this on Mac, right?”. What’s interesting about this question is that it’s both irrelevant and reveals … Continue reading
"Still Life" wins award at Carrboro Film Festival
A few months ago, I did a camera test for “Outside In” on creating motion from a DSLR still camera. The test turned out so well, I turned it into a short film “Still Life“. A 6 minute section of … Continue reading
Toolfarm and Red Giant Software Support Outside In
I want to give a shout out to a couple of great companies that have been supporting the film. Yes, this sounds like an ad but I was a customer of both these companies long before “Outside In”. They have … Continue reading
Create 3D from your own Photographs – Make3d
I first became aware of this technique a couple of years back when I was struggling to work with rings of Saturn. It does not work at all for my purposes as it does distort and create artifacts not present … Continue reading
Ultracool Photograph & A Billion People Don't watch Mars Landings
So, I hope you watched the landing of Phoenix on Mars last night. I live for this stuff – I can’t think of anything more exciting than landing on another world. There was line in the script from the previous … Continue reading
Another Fun Exploring Space Tool
After finding the very cool Solar System Visualizer a few days ago, another new tool has come out and from Microsoft of all people. Well, from their Research division which has made cool stuff like PhotoSynth. It’s called the “The … Continue reading
