From the course: Creating Cinemagraphs with Photoshop After Effects Flixel and Cliplets
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Planning a cinemagraph shot
From the course: Creating Cinemagraphs with Photoshop After Effects Flixel and Cliplets
Planning a cinemagraph shot
- Throughout the exercises today, we're gonna take a look at several different cinemagraphs, and along the way I'll share shooting strategies with you. But to get things started, let's take a look at a high level of good composition for a cinemagraph. One of the things I like to say, is that it's a combination of video, time-lapse, and still photography, all in one. In fact, you can use all three of those elements to make a cinemagraph. You wanna think about the strengths. But, to begin with, it all starts with composition. I've got three shots here, and I'll show you what makes a good cinemagraph, and what doesn't, in my opinion. Let's take a look at this first one. You'll notice when we play this video back, which is a 4K shot of Vancouver, that we have a lot of movement. Ideally, the water is moving, which is gonna work great for our cinemagraph. But we'd like to freeze other elements to get the file-size down, and make it a bit elegant. The trees up here in the top corner, easy to…
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Planning a cinemagraph shot2m 54s
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Stabilizing the camera2m 37s
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When to shoot video for cinemagraphs3m 37s
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When to shoot time lapse for cinemagraphs1m 51s
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Combining stills with video or a time lapse4m 44s
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Choosing a frame size and frame rate3m 39s
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File-format considerations2m 45s
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Shooting a demo (putting it all together)5m 52s
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