Sometimes I find myself intrigued with what a “real” timelapse looks like still shot followed by still shot versus a video speed up to cover the same amount of time. I think both have valid points, but the flexibility of a raw still photo with 18 megapixels allows for a ton more control in the post production process. Continue reading Sunset Test
Author: Wes Koetje
Foggy Sunday
This Sunday coming home for lunch the light was simply beautiful. I uploaded a few of my favorite images to flickr. You can find them at, http://www.flickr.com/photos/weskoetje/ There is something about the way light is so very diffuse through clouds. I always find it simply stunning. The beauty makes me wonder how anyone can deny that there is a God. Click the image above to see the full image.
Sticky Snow Storm – February 24th
Snow was still sticking to the trees 2 days after the snow storm – I saw the light around this barn and trees and drove by 4 times just to attempt a good shot.
Alpha Transitions in Final Cut Pro
Beyond the stock transitions that have to be downloaded from Apple’s webpage you can create your own, but doing this turned out to be a bit of a challenge, as the documentation is almost non-existent and I haven’t ever done something this way. I have keyframed wipes with videos that had alpha channels, but I had never used the “alpha transition” transition that was new with FCP 7. So… here was my process. I created this wipe in after effects – I thought it would work great with our weekly announcement video “the pulse”.
After looking at a few ariticles online I was only further lost as to how to actually make it work, I tried about 20 times at black/white mattes and finally came up with a combo that worked.
You need to have the white be the part of the transitioning video that shows and the black is the part that is transparent (like this)
Thirdly, you need to have a video clip actually give instructions as to when or how the video goes from (clip a) to (clip b) and that is what this third clip is for.
The important thing on this clip is that white is your (clip a) or the video/image your transitioning away from and the black is the incoming video/image.
I hope this sort of makes sense, I write things like this down so I can remember better and maybe I can help someone else along the way.
-Wes
Westside Story Week 1
The idea was to mix common craft style narration with a touch of the sprint now network commercials to see what we could come up with. I was pretty happy with the results. The voice over was done by Sam McCord director of Mission House and all of the sound effects were inserted by Jared Wells. I hope you like it.
Day 10 – Baptism at WFC
This sunday at Westside was an interesting one. Gremlins were in the system and with our volunteers on the tech team. We added 4 extra projectors to do some room projection. We also had baptisms here today. I had the opportunity to take photos of the people getting dunked during 3 of our services. It is always a great reminder of God’s action in the life of our members and reminds of the time when I was baptized years ago. I love seeing people take their next step following after God. From young kids age 4 through adults that could be my grand parents. It encourages me to push on and keep following each time I get to see someone take their commitment public.
Day 9 – Moms Nikon
This was my moms camera she used to take pictures for her high school yearbook. Unfortunately it has developed a gap in a lens and therefore is rather useless for me anymore. It still looks good, and I hope to someday be able to use its lens on the t2i.
