Turn a Short Video into a Cinemagraph in Photoshop In Minutes
You've probably seen those short videos where a few elements are moving on what appears to be an otherwise static background. They're dramatic and interesting, and luckily, they're easy to make, as long as you have a copy of Photoshop. Howard Pinsky shows us how in this short video.
In this example, Pinsky takes a video of a busy street, makes a duplicate of it in Photshop, and then uses a layer mask to "freeze" everything but the moving cars in one layer, and then freeze everything but the flashing lights in the other. When the two layers are played together, it looks like everything in the image is still, save the flashing lights of the signs on the buildings, and the speeding cars on the street. The end product is a sharp-looking video that's fit to share with friends or use in your own production.
The video walks you through the process in detail, but here's how DIYPhotography explains the process:
This is a fairly straightforward approach that begins after you drag your video file into Photoshop. Make sure the Timeline pops up on the bottom of the screen. If it doesn’t click Window > Timeline and you should be good to go.
- Next, with the video layer active, press CTRL + J (or CMD + J on a mac) to duplicate the layer. Head over to the Layers Palette and drag the duplicate to the top of the layer stack. Make sure it is right above theVideo Group. The duplicate will show up in the Timeline in it’s own level on the Timeline, drag it all the way to the beginning (the far left side) of the Timeline.
- Right click on the duplicate layer in the Layers Palette and select Rasterize Layer then a Layer Mask.
- Press B on your keyboard or click on the Paintbrush Tool. Select a very soft, black brush and paint over the area where you want motion to appear when you are finished. (Pinsky used a 200px brush with 0% hardness at a 100% opacity.)
- Press Spacebar on your keyboard to preview your cinemagraph. If you need to add more area of motion to the image, click on the layer mask and paint it in with a black paintbrush. If you get overzealous with the black paintbrush and too much of the motion is showing, simply switch to a white paintbrush and erase your mistakes.
- Hit the Export button on the bottom left of the Timeline (It looks like a bent arrow). Name the file, select the h.264 file format, and press Render.
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How Iceland Became The Go-To Place For Film Studios
“Life is salted fish,” says Einar Hansen Tómasson, Iceland’s Film Commissioner.
The phrase, coined by Nobel Prize winning author Halldór Laxness in his novel Salka Valka, is a perfect metaphor for Iceland’s work ethos. Just like work, salt fish is a tough, yet enjoyable, dish (imagine fish jerky) and it goes some way to describing Iceland’s hard-working yet creative attitude towards the daily grind.
Iceland’s economic recovery since 2008, when the country was literally on the brink of financial ruin, has been impressive. And there is no better industry to illustrate the country’s about-turn than the film and creative industries. Countless films have been shot and produced on this small North Atlantic island in the past few years, and it has spawned an entrepreneurial renaissance for the local economy.
Prometheus; Noah; The Secret Life of Walter Mitty; Star Trek: Into Darkness; Game of Thrones;Batman Begins… the roll call of blockbusters that have relied on Iceland’s landscape and local talent is impressive.
Game of Thrones’ Jon Snow (played by Kit Harington) on location in Iceland
It is no coincidence, of course. Tómasson has spearheaded the country’s campaign to make Iceland a go-to location for shoots, and the government is doing all it can to attract big studios.
Iceland’s stunning landscape does not take all of the credit for attracting film studios to shoot in Iceland, though. Up to 20 per cent of the costs incurred during the production of films and TV programmes in Iceland can be reimbursed – a healthy incentive. Add in the favourable currency, and the country’s on-the-ground expertise in film production and it’s a no brainer for film companies.
The results are positive for the country’s local businesses, too, as Tómasson explains: “Many filming projects – commercials, films and TV series – are shot during the ‘off’ season, meaning that Christmas has come early for local businesses.”
For example, the latest season of Game of Thrones (which uses the dramatic Icelandic landscape to shoot scenes “beyond the Wall”) meant local businesses sold an extra 3,000 hotel nights and 500 rental cars. In total, according to calculations by Promote Iceland, the net benefit to the local economy was well in excess of 1bn Icelandic Kroner (or more than £5m/$8m). This might not sound like a lot, but for an island with a population of just 320,000 people, it’s a significant amount of extra cash.
Local expertise
It is not just hotels and rental car companies that are benefiting, though. Iceland is becoming increasingly well known for its high-tech workforce and expertise in film production.
Reykjavik Visual Effects (RVX), a company spun out of international visual effects giant Framestore in 2012, has seen business expand fast. It has provided visual effects for numerous large-scale productions, including films such as Gravity, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, 2 Guns, Contraband, Australiaand many others. It is also the lead visual effects company for upcoming blockbuster Everest, due out next year.
Dadi Einarsson, the company’s founder and creative director, says what attracts companies to doing business in Iceland is the can-do attitude of Icelandic companies.
“People in Iceland are used to rolling up their sleeves and doing what needs to be done. It’s so easy to do business here and there is very little bureaucracy. The legislation is simple and the tax structure is easy to navigate – the studios really value that,” he explains.
Reykjavik Visual Effects creative director Dadi Einarsson
RVX, which employs 50 staff, is also able to compete on price, thanks to Reykjavik being significantly more affordable than the usual film clusters of London and New York City.
A key consideration for companies such as RVX is the available IT infrastructure which, in Iceland, is in a class of its own.
Visual effects companies create a lot of data, and it takes an enormous amount of processing power for the company to render the final product. This usually means paying for servers to be hosted in data centres, which can be very expensive. But Iceland’s unique climate and natural resources means costs can be kept much, much lower.
Verne Global owns and operates a 44-acre data center campus in Keflavik, Iceland; just a 30 minute drive from Reykjavik. Data centres often consume vast amount of energy in order to cool down the servers and processors, which is essential to keep them efficient and working.
Yet, unlike data centres in other countries, which rely on (expensive, dirty) fossil fuels to power the campus, Verne Global can leverage Iceland’s cooler climate and renewable energy sources to power the campus. This means costs can be up to 50 per cent less than otherwise.
RVX’s Einarsson says this is an important consideration for his business. “Managing overheads is key to survive in this industry, so being able to scale our data and rendering up or down, depending on our needs, is great. We just don’t need to worry about it. The fact the energy used by Verne is clean is also an extra stamp of approval from our clients. It means we can work absolutely guilt free.”
Experienced Icelandic production companies, strong green credentials and an advanced infrastructure are, without a doubt, helping Iceland to position itself as a global hub for the film industry.
But there is still ample room for the country’s burgeoning film industry to grow. Says Tómasson: “We have the talent, both in physical production – shooting - and post production. This is a growing industry for us. We’ve shown the industry that Iceland can make any film. No one ever says ‘no’. We care and we can make anything happen.”
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