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This video was made in Crosseye 3D format. This is different from the Parallel 3D method in that the images are reversed. To view it, look at your ...
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This video was made in Crosseye 3D format. This is different from the Parallel 3D method in that the images are reversed. To view it, look at your nose, then refocus on the screen.
For every video I make, it seems I have to learn something new. For this video, I learned a bit more about Blender's Video Sequence Editor. I owe my ability to use cross-fade, iris, and alpha-under transitions to Tony Mullen's book Mastering Blender, which I am in the process of reading.
The scene with the ring may look familiar, as it is adapted from a previous video of mine (The Illusion of Flowers). Now it is in 3D with some minor changes to suit my purposes for this video. I am a little proud of my 3d camera rig. Some people say not to use a toe-in camera setup, but for this video I do. I currently like toe-in because it allows me to control the depth at which objects emerge from the screen. That said, I am an amature at this stuff and my opinions may change as I read more, especially if I learned how to have such control with a parallel rig. (I have used parallel rigs in the past, and I may go back to them.)
The second portion of this video is a cross between stop motion animation and time lapse. In stop motion, you usually move an object, push a button, move an object, push a button, and repeat this process a few hundred (or thousand) times. In time lapse, you film an object that is moving slowly with a camera set up to take frames at a set interval automatically. (Clouds are a common example, and by far the easiest objects to timelapse and get spectacular results.) For this video, I set the camera to automatically take frames at a set interval (five seconds) while moving the carrots by hand in between frames. This was a fun game. As you can see, my hand made it in to the video a few times.
Actually there were two cameras taking pictures automatically. They are identical webcams, each cost me $9.99 and the low quality is evidence that I got what I paid for ;-) I wish I had a way to use them both with one computer like a security camera setup, but I have yet to find the right program for this. It may even require special drivers/cameras to do this. For the time being, I have to use two computers. Some day I will probably buy better cameras. Still, these cheap ones are decent.
There is a funny story about how I ended up with exactly 14 carrots. You see, it started on an unseasonably warm December 3rd when I wanted to go Christmas shopping, but ended up going for a 7-mile walk instead. On the walk I passed a farmers stand that said it was OPEN. The next day, on my way back from Chrsitmas shopping, I decided to stop and buy something. There wasn't much for sale, but then I saw these carrots, some of which were deformed and reminded me of my previous "Carrot Gotee" series of videos. I asked what the farmer wanted. $1 per basket. How much for the large basket? $2. I took the large basket and a smaller one and gave him a $5. Not a bad price for an interesting creative opportunity. It wasn't until a few days later (December 7, 2009) when trying to decide what to do with the carrots that I realized I had bought exactly 14. The pun of 14 carrots could not be resisted.
Where else can you find 14 karats for $5?
The music was composed by me on December 9, 2009 and December 12, 2009 using Musescore, my current favorite tool for making Midis. It was composed as one score, then shortened to fit the video length, then split into two scores with complementary parts deleted to make it nice and stereo.
I then recorded each side into Audacity to convert it into Mp3 and finish it off with a few effects. Both sides required serious amplification! After saving the original Mp3 with clicks and pops removed, the Background audio was made in the following sequence: reverse - echo - reverse (to place it forwards again) - wahwah - then the volume was decreased to place it in the backgound and the original audio was reinserted with left and right sides opposite the background.
Sounds hard but it was really just fun.
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A wintery piece for 5 percussion: marimba, xylophone, vibes, glockenspiel, and chimes. The sounds that the melodic percussion makes sounds like be...
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A wintery piece for 5 percussion: marimba, xylophone, vibes, glockenspiel, and chimes. The sounds that the melodic percussion makes sounds like bells with the warm sounds of wood. Feel free to leave any comments. Dance of the Icicles is not based off of any tune that I know of. Made with musescore. Enjoy.
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Other than that, MuseScore really is an amazing program. Though, I do wish the strings sounded a little better. Oh well... considering it's free, they sound great.
Slur does not affect playback: http://www.musescore.org/en/no
Part dynamics do not affect playback: http://www.musescore.org/en/no
Ornaments playback http://www.musescore.org/en/no
Next release will have those fixed most likely.