The Weird World of Slit-Scan Video

Make your own slit-scan videos with the Slit-Scan Movie Maker - available now at http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/slit-s... !

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  Film & Animation

[Trevor Alyn]

jonsmithman: I was shooting out the window of a car at probably 300fps. Nothing special about it beyond that. To be honest I'm not sure exactly why it looks like that, but I love the fact that it looks that way.

[trophythedrifter]

hi trevor, i have a question about SSMM, what is the max size or frame rate for the input video ? may it work on 1080 i/p with 60f/s ?

[Trevor Alyn]

I've never tried it, but to be honest, I think it might be problematic. The app requires a lot of horsepower and memory even with smaller videos. Also, the bigger the video is, the more extreme the slit-scan effect is -- so unless you're dealing with extreme slow-motion, it's going to get really distorted really fast. You're welcome to try it, though!

[Naomi James]

was this all done with the slit scan movie maker app?

[Trevor Alyn]

Hi Naomi,

Yes, all of this was done either with the final version of the Slit-Scan Movie Maker or with a prototype that I built first (which worked exactly the same way).

Hope this helps,

trevor

[prbrune]

So THAT'S what the world would look like if c was 70 mph...

[Trevor Alyn]

LOL

[OMFGLOLBURTON]

Go home Camera, You drunk.

[poorlymadeproduction]

This reminds me of that guy who could only see in 2d until he went to a movie theature and watched a 3d movie (im not making this up by the way)

[thebrokengnome]

and I thought one could never capture an acid trip on tape

[jonsmithman]

Hey trevor, what exactly were you doing with the camera in the last shot? Were you simply shooting out the window? It seems that objects in the foreground stay clear while the background gets trippy.

[Fahmi Safa]

Hi Trevor, very cool app you have developed!!, just wondering what footage were you working with? was it from a high end slow motion camera shooting at a high fps value or did you slow down footage in post production because my movies look really blocky and not as fluid as yours!

[jabbitful]

thats sick man

[BlueThaBrain]

This was great! Reminded me of The Twilight Zone or Dr. Who! A psychedelic trip!