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2010 MacPro Unboxing

Carrotkid said:
Thanks, I use Final Cut Pro for all my editing including the stop-motion. It usually takes about 5-10min to collect all the frames you need (depending on length of shot) and then I nest them together so I can the necessary apply filters and color correction as a single shot.
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Can you please explain in more detail how you "collected" and reassembled the frames.

Outstanding video and conrgrats on the MP. That's the model I'm going to order.

JohnG
 
johnnymg said:
Can you please explain in more detail how you "collected" and reassembled the frames.

Outstanding video and conrgrats on the MP. That's the model I'm going to order.

JohnG
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Thanks John. When filming the stop-motion I film about 1 second of video for each frame (or capture frames as photos depending on the camera). Then in the editor I playback the video and select 1 frame for each movement (30 for each second of video) and line them up in the timeline. This sounds like a lengthy process but it goes very fast in Final Cut. Then once you have all the frames for a shot, you nest them together so that they appear as a single shot in the timeline. Now you can edit the stop-motion shot as you would any other shot.

Hope this helps :)
 
Carrotkid said:
Thanks John. When filming the stop-motion I film about 1 second of video for each frame (or capture frames as photos depending on the camera). Then in the editor I playback the video and select 1 frame for each movement (30 for each second of video) and line them up in the timeline. This sounds like a lengthy process but it goes very fast in Final Cut. Then once you have all the frames for a shot, you nest them together so that they appear as a single shot in the timeline. Now you can edit the stop-motion shot as you would any other shot.

Hope this helps :)
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I think I will try that when I receive the Mac Pro. So far, I've been using iStopMotion Pro for my stop motion videos:

http://vimeo.com/9217997
and
http://vimeo.com/9910573
 
Great Cool Video. You must be a Pro Video Editor. Congrats and enjoy your new Mac Pro!
 
Carrotkid said:
Hey Guys, got my new Mac Pro last week and so far I have not had any issues with it - works great :)

I also made a short unboxing video so I would have some footage to test my editing work flow on the new machine - mostly done with stop-motion and ended up looking more like a video brochure for the Mac, haha. Hope you like it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMru6ICAdw8
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Great Video!

How did you do all those effects?
 
richthomas said:
how did you do that? were you in a green body suit? like i presume a person is opening the box but it is somehow edited out. sorry im a novice :D.
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When dealing with static shots (a non-moving tripod shot), it is very easy to crop things out of the frame and combine multiple shots into one. You just have to be sure to keep things visible in the shots and your lighting both very consistent.

Doing that kind of work on a moving/handheld shot is a different story.
 
richthomas said:
how did you do that? were you in a green body suit? like i presume a person is opening the box but it is somehow edited out. sorry im a novice :D.
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Hey richthomas, no worries, I shot this video via stop-motion animation (I use my body suit for other activities ;) )
Thanks for watching :)
 
To be honest when I clicked on the vid link I thought it was going to be some dude drooling over his purchase - but oh no you decided to blow the doors off the mutha!
Nice work!
JTH
 
That was sweet. I have never tried stop motion.... I may have to see if I can do it in Final Cut Express.
--C. Alan
 
I wasn't even going to look at the unboxing (since I have one) until I saw the comments ooing and ahhing over it.

I have to say that was THE COOLEST unboxing ever! Great job! :)

I may have to look into using final cut for stop motion. Currently I just shoot still frames with my 5DM2 and open the image sequence in Quicktime :eek:
 
:eek: That's just stunning!

Definitely the best Mac Pro video I've ever seen. Since I'm not in the video industry I've got absolutely no idea how you've done that. :confused:
Impressive!

I'm wondering why Apple doesn't put such a video on their website...
 
Best unboxing of a Mac Pro on youtube by miles. Would love to see a breakdown of the video or more works.

Congrats!!!:):):):):):):)
 
Awesome video! I especially like the plugging in of the cable that was cool!!

Nice work!
 
chrono1081 said:
I wasn't even going to look at the unboxing (since I have one) until I saw the comments ooing and ahhing over it.

I have to say that was THE COOLEST unboxing ever! Great job! :)

I may have to look into using final cut for stop motion. Currently I just shoot still frames with my 5DM2 and open the image sequence in Quicktime :eek:
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Wow, you must get amazing looking animated shots with the 5DM2. Do you render in 2K or higher, given that the resolution is much higher on a DSLR. I shot my film L19: Disposed on just a Nikon D40 and it looked great so I can only image the image quality of you 5DM2.

And yes, you will find working in FCP much more satisfying than Quicktime. But that's cool that quicktime allows you to do that. Thanks for watching :)
 
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