HC Effect

Butch Moore wrote on 6/14/2008, 11:35 AM

I'm watching "The States" on the History Channel. I've noticed they're using lots of stills, many with the normal "Ken Burns" movement techniques.

Occassionally, they also use a "warping" technique, particularly on older photos, that adds a sense of 3D to the movement...as if the warp of the photo changes slightly as the movement changes. The effect is subtle, but works well within the context of the fast moving program.

Can anyone jumpstart how to reproduce this effect?

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Butch Moore wrote on 6/21/2008, 8:57 AM

Yeah!

ATW, that's what I'm talking about! Do you have any idea how it's done?

Thanks

DrLumen wrote on 6/21/2008, 10:56 AM

It may not be the exact process but one way to cheat it is to zoom in on the still with the correct aspect. Then, turn off the aspect lock and key frame a squeeze of the image vertically using the track motion. Here is a test.

boombright.com/grfx/pushtest-sm.mpg

I added a little blur to the foreground and slightly tilted the image back using a 3d track motion but those weren't really necessary - just tinkering really.

The effect was exaggerated quite a bit and was not really optimized for quality. ie I could have probably zoomed in less at the beginning so the image wouldn't be as pixelated.