On our way to Valencia, Spain. Realizing there’s a place here called “Torrent”. Guess it’s where the pirate bay have placed their servers?
Month: May 2009
HDR Timelapsevideo
I’ve written about the HDR effect before. And I’ve written about timelapse several times…
Per Erik Sviland just published a video that combines the stuff. Timelapse and HDR. That high dynamic range effect usually just add an intense feeling of something kitschy. But because it really enhance the clouds it works well in a video like this.
Gruda/Ullandhaug HDR Timelapse in HD from Per Erik Sviland on Vimeo.
Per Erik has also been kind enough to include a nice how-to explaining how he made this video on his blog.
DXO Optics Pro Rocks!
I have written about how to correct Fisheye images in this blog before. Now the team behind DXO Optics Pro have built support for the combination of Canon 5D MarkII and my Canon 15 mm f2.8 Fisheye.
And look no further. The best fisheye correction you can get is here. DXO analyze the different lenses in detail. On the specified camera. So you need to check if they have a module for your lens / camera combination. But if they have, DXO does the best corrections possible.
My original image
Corrected with DXO Optics pro
Corrected with DXO Optics Pro with new aspect
All sorts of corrections
I’ve just scratched the surface of this program. It does all kinds of advanced corrections. Here is my old test image from the 50mm f1.4.
Original 100% crop at f1.4
Any chance that DXO can do something with this total mess of optic errors?
100% crop at f1.4 corrected with DXO
Pretty impressive! But before you run out buying crappy lenses thinking that you can save everything in DXO, have a look at the same image snapped at f5.6:
Proper optics out there in the field is the best way to go. But so far I’m impressed with DXO. It’s worth the fisheye correction on my 15mm alone!
Speaking in Bergen and New York
This week I will be speaking at the Nordic Media Festival in Bergen (Norwegian). I will mention some of my key experiences from the One Year in 40 seconds-video. Talk about the media industry and new services on the internet. And try to draw a picture of the most important trends.
In June I will be at the Open Video Conference (english). Talking about some of the work we have done at the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. BitTorrent, Creative Commons etc.
I hope to see some of you there! But most of all:
For both presentations I am interested in thoughts and feedback. Any important trends or services I need to mention?
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