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Cellular Animation

August 19, 2011 | Posted by Ben in Animation, Video

Here is some video from a cellular automata system. I started playing around with the footage to see how it would look at different speeds and scales. A future version of this video will be produced in 3D and look more like the video below. Animations of cellular automata are very cool; so much energy, [...]

4K Video from a DSLR

June 5, 2011 | Posted by Ben in Photography, Video

I recently made 4000 pixel by 4000 pixel (4k) video with an ordinary DSLR camera. The example on this page shows curved video for a fulldome planetarium, but this technique will also work for producing standard footage. The Problem For a student, the main challenge in producing good 4k video is cost. Without an IMAX film [...]

3D Fulldome Video

December 10, 2010 | Posted by Ben in Animation, Video

Put on your 3D glasses! Here is an awesome little animation that my computers took all last week to render: The content of this 3D video is a short illustration of the history leading up to the housing bubble. This animation may be the start of a more comprehensive piece about tech/finance/politics. I also made [...]

C4D Cherries

November 10, 2010 | Posted by Ben in Animation, Design, Video

This video is a render of a modeling, animation, and compositing exercise that I put together. I modeled and animated the scene in Cinema 4D, then added motion blur and bubbles in Adobe After Effects. It turned out pretty cool.

New Hampshire HDR Timelapses

August 20, 2010 | Posted by Ben in Photography, Video

These videos were shot on Christine Lake in NH with a Canon T2i and a Sigma 4.5mm fisheye lens and formatted as a dome master to be projected at 4k resolution. This first video is a moving high dynamic range timelapse taken from a rangeley boat.