Replay Great Life Moments With Cinemagraphs
I found a video of my son going down the slide at a local elementary school from this past summer and I loved the way he slides down on his belly, looks back at me then climbs back up the slide. I noticed that the video was steady (I must have used by trusty iPhone tripod mount to record the video:) so I decided to make a Cinemagraph out of it. Continue reading
My Son The Storm Watcher
My son had his first experience with thunder yesterday evening, which was very entertaining. It was funny to see him both frightened and very curious at the same time. Every time the thunder hit he ran over to cling to me then looked outside to see where the noise was coming from. The storm lasted about half an hour and I was able to get some great pictures and video of him watching the rain.
I made this cinemagraph from one the videos I took. Making cinemagraphs from videos of my son is difficult due do his inability to be still for more than 2 seconds but I got lucky this time.
Turn An Old Photo Into A Cinemagraph With A Film Grain Effect
For my Springfield, Ohio: A Glimpse of the Past projects, I’ve come across some amazing historic pictures of my hometown. I found a picture of Springfield South High, the school I graduated from and thought it would look pretty cool with an old film effect applied to it. This is a great way to show off old photographs in a gallery (I prefer Picasa since it displays animated GIF’s when viewing the album). If you have any photographs that you would like to apply this effect to, I laid out the steps below. Continue reading
A Superman Cinemagraph
I used a trailer for Superman Returns that I found you You Tube to make this one. When I have some time I’ll make more from the Superman DVD’s I have. I prefer to make cinemagraphs from video or pictures I’ve personally taken but I’m a big fan of the character and I doubt I’ll encounter a Superman sighting anytime soon.
How To Make a Cinemagraph Using Only a Still Picture
I was going through some photos I took of an abandoned cinema (that was originally a vaudeville theater) in my home town and thought some of them would make fantastic cinemagraphs (I should change this to a site solely about cinemagraphs since it seems to be all I’ve written about lately:-). A couple of weeks ago I made a cinemagraph using only a still photo which was challenging for me since I’ve only used video to make cinemagraphs and wasn’t sure how to use the animation features in Photoshop with just one picture. After some browsing and experimenting I was able to figure it out and after I posted the cinemagraph, I had a few people ask me how I was able to add animation to a still photo so I thought I’d share the process I used to make the GIF at end of this post.
For this cinemagraph, I decided to use this picture of the projector room in the abandoned cinema.
A Halloween Inspired Cinemagraph
There’s an abandoned building near the parking garage where I work. I snapped a shot and thought it would make a great Halloween-Esque cinemagraph.
Have a safe and fun Halloween everyone!
Stephen Mertens is an IT professional and web design enthusiast. He lives in Springfield, Ohio where he spends most of his time daydreaming that he lives near the ocean.
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