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From: Graeme on 11 Jun 2010 03:07
In message <87dak0Fr2fU1(a)mid.individual.net>
James Jolley <jrjolley(a)me.com> wrote:

> On 2010-06-11 00:18:24 +0100, Colin Harper <colinharper(a)x.com.invalid> said:
> >
> > Full article here:
> >
> > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Burns_Effect>
> >
> > I make no comment on the quality of that article, suffice to say that
> > literally, I couldn't put it better myself.
>
> No that's really interesting. I've always tried to take an interest in
> stuff like this, even though not seeing it puts me at the disadvantage.
> I bet the effect works even better with HD material, because it'de be
> easy to zoom in on individual details.
> >

The BBC used the technique extensively on the children's story-telling
programme Jackanory, though I never heard it given a name.

--
Graeme Wall

My genealogy website <www.greywall.demon.co.uk/genealogy/>
From: SM on 11 Jun 2010 04:49
Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> wrote:

> >KBE is to image sequences what HDR is to landscape photography.
>
> Oh gosh no. KBR doesn't break anything, whereas HDR on landscapes
> breaks my visual systems. Horrid, it's like that audio "compression"
> that radio uses to full all available aural space with noise.
>
> Curiously, HDR in computer games pretty much means exactly the
> opposite - if you're in the dark tunnel with a lamp and can see the
> walls, you won't be able to see anything but a bright light at the end
> - and VV. See pics under "image quality" at
> http://www.bit-tech.net/gaming/pc/2005/09/21/lost_coast_benchmark/1

I was being a little provocative there ;-)

Just as there's arguably nothing wrong with camera moves across a still
image there's nothing fundamentally evil about HDR photgraphy in that it
can be used to give a balanced image similar to the view of the eye.

The reality is often the iPhoto slideshow where each image is treated to
(and spoiled by) the Automatic KBE setting and the tone-mapped to hell
HDR image.

Stuart
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From: Pd on 11 Jun 2010 07:04
SM <info(a)that.sundog.co.uk> wrote:

> The reality is often the iPhoto slideshow where each image is treated to
> (and spoiled by) the Automatic KBE setting

Isn't KBE *automatically* applied in iOS4? Or iMovie or iPhoto on the
new iPhone? I'm sure I remember reading that and thinking "god I hope
that's turn-offable". Irritates the snot out of me.

--
Pd
From: SM on 11 Jun 2010 07:16
Pd <peterd.news(a)gmail.invalid> wrote:

> SM <info(a)that.sundog.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > The reality is often the iPhoto slideshow where each image is treated to
> > (and spoiled by) the Automatic KBE setting
>
> Isn't KBE *automatically* applied in iOS4? Or iMovie or iPhoto on the
> new iPhone? I'm sure I remember reading that and thinking "god I hope
> that's turn-offable". Irritates the snot out of me.

Hope not! I don't mind moves on stills if there's a point and enjoyed
Dogtown and Z-boys which has a huge amount of rostrum work on stills,
but those creepy creep-ins etc. from iPhoto are like nails on a
blackboard.

Stuart
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From: James Jolley on 11 Jun 2010 08:28
On 2010-06-11 08:07:35 +0100, Graeme <Graeme(a)greywall.demon.co.uk> said:

> In message <87dak0Fr2fU1(a)mid.individual.net>
> James Jolley <jrjolley(a)me.com> wrote:
>
>> On 2010-06-11 00:18:24 +0100, Colin Harper <colinharper(a)x.com.invalid> said:
>>>
>>> Full article here:
>>>
>>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Burns_Effect>
>>>
>>> I make no comment on the quality of that article, suffice to say that
>>> literally, I couldn't put it better myself.
>>
>> No that's really interesting. I've always tried to take an interest in
>> stuff like this, even though not seeing it puts me at the disadvantage.
>> I bet the effect works even better with HD material, because it'de be
>> easy to zoom in on individual details.
>>>
>
> The BBC used the technique extensively on the children's story-telling
> programme Jackanory, though I never heard it given a name.

Interesting fact that. I wonder if the quality of the story-telling was
improved by it, you know, art meeting literature and all that.

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