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  • Hey all, just changed over the backend after 15 years I figured time to give it a bit of an update, its probably gonna be a bit weird for most of you and i am sure there is a few bugs to work out but it should kinda work the same as before... hopefully :)

HDRx scoop...

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So Graeme came up with another advancement today for Magic Motion. It deals with the most difficult situations of bright highlights moving quickly against a dark background. I tried it on some of my older HDRx footage and was blown away... but I wanted to try something more difficult. At the house we have a gas fireplace. While not the most natural looking "read a book by the fireplace" fire, it forces out the flame with rapid changes. Very difficult motion to deal with, especially with two exposures. And usually something in fire is near clipped or white in the center. The perfect test. I used HDRx +3.

Here is the result. I did no grading whatsoever. I just pushed the "Magic Button"...

Jim

http://red.cachefly.net/flame.mov
 
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Does this mean that Magic Motion is now TOO good to be used for its previously attractive motion aesthetic? I really liked the way it 'trailed'.
 
Impressive! I had to single-step through it to be able to see any sign of motion irregularity, and even then there was nothing obvious.
 
Jannard said:
Very difficult motion to deal with, especially with two exposures. And usually something in fire is near clipped or white in the center. The perfect test. I used HDRx™™ +3.

Here is the result. I did no grading whatsoever. I just pushed the "Magic Button"...
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Clean, defined motion on the flames looks great. Second Ace's question about possibly having user adjustable Magic Motion blur.

And you guys never cease to amaze me.
 
Ace said:
Does this mean that Magic Motion is now TOO good to be used for its previously attractive motion aesthetic? I really liked the way it 'trailed'.
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You still have both options...

Jim
 
Does anybody see the image jumping around? Or am I crazy. Watch the edges of the wood...

Never mind... just read the other post.
 
Roberto Lequeux said:
It looks normal, only not clipped at all.

The entire frame seems to jump. Was someone walking next to the tripod?
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heh heh... that was probably my heavy hand trying to stop the clip quickly so I didn't have to trim it. I had the 18-85mm RPZ on a flimsy tripod. Caught in the act.

Jim
 
Here is an old clip with the new "Magic Button" algorithm. Not only does the motion look very natural but you can see how good EPIC is with skew... or lack of it.

Jim

http://red.cachefly.net/mMotionX.mov
 
Jim what is that moire noise on her jeans?
 
or moire noise on reduser?

Exciting... Graeme what ever you are doing keep doing it.

Can we see Vegas?
 
shashbugu said:
Jim what is that moire noise on her jeans?
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Obviously an H.264 scaling thing... here is a 100% crop from the original file. Strictly for medical purposes...

Jim

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I just realized what it is, you posted before me
 
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