Time Lapse From Space
I guess the whole world have seen this video by now but I’ll just go ahead and post it anyway. Full info and other stuff at the Vimeo page.
1:06 Europe to the Indian Ocean
1:35 United States of America
2:01 Aurora Australis over Madagascar
2:26 Central Africa to Russia
2:44 Europe to the Middle East
3:00 Hurricane Katia
3:10 New Zealand to the Pacific Ocean
3:38 Northwest U.S. to South America
4:10 Aurora over Australia
4:34 North America to South America
5:05 Mexico to the Great Lakes
5:16 Hurricane Irene
5:22 California to Hudson Bay
5:38 Tanzania to Southern Ocean
6:00 Central Africa to the Middle East
6:15 Chile to Brazil
6:25 Africa to the Mediterranean Sea
6:37 Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan
Producing time-lapse video onboard the International Space Station while orbiting 250 miles above the Earth at 17,500 miles per hour helps people follow along on our missions, not as spectators, but as fellow crewmembers. — Ron Garan, NASA Astronaut, Expedition 27 & 28.
Links:
The whole story @ Fragile Oasis
Video @ Vimeo.com
Hipstamatic Disposable D Series
I’m not really sure why I’m writing this post. I don’t like this product — I’ve tried it and I will not be using it again. So, what is it? Well, The guys behind the Hipstamatic app for the iPhone have released a new app called Hipstamatic Disposable, or the “D Series”. The idea is that you have to shoot 24 frames (like old world cameras with actual film in them) before you get to see the results. I don’t get it. Maybe this promo video can explain?
I know that you are supposed to use this app together with some friends but will people actually use the app in this way? I doubt it. I shot one “roll” of film yesterday and today, no special pics just some stuff to get through the “roll”. Here are four of them:
I don’t like the results at all. You get much much much much better stuff from other retro cameras. To be fair I only tried one filter/camera but having to shoot all those frames to be able to see (I’m rambling!) the result made me lose interest. The app is free with additional in-app purchases if you want more film/cameras/filters/whatever. In conclusion; stick with the original Hipstamatic — skip this app — and you’ll be happy! Much more info on the app at iPhoneography (if you’re interested). And now for something weird; links to stuff I don’t like!
Links:
A really long review from another guy.
Hipstamatic Disposable D Series @ Official site
Hipstamatic Disposable D Series @ The App Store
Winter Is Here?
Stockholm finally got some snow. It started snowing last night and there’s a thin layer on everything this morning; trees, cars and roof tops. I hope it stays a few days — at least through Christmas. But it will probably be gone by then.
I Create .gif Animations
I started making .gif animations a few weeks ago. I have wanted to do my own ever since I saw the Three Frames Tumblr blog waaaay back. I finally sat down to figure out how to do them. I tried a few .gif animation programs but I never got comfortable using them, they seemed limited. This video tutorial showing how to do animations in Photoshop was really helpful (that’s what they are for, right?).
So, I was ready. I needed videos as a source material and I settled for music videos that I found on YouTube. I downloaded videos in at least 720p quality and extracted the frames I needed with MPEG Streamclip. Everything from three frames up to ten and got to work. I’ve collected all of them (around 35) at my Imgur.com gallery page — go chem them out.
Loading them all might take a while if you’re one of those poor bastards on a slow connection. Just let them load and enjoy.
Link:
My .gif gallery @ Imgur.com
MPEG Streamclip
Moving House – Back Online
No updates during the last few days, I’ve been moving house to a temporary apartment. My apartment is up for renovations; a new kitchen, a new bathroom things like that. I’ve got Internet at home again and I will hopefully post on a regular basis. Keep checking!
