This is a quick time lapse of the 4.2M mirror getting prep’ed for coating. Footage was shot on a Canon 7D with a Tamron 18mm lens, 1 frame every 2.5 minutes. Thanks to all at Lowell and especially the people working at the DCT.
Aug
03
Aug
03
Discovery Channel Telescope Construction Time Lapse
This is a time lapse of the construction of the Discovery Channel Telescope (DCT). This was taken over a period of 6 weeks with my Canon 7D mounted to a beam on the dome of the telescope. A total of 6372 of 2592×1728 raw images were taken. These were then processed using Lightroom 3 to balance for WB and color. The image sequence was then edited using Final Cut Pro to remove the dead (no motion, night, etc.) scenes and to time expand some of the motion scenes. This movie would not have been possible without the cooperation and assistance of all of the fine people at the Lowell Observatory and the assistance of the construction people at the DCT. Many thanks to all.
This was shot using a Canon 7D
18mm Tamron lens
F10, AV Mode, sRaw
Frame Rate 12fps
The camera is mounted to the dome which is why there are rotations in the FOV. Interval is one shot/8 min.
Aug
03
Motion Tutorials
I use to have some tutorials on Apple’s Final Cut Pro Motion 4. With the advent of FCPX, I have since dropped using FCP. FCPX may be good for some pro-sumers out there but it does not work for me. If you are interested in my tutorials, they are still posted on my Vimeo account page. The following tutorials are still available:
Understanding Lighting in 3D using Motion 4
Understanding Layers in 3D using Motion 4
Aug
01
Welcome to Phil FX
I just moved my hosting from iPage over to Bluehost. The performance change is noticeable right off the bat. I’ll get my tutorials back up pretty soon.
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