Generating Video From Sequential Photographs via Riemann's Cut
I browse through a lot of photographs on the internet, scouring places like flickr and so on, and I often come across streams of photographs that have been taken in quick succession. So, I got the idea into my head to see what would happen if you tried to make a video of these images. I'm not going to say the results here are amazing, but given the right type of photographs, taken under the right circumstances, the results can be quite pleasing. Skip to the third video if you want to see the best example.
I'm using VirtualDub for all the video editing, plus two filters to achieve the resultant video. I've already blogged about the second part of the editing process, the frame interpolation between photographs. The new part to the process involves Gunnar Thalin's Deshaker plugin...