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- When do you think it will be socially acceptable
to wear these as a fashion statement around?
I'm very curious.
I mean, it's not practical at all because I can't see you.
But I think I look cool. I think I look futuristic and hip.
This is definitely like, "Here, take my photo right now,
"for, like, a weird Instagram post."
(camera clicks)
Nailed it.
Send it to me.
Give me those roars.
What's going on everybody.
Here, I'm gonna take these off.
In the last video that you guys saw on this channel,
we started exploring time lapses.
But to make those time lapses look really great,
we added something called motion blur.
And that's the secret sauce that makes amazing time lapses.
And we learned a lot by doing that video.
So I wanted to share all that information with
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Imagine I said somebody else,
just like David.
This is David.
No, it's with you guys.
I want you guys to learn how we did it.
In this week's video, we're talking everything motion blur.
Consider this your masterclass for motion blur
for time lapses.
Now what we're gonna be doing specifically
is exploring how to do it with the DSLR
both for free and using a paid app, and on your phone.
So buckle up, grab a raspberry kombucha,
or half drinkin' latte.
I really hope you have better beverage options than that.
And let's start to learn.
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All right, so before we talk about motion blur,
I'm gonna assume that most of you know
how to do a time lapse.
But if you don't, here's a quick refresher.
There's a couple different ways
that you can capture a time lapse.
If you're using a smartphone, most likely your camera app
has a built in time lapse feature.
If not, there's a bunch of apps out there
which we'll talk about a little bit later.
The way that I do it is using a mirrorless camera
or a DSLR.
Now specifically, I use the Sony cameras
which have an interval timer built into it,
which essentially means that I can take a photo
based on any interval that I want,
every one second, every four seconds, every five seconds.
The choices are unlimited!
To a degree.
Also most mirrorless cameras and DSLRs
have a built in time lapse mode.
So what you can do in this case on Sony cameras
is called slow and quick mode.
That's what S&Q stands for on that little dial.
Essentially what you can do is set the intervals there,
and it will create a video clip
based on the duration of your time lapse.
If you guys want a more, like, in-depth tutorial
on time lapses, we can definitely do one,
but you have to let me know. Is there demand for one?
You don't have to say it in that voice when you comment,
you can say it in your own voice.
But I would like to know.
All right, so here's how you get motion blur
for free in Premiere Pro.
Now this works both for an image sequence,
and a video clip time lapse.
If you guys don't know what an image sequence is,
you can click up here and watch my hyperlapse tutorial
that will teach you everything
about creating image sequences for time lapse.
But let's get back to this motion blur.
So let's open up Premiere Pro,
and let's right click on that file,
Now click speed and duration.
Also the hotkey for this is CMD+R or CTRL+R,
depending on if you're on Windows or Mac.
Now go to the time interpolation drop down menu.
What we're gonna wanna do here is choose frame blending.
Now, here's a shot without frame blending.
And now here's our final shot with frame blending.
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All right, so I would say this motion blur
looks pretty decent.
It gets the job done.
But, I've always wanted things to look a little bit better,
and there's another way to do it.
All right, so let's explore the pro way
to get motion blur in your time lapses.
Now we're gonna be using an app called
Reel Smart Motion Blur,
or RSMB.
Now I first discovered this app
when a friend of mine, Mike Visuals,
posted something on Instagram
showing this app being used in Premiere Pro.
And I DM'd him, I was like, "What is this app?
"How do you get the secret sauce?"
And he was like, "You just download it."
So, this is this secret sauce for your time lapses.
Now I wanna show you a comparison
between Reel Smart Motion Blur and just the frame blending
which we had in the previous clip.
Here's the frame blending.
Now here is the Reel Smart Motion Blur.
If you compare the two, the second one looks more blendy.
Well, you're gonna have to pay $109 for this app.
You have to make the call if it's worth $109 to you.
But as someone who runs a business
and takes time lapses seriously like myself,
I can justify the cost.
So yes, it's a pretty penny,
but you get blendier motion blur.
Okay, so Reel Smart Motion Blur is compatible
with most editing softwares, and there is a free trial.
But I'm also just gonna put an asterisk here.
Companies, when you give a free trial,
don't put the big old watermark on it.
Why?
Give me like three days to use it pro.
Don't put a giant red X in there.
Anyways, I digress, back to it.
So this plugin is very, very easy to use.
Let me show you how to do it.
Now once you've activated the app or purchased the app,
you'll just drag and drop the RSMB effect onto your clip,
and voila!
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You can go in and control the blur amount
and the motion sensitivity.
Again, here is a clip with just normal frame blending,
and here's a clip with the RSMB effect on top of it.
I hate that it's $109, but it looks pretty sweet.
All right, so let's jump into smartphones.
Now if you wanna get similar results
to what we got with RSMB and the DSLR,
you can download the Moment app.
Now the Moment app is something I've been using
a lot recently for time lapses.
Usually when we're traveling,
I like to set up a second camera for time lapses,
so I can go to, like, galavant with the vlog camera,
and go, "(mimics singing) I'm making a vlog, cameras."
(mimics laughing).
And then the time lapse is doing its thing,
and getting me B-roll.
So that's a great way to just use your smartphone
as a supplementary piece while you're shooting your videos.
Plus the quality out of smartphones these days, in 2020,
is pretty dang amazing.
So this is a great alternative,
rather than using a DSLR just for time lapses.
Again, there's a quality difference,
but this is still pretty amazing.
So let's open up the Moment app
to get the best looking blur.
What the frick, I turned on the light.
Okay, a quick little warning, the app costs
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six dollars.
That's like a boujee latte.
So now that you have the Moment Pro camera app,
the one thing that's nice about this
is that not only can you do video and photo in it,
and all the additional time lapse stuff that we want,
it's literally a manual camera app,
so you can take dope photos with it.
Lots of features for $6, one feature for $109.
Just saying.
So here's how you do it.
By default, it should open to the regular camera settings.
Tap the small camera icon in the bottom right corner,
and all the way to the left is time lapse mode.
Now, in time lapse mode, you have easy-to-use interval
and frame count controls,
duration calculator so you know how long the shot will take
after setting the interval and frame count.
Moment, thank you for putting that in.
This little guy right here allows you the ability
to select the blur duration.
This is essentially like the shutter speed.
And you can also export each frame individually
for editing on your desktop.
It's like it's a DSLR, but in this.
You also have the ability to control your white balance,
and aperture, and all the other things,
like a manual camera, but in your phone.
But I think the most important thing
is that you can actually add in the motion blur
within the app.
You don't have to do it later.
If you're into, like, having the higher quality video,
and MIL is set up, that's how you do that there.
But if you want to do it on your phone,
for six bucks, great alternative.
Those are the different ways
that you guys can get motion blur within your video.
So that is for free,
the more accessible version by doing it on your phone,
and the boujee pro way of doing it for $109.
Links are all below if you guys wanna check out
the different apps and different links to things like that.
And on that note, we are done with the motion blur.
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And.
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We will catch you in the next one.
I wonder if this will scare my cat.
Can someone bring the cat?
Does she like it?
Does she?
Where is she?
Does she like it?
Oh, there she is.
Hi, Luna.
Wait, where is she?
Hi, hi Luna.
Oh.
Hi, Luna.
Is she not fazed by it?
Are you there, or is the cat floating?
- I'm fazed by it.
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- Bye, everybody.
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(blows towards hands)
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(laughs)
(sighs)