{"id":908,"date":"2012-06-22T05:22:50","date_gmt":"2012-06-22T04:22:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.matsmithphotography.com\/photolife-blog\/?p=908"},"modified":"2013-09-13T13:00:42","modified_gmt":"2013-09-13T12:00:42","slug":"cinegraphs-the-moving-still-image","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matsmithphotography.com\/photolife-blog\/cinegraphs-the-moving-still-image","title":{"rendered":"Cinegraphs – The Moving Still Image"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Cinegraph, or Cinemagraph, is a still image with some constituent parts that are moving.<\/p>\n

Personally I think the concept is quite unique. It’s not the same as an animated GIF, the somewhat tacky pre-cursor of video on the web, where the whole image moves – usually as 3-5 second sequences in loops. Nor is it the same as video. It is a kind of moving still, where the photographer \/ artist (we can’t call him the film-maker) decides which parts of the image will move and which parts will be static.<\/p>\n

This creates an interesting tension between objects whose movements are shown, and objects which were clearly moving but whose movement is frozen in time.<\/p>\n

Testing Image #1: The Tiniest Movement Throws It Off<\/strong><\/p>\n

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You can find some great examples of the power of Cinegraphs if you look anywhere online, but for now here is my first evening of work on the concept.<\/p>\n

It’s a steep learning curve that combines frame-based image masking and editing, stills extraction, and a good degree of artistic direction when done well.<\/p>\n

Don’t believe the multitude of tutorials online that tell you it’s really easy and super quick to do. Well it may be – but not to do one well! Try it yourself…<\/p>\n

The artistic direction of the two photos below is next to none, but these were just testing images.<\/p>\n

Have you seen Cinegraphs on the web? What do you think? Powerful, quirky, or gimmicky?<\/p>\n

Testing Image #2<\/strong>
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