2 Pro Another three months of filming and post: Cosmos

[RadioFlyerMan]

Another one of my long-term transition projects. It's not the usual sunset video, but of the sun moving horizontally across the sky as we progress towards winter. Michigan weather did not always cooperate with my plan to get regularly sequenced flights to produce this video. But you get the idea. Enjoy.

 

[old man mavic]

@RadioFlyerMan wonderful editing there John

 

[RadioFlyerMan]

@RadioFlyerMan wonderful editing there John

Thanks!

 

[chiangmaicharlies]

Some very nice filming in a range of your movies, and SO nice to see some titles and credits. Plus good choice of music or course. Thanks.

 

[Dale D]

Another one of my long-term transition projects. It's not the usual sunset video, but of the sun moving horizontally across the sky as we progress towards winter. Michigan weather did not alway cooperate with my plan to get regularly sequenced flights to produce this video. But you get the idea. Enjoy.

I thoroughly enjoyed that masterful presentation which must have taken tons of hours of filming and editing. I was particularly impressed with the opening Title emerging from behind the trees. (Is there a You Tube video that teaches that technique?)
Great job.

Dale

 

[Bilby1]

Clever concept and skillfully completed. Like Dale, I'm interested in learning the technique used in the opening credit. Well done.
Bill

 

[Dale D]

I thoroughly enjoyed that masterful presentation which must have taken tons of hours of filming and editing. I was particularly impressed with the opening Title emerging from behind the trees. (Is there a You Tube video that teaches that technique?)
Great job.

Dale

Sorry for the typo- I meant TITLE. Can you please help us out and find a source like a You Tube to teach us how you so masterfully created that title on the left side where the title emergence from the trees?

Dale

 

[RadioFlyerMan]

Sorry for the typo- I meant TITLE. Can you please help us out and find a source like a You Tube to teach us how you so masterfully created that title on the left side where the title emergence from the trees?

Dale

Clever concept and skillfully completed. Like Dale, I'm interested in learning the technique used in the opening credit. Well done.
Bill

Thanks for the comments!

Regarding the business with the title, the video clip used was captured early in the morning, and happened to have a silhouette of the foreground trees. That allowed me to use a "luma keyer" in Final Cut Pro. By adjusting the parameters of the luma key, I am able to select and preserve everything that is black, and convert the sky to the alpha channel (transparent). The title and original clip is then layered under the masked clip.

The original clip provides the sky (and trees, etc.), the title clip overlays the sky in the original clip, and the keyed clip overlays the title, thus putting the title clip "behind" the trees. Huh??