Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Friday, May 3, 2013
Stabilizing Footage with the Warp Stabilizer in Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 >
Stabilizing Footage with the Warp Stabilizer in Adobe Premiere Pro CS6
A common issue that occurs with footage recorded on handheld cameras is that it can be shaky and uneven, making it difficult to watch. The Warp Stabilizer, introduced in Adobe After Effects CS5.5 and now available in Adobe Premiere Pro CS6, is an incredibly advanced stabilization tool that can make this type of footage look as if it was recorded with a sophisticated camera rig.
What makes the Warp Stabilizer so unique is that you generally don’t need to change any of the default settings to get a good result. The advanced image analysis, which takes place behind the scenes in Premiere Pro does all the heavy lifting for you.
Stabilize a shot
1 In the Project panel, select the Warp Stabilizer bin.
2 Double-click the Warp Stabilizer sequence to open it in the Timeline panel.
3 Play the sequence.
Notice that about halfway through the clip there is a considerable amount of camera shake, which would ordinarily make this shot unusable.
4 Press Shift+7 to make the Effects panel active.
5 Type warp in the Rapid Find box to quickly locate...
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Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Cassini Solstice Mission: Cassini Gets Close-up Views of Large Hurricane on Saturn
Cassini Solstice Mission: Cassini Gets Close-up Views of Large Hurricane on Saturn
PASADENA, Calif. – NASA's Cassini spacecraft has provided scientists the first close-up, visible-light views of a behemoth hurricane swirling around Saturn's north pole.
Cassini Gets Close-up Views of Large Hurricane on Saturn
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Narrated video about a hurricane-like storm seen at Saturn's north pole by Cassini. |
In high-resolution pictures and video, scientists see the hurricane's eye is about 1,250 miles (2,000 kilometers) wide, 20 times larger than the average hurricane eye on Earth. Thin, bright clouds at the outer edge of the hurricane are traveling 330 mph (150 meters per second). The hurricane swirls inside a large, mysterious, six-sided weather pattern known as the hexagon.
"We did a double take when we saw this vortex because it looks so much like a hurricane on Earth," said Andrew Ingersoll, a Cassini imaging team member at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena. "But there it is at Saturn, on a much larger scale, and it is somehow getting by on the small amounts of water vapor in Saturn's hydrogen atmosphere."
Scientists will be studying the hurricane to gain insight into hurricanes on Earth, which feed off warm ocean water. Although there is no body of water close to these clouds high in Saturn's atmosphere, learning how these Saturnian storms use water vapor could tell scientists more about how terrestrial hurricanes are generated and sustained.
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
The Free Universal Construction Kit | F.A.T.
The Free Universal Construction Kit | F.A.T
Fig. 1. The Free Universal Construction Kit.
Video by Riley Harmonfor F.A.T. Lab + Sy-Lab.
Ever wanted to connect your Legos and Tinkertoys together? Now you can — and much more. Announcing the Free Universal Construction Kit: a set of adapters for complete interoperability between 10 popular construction toys.
Fig. 1. The Free Universal Construction Kit.
- Overview
- Motivation
- Download
- Implementation
- Legal and Commercial Implications
- License and Disclaimers
- Credits, Contact and Acknowledgements
- Keywords
OVERVIEW
Video by Riley Harmonfor F.A.T. Lab + Sy-Lab.
F.A.T. Lab and Sy-Lab are pleased to present the Free Universal Construction Kit: a matrix of nearly 80 adapter bricks that enable complete interoperability between ten* popular children’s construction toys. By allowing any piece to join to any other, the Kit encourages totally new forms of intercourse between otherwise closed systems—enabling radically hybrid constructive play, the creation of previously impossible designs, and ultimately, more creative opportunities for kids. As with other grassroots interoperability remedies, the Free Universal Construction Kitimplements proprietary protocols in order to provide a public service unmet—or unmeetable—by corporate interests.
Wednesday, March 6, 2013
Friday, February 22, 2013
Quadrocopters Throwing and Catching an Inverted Pendulum - Slashdot
Quadrocopters Throwing and Catching an Inverted Pendulum
derGoldstein writes"We've seen some very impressive aerobatics performed by quadrocopters before, but this is getting ridiculous. Robohub points to the latest advancement from the Flying Machine Arena, which developed algorithms that allow quadrocopters to juggle an inverted pendulum. One of the researchers working on it said, 'We started off with some back-of-the-envelope calculations, wondering whether it would even be physically possible to throw and catch a pendulum. This told us that achieving this maneuver would really push the dynamic capabilities of the system. As it turned out, it is probably the most challenging task we've had our quadrocopters do. With significantly less than one second to measure the pendulum flight and get the catching vehicle in place, it's the combination of mathematical models with real-time trajectory generation, optimal control, and learning from previous iterations that allowed us to implement this.'"
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Monday, February 18, 2013
The Beercade machine is pure win
The Beercade machine rewards winners with free beer
Developed for Big Boss Brewing, the Beercade machine is a fighting game that takes cups instead of quarters and dispenses beer to the winning player
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Monday, February 11, 2013
Asteroid 2012 DA14: Space rock will miss the Earth by 17,000 miles.
Asteroid 2012 DA14: Space rock will miss the Earth by 17,000 miles
On Friday, Feb. 15, the Earth is going to get a very close shave by an asteroid*. Called 2012 DA14, this 50 meter (160 foot) rock will pass just over 27,000 kilometers (17,000 miles) from the Earth’s surface. This is closer than our geosynchronous satellites, so this really is a close pass!
Thursday, February 7, 2013
Showers at Menards
Showers at Menards
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
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