I found this article talking about how this film was made (https://spectrum.ieee.org/june-1878-muybridge-photographs-a-galloping-horse).
When I saw this during lecture, I thought that this was an animation and was confused as to why this served as proof of horses having all hooves off the ground when they run.
However, it turns out that the image we see on this slide was created by:
(1) Using thread-triggered cameras lined up along the track (so each image came from a different camera!).
(2) Recording the film using a white backdrop for high contrast between the horse and background.
(3) Copying the resulting images as silhouettes (i.e. post-processing them).
Another fun fact is that this film was made at a farm in Palo Alto owned by Stanford.
el-refai
I find it really interesting how things like these and even flipbooks are still able to create immersive films that don't take you out from what you're watching. The ability for us to seam together relatively low FPS films is really interesting.
aravmisra
Something that particularly is striking is the crazy level of improvement in shutter speed. I mean wow, even 1/1000th of a second is quick- and now it's exponentially faster. Is there something like Moore's law for shutter speed, does anyone know? Will we keep seeing insane shutter speed improvements for years to come?
I found this article talking about how this film was made (https://spectrum.ieee.org/june-1878-muybridge-photographs-a-galloping-horse).
When I saw this during lecture, I thought that this was an animation and was confused as to why this served as proof of horses having all hooves off the ground when they run.
However, it turns out that the image we see on this slide was created by:
(1) Using thread-triggered cameras lined up along the track (so each image came from a different camera!).
(2) Recording the film using a white backdrop for high contrast between the horse and background.
(3) Copying the resulting images as silhouettes (i.e. post-processing them).
Another fun fact is that this film was made at a farm in Palo Alto owned by Stanford.
I find it really interesting how things like these and even flipbooks are still able to create immersive films that don't take you out from what you're watching. The ability for us to seam together relatively low FPS films is really interesting.
Something that particularly is striking is the crazy level of improvement in shutter speed. I mean wow, even 1/1000th of a second is quick- and now it's exponentially faster. Is there something like Moore's law for shutter speed, does anyone know? Will we keep seeing insane shutter speed improvements for years to come?