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Sep 28, 2007
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Here is a step by step guide on how to make professional looking sequence shots with any digital camera!


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flag bikerchris34 (Sep 29, 2007 at 6:02)
Thanks for the tips!
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flag charleyboy14 (Sep 2, 2008 at 14:10)
hew that was an awsome demo very insightfull props to you
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flag one2konacrew (Jun 29, 2009 at 11:31)
did he say u can use paint?
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flag thebiller (Sep 29, 2007 at 10:51)
hello its a home hard ware symbol haha
good tutorial
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flag laberge (Dec 4, 2007 at 16:08)
i was going too say the same thing ahah
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flag sebastianj (Sep 29, 2007 at 18:48)
exelent explanation but there are some extreemly tight sequences i have seen where one picture of the rider is on top of the other and it looks prophesional like in the magazines , how do you do that??
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flag dishboy14 (Sep 29, 2007 at 22:41)
same way, you just have to erase around the rider very very carefully when you apply the shot over the rider.
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flag valkyrie (Sep 29, 2007 at 23:29)
hey did you say anything about an easier way to make a sequence like a programme that does it automatically for you? or do you just need to put some money into a good camera
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flag dishboy14 (Oct 2, 2007 at 17:24)
dont need a good camera, you just need to get the rider to do the jump a number of times then take those photos and combine them into one sequence.
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flag happystinkyman (Oct 5, 2007 at 16:11)
okay, good info for the masses, but (LOL) Corel, not many people use Corel anymore...how about a photoshop tutorial?? I have always loved sequences because they truely give you a reference of the entire motion of the rider and bike through the "stunt".
I also read your post in the forums on this topic and have to disagree (because of the simplicity) of using a digital video camera to put together a composite shot....it maybe low-res for print use (totally dependent on the camera) but would be acceptable for web use (ie on Pinkbike) Which reminds me I got a new sequence I did, using this method with my new video camera from an Oregon coast cliff drop that I am now going to have to post later. Not bad, but not great. I do however comend you for tackling this issue for others to comprehend. I've posted sequetial composites (see my photos) before and had lots of questions on how this is accomplished.
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flag dishboy14 (Oct 15, 2007 at 21:50)
Corel is still a standard in many fields using vector drawing, Adobe in this respect still hasn't caught up. I recently purchased CS3; however this tutorial works for any photo editing software. After looking at your photos in your gallery the video quality in my mind isn't even up to web standard, I cant see any detail in the rider(not being rude).
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flag happystinkyman (Oct 25, 2007 at 12:01)
Yes, Corel still has a foothold in industries using vector drawing...but "Adobe still hasn't caught up". Did you get the CS3 suite? Ever try Illustrator? Kicks Corels butt in terms of the same abilities but with a simplistic user interface for vector-based design.
While you may not think that the sequences in my gallery are "even up to web standard" I think your wrong and so does mtbr.com. After posting the above comment and then uploading those sequential shots I said I was going to, mtbr.com featured one on their homepage..."not up to web standards"...try 2000+ views from the main page of a large mtb oriented site.
With that being the case, I gotta disagree with you...still better than some of the crappy cell phone images that people post online! (not being rude either)
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flag m0ther-hucker (Nov 13, 2007 at 2:08)
How do you take so many pictures n a short period of time?Cool
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flag bikercc (Nov 20, 2007 at 18:15)
he explained the 1,2,3 frames per second, your camera should have a quick shot setting of some sort.
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flag dishboy14 (Nov 20, 2007 at 21:06)
That is correct, I just set my camera to burst mode and it took these photos at 3 frames a second.
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flag jasmithy (Oct 6, 2008 at 10:39)
hay altough this may sound gay but i have a 5 mega pixle phone and i am going to try it on that it has burst mode (or best pic on it) but sometimes there blury! so i might have to stand behind them!
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flag joshmcgarel (Dec 2, 2007 at 9:06)
thanks alot mate. really helpful
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flag k-rider92 (Dec 13, 2007 at 18:06)
Omg man you saved me so much
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flag johntino (Jan 8, 2008 at 13:51)
thanks man thats really good info Smile
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flag johntino (Jan 8, 2008 at 13:52)
what if ur on a real tight budget and have only got a camera that is only capable of taking two shots is it still possible to do this write back please
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flag dishboy14 (Jan 8, 2008 at 15:22)
Yes you can, just make the rider do the jump a number of times and then combine the sequence together like I showed you here.
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flag norco2008 (Jan 24, 2008 at 16:16)
cool
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flag zekedoobie (Feb 22, 2008 at 17:52)
thanks for the tutorial man..very usefull
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flag bike25 (Mar 1, 2008 at 7:23)
whats the best kind of photo shop and how much because i just got a nikon d40x?
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flag dirtjumpur (Apr 15, 2008 at 0:46)
search online for a program called paint.net, its a free program just like photoshop and it has a layer function so you dont have to align the rider, it is done automatically for you
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flag crazy-freerider (Mar 2, 2008 at 13:11)
also, if yu dont want to take 5 seperate shots, what i do is take a video on my digital camera (nothing flashy, only cost around £60) then put the video onto windows movie maker. otehr movie making software should work just as fine as long as there's a screenshot tool.

just take 5 seperate screenshots and use them instead.

helpful advice though
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flag dishboy14 (Mar 2, 2008 at 15:58)
Good idea, that works as well!
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flag dirtjumpur (Apr 15, 2008 at 0:46)
thats what i do, but its very low-res, and thats not professional at all!
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flag mckenzie-dh (Mar 10, 2008 at 12:39)
'sick' ill defenly be using that thanks
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flag derfmtb (Mar 18, 2008 at 10:14)
thank you.=]
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flag ratherberidin (Mar 24, 2008 at 9:37)
is there a way to download edit software free
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flag dishboy14 (Mar 25, 2008 at 16:21)
You can get GIMP its a free program
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flag dirtjumpur (Apr 15, 2008 at 0:46)
or paint.net, its simpler
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flag daddylonglegs (Mar 25, 2008 at 16:09)
thanks
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flag dishboy14 (Mar 25, 2008 at 16:21)
No problem!
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flag liljibs (Apr 3, 2008 at 18:14)
YA DAVE YOU ROCK MY WORLD
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flag zshipowick (Apr 5, 2008 at 15:49)
Thanks! Ive always wondered how to do that properly.
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flag jasmithy (Oct 6, 2008 at 10:41)
same lol!
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flag Expertmurderboy007 (Apr 19, 2008 at 7:15)
i hve gimp
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flag jamminginger (May 2, 2008 at 12:12)
nice thats very helpful Smile
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flag EasyRider69 (May 2, 2008 at 20:30)
can you use a video camera and just do this sort of sequence but in the video take out bits and parts. you know whut i mean any one help me out here lol
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flag dishboy14 (May 2, 2008 at 20:54)
Video camera will work, however, image quality wont even be able to print on a 4X6.
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flag EasyRider69 (May 7, 2008 at 16:42)
whuts a good camera if your on a budget around 500 to 600 bucks
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flag dishboy14 (May 7, 2008 at 20:16)
Look at the Nikon D40 or Pentax K100 on Ebay
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flag EasyRider69 (May 8, 2008 at 18:19)
kk thanks
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flag EasyRider69 (May 8, 2008 at 18:23)
what about the 10.2 megapixel digital slr
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flag EasyRider69 (May 8, 2008 at 18:27)
its either the ones you said the slr or my parents are looking at Canon PowerShot 8.0MP Digital Camera (S5 IS) will this get the job done.
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flag TomAyres (May 30, 2008 at 9:47)
sometimes over lapping is good but you need to use magnetic wand tool in photo shop
but good tutorial
couldn't of done it better my self
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flag mmdgirard (Jul 12, 2008 at 16:08)
haha wouldnt it suck if one of your friends were on msn and sent you like, a really dirt, embarassing message and it popped up, and it got on the video? haha
its happened to me. thank got i noticed before i posted it
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flag mtb4lifeeeeeeee (Aug 10, 2008 at 17:45)
hey thanks alot for that man!
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flag maciekk21 (Jan 1, 2009 at 12:12)
really good tutorial.. it's very helpful
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flag whitedeitypurpleskinnies (Jan 9, 2009 at 2:54)
Ya thanks braski.
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flag giantfaith4567 (Jan 14, 2009 at 17:25)
i have a scl810 hi 8 camcorder if i film a jump could i take the frames and make a sequence shot
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flag alexthealmighty (Feb 22, 2009 at 8:38)
thank you so much very helpful =D added to favorites
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flag Ethen (Apr 16, 2009 at 1:19)
Thanks dude...helped me alot,added to favorites
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flag towers08 (Apr 16, 2009 at 1:43)
Cheers tup

Very helpful Smile
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flag AMBikerJJ8 (Jun 27, 2009 at 23:13)
You can just do this with Microsoft Office Publisher and a video camera. Just pull frames out of a video (lower quality than a pic), and then just overlay all of the pictures in Publisher and then crop around the rider. No lining up required.
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flag djking2728 (Jul 19, 2009 at 20:07)
Thats very helpful, thanks Smile
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flag Jandrewz (Oct 3, 2009 at 12:59)
is the programs you used or mentioned free? if so, where can i get them? chrz
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flag dishboy14 (Oct 4, 2009 at 0:28)
just google search GIMP
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flag Jandrewz (Oct 6, 2009 at 13:15)
is it completely free cause i really want a free photo editing program
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flag dishboy14 (Oct 6, 2009 at 15:17)
yep totally free!
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