Movie Processing with Temporal Image Operations

In this tutorial we’ll be exploring the use of Studio Artist Temporal Image Operations for processing movie files.  Temporal or time based image operations are effects that use multiple frames in a source movie to build each effected output frame. The example above is a single output frame that was generated using a temporal rank filter.

Studio Artist processes movie files with Paint Action Sequences (PASeq).  You can think of a PASeq as a script that details the series of processing steps that are need to produce a certain artistic effect. So any time you want to process a movie file you need to build a PASeq to implement the a particular processing effect you want to achieve.

To make your own Temporal Movies with Studio Artist presets, you can see examples below and also access the PASeq Presets that made the examples.

Temporal FX Movie Examples with Presets

Ghosting and Temporal Movie Examples with Presets

Temporal means time based.  These processing effects work with multiple video frames over time to create ghosting like effects. For an introduction to temporal image operations check out this tip.

When working with temporal image operations you need to have a loaded source movie in the source area.

If you don’t have a movie file loaded as your source they won’t seem to do anything other than pass the source through to the canvas.

The section below shows off a few of the different temporal image operations used to process a source movie file. These are just a few of the different temporal processing effects you can work with.

There are a lot of Temporal Movie presets in the PASeq Mode under the Movie Category with many examples you can view in the Gallery using the links above.

The Temporal Image Operations Presets which the PASeq’s used are in the Temporal Image Operations mode

There are different collections you can try

For More Information

An introduction to temporal image operations can be found here.

Also, check out our training video on the Temporal Image Operations mode here

Still Images

This tutorial has focused on using temporal image operations for processing movie files to generate movie file output. But temporal image operations are also great tools for 2D artists that allow you to generate static images derived from video sequences. You can do things like encapsulate motion in a video over time into a single static 2d image, or create panorama images from video pan sequences.

If you want to do still images using the Temporal Presets for Still Images here is more information here