How to CLONE yourself with a moving camera! | Video editing VFX tutorial
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Steve Ramsden here from DIY Moviemaking and this week I’m going to show you how to create a clone effect with a moving camera, even if you’re working with a low budget! and in case you were wondering, no green screen was used, just masking and roto brush!
So a clone effect where the camera doesn’t move is the most basic version of this effect possible. Buster Keaton was doing this 100 years ago and it’s very easy for you to do as well. Just put your phone or camera on a tripod, appear in one side of the frame acting one role, move to the other side and act the other role, and then line up the two shots on top of eachother in your edit program and crop off the side of one of the shots. You usually get better results with a softened or feathered edge, and as long as you don’t move around much nobody notices the join.
But the real clever development was when people worked out how to do this effect using motion control, and this is the sort of shot you can see in films like Back To The Future 2 and 3 and The Man in the Iron Mask, where you would still have one actor playing two parts, but the camera would be programmed to do exactly the same movement every time (ILM used the VistaGlide in BTTF). Different parts of the shots could then be cut out to make the joins difficult to spot, and suddenly, the fact that the camera is moving stops your brain from looking for that join and you believe the end result much more.
Now if you’re thinking you need an expensive motion control system to try this effect yourself, you don’t, and I’m going to show you my fun way of attempting this effect on a serious budget.
I’ve worked out a way of getting a pretty good result using noting but a fairly cheap camera slider which is just a rail that you push your phone or camera along manually. If you set one end of the slider a little lower, the camera will roll down a slight gradient and you can basically use gravity to get the same movement again and again. All you have to do is to get a friend to let go of the camera when you want the move to begin.
Now although we can get the camera to slide on its own, it won’t be able to pan or tilt, and so we will need to add any other camera movements artificially when we edit. So for this reason, frame the shot a bit wider than what you will need, and ideally film in a higher resolution as well. I shot in 4K as I was going to make the finished shot in HD.
So in this video I’m going to show you two versions of this DIY motion control clone effect - firstly a basic version where the figures stay still and don’t overlap, and secondly a more difficult version where they move around and they do overlap. I’m building these shots in Adobe After Effects and as usual I’m just going to give a quick overview of my editing, but if you want to learn every single process I am using from scratch in full detail, you can of course check out my After Effects Essentials course, and the link to learn more about that is above.
▼ Timestamps ▼
00:00 Intro
01:32 DIY motion control
02:23 Two versions
02:53 Basic version
04:44 Difficult version
12:07 Finished result - ภาพยนตร์และแอนิเมชัน
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I really learnt A lot from this video. Thanks DIY Moviemaking
This is absolutely amazing! You got great attention to details and I also love that you try to incorporate some sort of story to your visual effects, great work!
Many thanks! 😀
@@SteveRamsdenTH-cam NICE VIDEO but What a bummer Bro... Couldn't you just keep the camera static and add fake camera shake in editing... For me just adding a drifting effect and adding black bar and the video shakes like handheld camera fooling the audience...... I made it completely in Android but I can't upload it as I didn't do my face reveal yet...
@@SteveRamsdenTH-cam may I ask what kind of moving camera is it I want to make some movies on my own
This is absolutely outstanding. So time consuming but absolutely incredible.
Great content, I don’t use Adobe anymore, but I appreciate your work and ideas. Thank You!
This is abaolutely mindblowing
hands on best and easiest (read cheapest) tutorial, with best results as well. Thanks for sharing
Awesome tutorial Steve, incredible
This is phenomenal.
This is brilliant! Thanks for sharing!
Best tutorial i have ever seen.... Make advanced tutorial like this ❤️❤️
Amazing work! Really pro work. And a Kick-ass tutorial!
If I was in the industry I'd definjtely choose u to work with, you seem proffessional and fun to work with, keep it up you're amazing!
This was seriously so helpful! Thank you so much!
Amazing tutorial, Thank you so much
You’re so great - I loathe most tutorial hosts you are so normal and chill and informative
Thanks, I appreciate that!
Perfect explanation, loved it
Good job. It impresses people
This is incredible
You are a great teacher Sir, now i can start making movies from a low budget
super clean, I love it !!
Man, Every episode from you is fantastic. Worth the wait, every time.
Very kind, thank you
this is sooo good and easy to follow tysm !
Great video tutorial my friend keep up the great work
Steve, another outstanding how-to! Thanks for making these. It goes to show it doesn't take a huge budget or fancy camera equipment to pull off some really fantastic VFX. All the best for 2022!
Thankyou, you too!
Hello everyone
This is art❤️❤️🔥🔥
That gravity trick was soo smart of you..i would never think of that
lots of great tips here!
Definitely, the best cloning video I've seen. Especially with the movement in front of the clone image.
Many thanks!
I'm obsessed with your channel
This is absolutely awesome!
Excellent 🎉🎉🎉
Found you through Recommendation. Adding you to my List to help improve my editing!
Loving your videos! So cool!
bro uh are absolutely legend 😎
AMAZING!!
Holy flip this is really good!
This man deserves 10M subs.
Well done
Bravo bravo I loved this
Wow it’s very smart. Thank u very much 👌🏼
You are a genius!
amazing work.
First time to comment. You really break it down in a clear and easy to follow flow and in a very short time!!! I usually don’t use after effects but your video made me want to give it a shot. Thank you for all the hard work you put into this.
Thank you!
@@SteveRamsdenTH-camthanks am a Ugandan new film maker and am learning more thanks for the great work
What a great video 👏🏻
Really Amazing 🤩
Bro U deserve more 🥺♥️♥️
great tutorial!!!, thanks a lot!!!!
I wil try it ❤️
He is not only good at editing but also at acting😁😁
Amazing tutorial Steve! Great work as always :)
Thank you!
DAMN. Really impressive how you taught this method. I was searching for something like this to get an idea of how to clone myself dancing on a choreographed dance in-sync with the song as well as the other clones of myself, but not just two of me but maybe a group dance, like 5-6 of me. Anyway, thanks for this tutorial! Great job again.
a great teacher, teaches to understanding, my goto
Many thanks
Haha dang! Did a whole walk around just to cap yourself in the back! Great work, that was a cool tutorial.
Absolutely amazing 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Many thanks!
Legend!
Doing great bro
Marvellous!! Thanks for sharing!
You're welcome!
Increíble buen video 🇦🇷🤙🏻😎
This is absolutely brilliant and awesome!
Many thanks! Very kind
This guy is awesome ✨👌✅
Brilliant 🔥🔥🔥
Keep it up
This is so genius I love you. Subscribed for life
Very kind, thanks
This is AMAZING!!! you are doing amazing job congrats!
Many thanks!
i am speechless, you make fantastic work, love it !
Very kind, thanks
loving it.
Glad to hear!
Awesome tutorial man! Can’t wait to try this out📽
Give it a go! 😀
You are a genius
Great content!
Incredible stuff. Love these videos!
Many thanks!
This is so inspiring! Thank you!
Glad to hear!
you are the only youtube channel who make cinema quality effects in small period of time.
Definitely not.
Your the best! When it comes to filming YOURSELF and make it look like its high quality. Just like Thanos 'fine ill do it myself'
Give this man a million subs
This is sooo good, thank you!
Enjoy!
You're so talented! Amazing!
Many thanks!
@@SteveRamsdenTH-cam next time, do cloning effect with interaction (don't know if you already did this)
You should do a muzzle flash tutorial and great work
this was so much fun to watch!
Many thanks 😀
That shoulder shadow was great! I actually think the second shadow would have looked much more realistic if it didn't move linearly. When the walking character moved in front of the lamp, his shadow should have swished across the standing character faster than the walking character was walking.
yeah, amazing tutorial. thank you very much.
Many thanks!
This man is genius 😅😅😅
Well done, I enjoy the hell out of watching this stuff
amazing! thanks for the trick
Many thanks!
Beautiful !!!
Thanks!
Looks awesome 😎👏🏼
Thanks 👍
That was fantastic, thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it!
i'm a new subscriber here and just wanted to say thanks man after alot of searching ur definitely the best keep up 💙
I appreciate it!
The fact that he eventually shot the guy Lol.Great job sir really appreciate this.
You are a pro.
Congratulations. It's amazing.
Thanks 😀
This is really cool if you don’t want to use a green screen but if you do it’s extremely easy to make a shot like that in blender by importing the video as a plane and then you can make it handheld
This one was excellent!
Thanks :)
U are awesome man.. I like your editing style 👌...i want became video editor like you... you are genius... super...👌👌😍
subscribed .. loved your work...
Many thanks!
Muito otimo parabéns
THIS was the tutorial I was looking for! Awesome work brother! Also, using your 'super hero landing' technique tomorrow - in reverse (a take off, so to speak). Looking forward to seeing how it comes together :)
Great stuff, will be trying a take-off soon as well :)
Klasse! 👍👍
Twinny you got me on this one💪🏾
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Fantastic!
Many thanks
This is cool, I want to do a double guitar jam, where I am guitar battling myself hahah
One tip for roto. Don’t use a single spline but make each part of a limb it’s own spline. Especially in a shot like this where the torso merely sways. You can move all those splines at the same time and you only need to mildly correct the head spline.
Also a difference key may have done the trick. Although the contrast for your jacket and background is minimal. So trial and error. I always try ways to avoid manual roto 😂 and when I do I use the multi spline approach so you get the least amount of points to adjust.