Inexpensive Reflector for Pepper's Ghost Illusion
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.ย. 2024
- The Pepper's ghost illusion has been used for many decades. It's a way to make an apparition appear in front of a live background using a sheet of glass or another transparent sheet to reflect an image. It's the same principle as seeing your own reflection in a window while still seeing what is beyond the window. Inspired by another haunter, this video provides a comparison of four different inexpensive transparent shrink wraps to see which best duplicates the quality of glass when used as a Pepper's ghost reflector.
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Thanks for experimenting and posting the results!
Excellent! Thank you for making this video. Such a good solution to an otherwise pricey project. Much appreciated.
can't wait to see the update finished. It's a excellent idea 👻💀
You know, the cling wrap is honestly perfect. You can build it to the exact size you want, and you don't have to stretch it just perfectly because you can just run a heatgun over it.
So awesome!
Thank you sooooooo much for your experiment and share it :) !!!
So, I’d love the low cost of the material, but just where do I find a large spare TV to use to project it?
Spare? It will be a spare after you buy it. 😏
So this was with the video playing on a monitor and not a projector?
Correct. The image source can be a video playing on a screen or even a well-lit real object.
So I am thinking....can you use 3m film and 2 way mirror film on top instead of glass for infinity mirror effect? hmm.....btw your church last year was stupendous! 👏
Geez...I doubt it. Aside from optical quality, the window shrink film is really thin and might not hold up to the process of squeegeeing when you apply the mirror film. Also, if the shrink film starts sagging, it can be tightened again by reapplying heat. Mirror film might not survive that. Glass two-way is by far the best choice but costs a fortune. It's possible a local glass shop might have some used two-way in stock--that's how I got a piece cheap. A 1/4-inch piece of glass or Plexiglass with mirror film is probably the go-to for many. Thanks regarding the church. It whipped my butt, which is why I'm going with smaller projects this year.
have you tried with different acrylic glass types or have you only tried with the plexiglass brand? are other brands more affordable? @@ghostofautumnwood6379
where and how can i get those video squences ?
They’re sold on the atmosfx website.
@@ghostofautumnwood6379 Including the somewhat stationary (then vanishing) hair-brushing ghost? Thanks for great video
This is a game changer! Thanks for the compare and contrast of different films.
Thanks for taking the time to experiment and show your results! Love some peppers ghost effects!
This was very informative 😮.... I might try this on Halloween for a outside display.... Thanks 👍
Our haunt is already set up for the year, so we'll have to give this one a try in '24. Thanks for posting!
this would make a great cell phone camera filter... just a cd screen at 45deg from camera lens and image ©richard engle , lol
Hey! That's me! Thanks for the shout out and for the awesome comparison video!! Im gonna have to get some of the 3M now.
And i like the tape idea! Imma have to use that method too. Im working on another Peppers Ghost effect to show subtitles.
Did you notice? Glass and plexiglass gives you a double image reflection. But shrink wrap is super crisp with only a single reflection.
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Always nice to get a compliment...and feels especially good when given by someone working to create something(s) special. Thanks.
i cant find the video of the ghost girl brushing her hair any ideas? what genera do i find it? ghostly apparitions?
Do you mean my video of a ghost setting my house on fire? If so, that was a video I made myself just for my display. That was several years ago...I did not keep a copy.
The ghost clip in this video from 1:15 to 1:45
@@nhickcox02 Ah...yes...that is from a homemade video. I recorded a friend dressed as a ghost in front of a black backdrop. Then I adjusted the color to black-and-white only.
@ghostofautumnwood6379 and you no longer have it to possibly share?
@@nhickcox02sorry…no.
This is gold. Thank you.
After finding this idea at another TH-cam site I very much appreciate you doing a test of your own to come up with the best product to be able to proceed with your new project. And I just know that this will become a new project of mine next year lol. Thank you so much for posting this 🎃
Interesting solution. Last summer I had a 7" Android tablet backscreen die on me. "Can I turn the LCD into a Project?" I thought. The final outcome was a large home built projector that mostly worked. It needed a better Light Source but it did the trick. I think ended up dropping $60 on a cheap 1080p Projector from Amazon, and making a screen from some net curtain. The biggest issue I came across was the throw distance of the Project Vs the window I had the screen on.
Now this provides a slightly different idea of how to accomplish a better effect without having the Projector pointed directly at the window. Thank you.
Also gives me ideas for some of my spare 7" tablets.....
Can you use a projector instead of a TV?
No. Think of the reflector as a mirror. If you point a projector at it, you will see the projector...or more likely just the light glow coming out of the lens. If you want to use a projector, you could make a screen out of a gauzy material, like the Hollusion material sold by Atmosfx. Although material like that isn't entirely invisible, you can see what's behind the screen. I used a Hollusion screen for this ancient portal project: th-cam.com/video/O7Q15c_P6e4/w-d-xo.html
def make the hearse!
Hearse link is at end of this video.
If the space to fill is wider than the sheet of plastic, is it possible to overlap a bit to create a wider piece?
The company makes a version large enough to cover a patio door.
@@ghostofautumnwood6379 Well then, I gotta find myself some! Thanks!
The first one with the scream is absolute terror
This is a brilliant idea! I thought I'd seen all of @Intocoasters videos but I don't remember that one. I've been wanting to do a fairly large pepper's ghost but I was concerned about the cost. This might be the solution.
awesome to know you can pull off a peppers ghost with a cheap material! But have to ask, in a window why use pepper ghost? why not just project onto the window itself? they literally have a setting for that in the fearfx videos and projectors are like $100 these days. The hearse idea though is cool and should be a good use.
Hi. Projecting video directly into a transparent material results in zero image other than a glow from the projector's lens. The light goes straight through. But a transparent material will *reflect* an image from a screen of some sort or from a real object itself. Apologies if I don't understand what you are suggesting.
Hi, Thanks for the video. Did you ever try the indoor version of the 3m Window Insulator? I assume it would be thinner and may produce a sharper reflection. ie. less of a double image.
I tried only the products shown in the video. There might be something better.
Thank you for sharing. Where did you get the video of the female ghost screaming? [The video for the Pepper Ghost Illusion's opening/ final project? Thank you
It is available from the Atmosfx website.
Great job! Thank you
LOVE the music.... would you mind sharing? AAAAAND, thank you for your time in posting this valuable info!
The music "Skeleton Dance" is from TH-cam's free music library: th-cam.com/video/mDtBF9HXgyA/w-d-xo.html .
Quality content! 🙌🏻 🎃 👻 ✨
What about a projected image onto the screen would that work also?
No. It would be like shining a projector through a window. You would probably see some reflection from the projectors bulb, but that would be it.
genius!!!
Ingenious 👍🏻👍👍🏽
sorry if its a dumb question but how would the image bounce of the shrink wrap? wouldnt it just project right though?
The pepper's ghost effect is based on reflections off a transparent material like glass, plexiglass or--in this case--window shrink wrap. If you look at any glass or glass-like material around you, you will see reflections as well as what's behind the material. However, if you were to point a projector directly at a sheet of glass, you might see a reflection of the projector itself but not what it is projecting. As you said, the image would pass right through. In my video, I'm holding the framed sheet of shrink wrap at roughly a 45 degree angle to a video playing on a television...like using a mirror except, in this case, some of the image is reflected and some passes through. If you were using a video projector, you would have to first point it at a screen to make the image visible and then hold your sheet of glass (or whatever) at an angle to the screen to see its reflection. For my project, I will be bouncing an image from a flat screen television.
Brilliant
Great video!
Where does one get the video? I’m guessing you just put on a thumb drive and play it on the tv
You can purchase files from Atmosfx and download directly from the company's website.
Where did you get the image of the woman brushing her hair at 1:18?
It was a video I made specifically for that display. I no longer have the file.
3M May be the best, but it would seem you’re limited to the dimensions of a window if that me a problem
Hi. Company also makes a size large enough for patio doors. I'm working with it now to complete the hearse project.
@@ghostofautumnwood6379 oh very nice! I want to stretch the film across my patio to simulate a ghost swing on the porch :P
I use a cheap projector with a shower curtain and 3D videos.
All depends on what effect you're going for. Pepper's ghost is for when you want to see an object but also see what's behind it. I'm making another prop this year that uses Atmosfx's hollusion material--a gauzy material that you project directly onto while still allowing some visibility of what's behind the "screen."
whats the address to see the pics?
Where do you get your/decent videos to play for these effects?
The ghost video I used here came from the Atmosfx company. They have a very large selection of high quality videos for Halloween and other holidays.
@@ghostofautumnwood6379 Have you ever tried a smoked glass vs a clear? Curious if it works well, better, worse etc? Looking into options for sourcing (cheap). Thx