How to make a cinemagraph on your phone

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Many people are interested in how to make a cinemagraph without Photoshop. This is quite possible if you have a smartphone with a good camera.

Only two things are needed:

smartphone on iOS or Android;

tripod for phone . You can use improvised romania mobile phone numbers database means to secure the device, but shooting with a tripod will be of higher quality.

To make a cinemagraph on your phone, we need a program that has the appropriate functions:

Cinemagraph . Plus – multifunctionality, minus – cost (15 thousand rubles per year or 23 thousand indefinitely).

Vid Alive. Pros: Free and easy to use, cons: Limited features.

Cinegraph is the optimal combination of price (149 rubles) and a decent set of tools.

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The process of creating a cinemagraph using your phone involves the following steps:

Scenario

Imagine a frame, part of which will move, and part of which will remain static. The action that can be looped (a fluttering flag, a candle flame, etc.) should be alive, and the action that a priori implies movement (a flying plane, a swing, etc.) should be frozen.

Focus

In a global sense, cinemagraphs are a sales tool. Accordingly, the focus should be on the product being demonstrated and its qualities. Look how the authors of this work did it: the entire frame is constructed in such a way that the viewer's gaze stops on the pendant, and not on the girl and her lips:

How to make a cinemagraph

Shooting and processing

Put your camera on a tripod, think about the position of your main subject against the background, adjust the lighting, and shoot a short video like this:


We will try to make a cinemagraph from this video.

Let's open the file in the Cinegraph program and mark the desired segment:

How to make a cinemagraph

The fragment should be short enough to produce a small output file.

Initially, the entire frame will be immobilized. You need to make the stream of tea move: to do this, remove the fill from the desired area.

How to make a cinemagraph

Click Next and save the file.

Choose medium quality so that the video does not weigh too much.

To make a square format cinemagraph, use the Vont program. With its help, you can not only add text to the video, but also edit the frame parameters.