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  Star Lapse Tutorial – Combining Astro Photography and Compositing

  May 16, 2012 / Compositing, Education, Featured, Post Production

  Devin Riter & Danny Schmidt recently put together a Star Lapse tutorial showcasing how to replace your night time skies with an astro timelapse. We had a chance to talk to Devin about why he chose to approach astro-photography in this manner. Kessler University (KU): Would love to know a little bit more about you. Devin Riter (DR): Both Danny Schmidt and I have backgrounds in science. Danny did his undergrad in GIS and I did mine in chemistry, and

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  Signal To Noise by Douglas Koke

  February 2, 2012 / Basic Controller Showcase, Compositing, Dollys and Sliders Showcase, Education, Featured, Motion Control Showcase, Pocket Dolly Showcase, Post Production, Showcase Videos

  Kessler University Interviews Douglas Koke By Preston Kanak We recently had a chance to chat with Douglas about his film, “Signal To Noise”. We have included part of the interview below. Kessler University (KU):Tell me a little bit about yourself. Douglas Koke (DK): Well, I’m 36, and I’m originally from Calgary, AB, Canada, but have lived in Denver, Colorado since I was a little kid. Up until a month ago, I was the Creative Director at a Streaming Media company,

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  The Red Owl Gets Raw

  December 1, 2011 / Blog, Education, Featured, Post Production, Timelapse

  Tom Baurain Breaks Down the Ins and Outs of Raw Timelapse   Why shoot timelapse using raw instead of jpgs?  The Red Owl, Tom Baurain explains it’s for two reasons:  quality and control.  Raw files have much more information that can result in greater quality to your timelapse. The larger files not only hold more color information, but the size of these images allows you the ability crop out what you don’t want or pan and scan without compromising quality.

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  David Thörnqvist’s Motion Control Test Revealed!

  September 15, 2011 / Compositing, Education, Featured, Post Production

  A while back, we posted a great motion control test done by David Thörnqvist of Gertrud Produktion that showed what was possible with repeated, recorded motions of the ORACLE Controller and Shuttle Pod. A very popular demo, there were many Kessler users who desperately wanted to know just how they did it. Well, Gertrud Produktion happily obliged! Here’s their great how-to on how they shot their clone happy motion control test

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