Colourized Spirit Rover Movie Sol 400-600

Colourized Spirit Rover Movie Sol 400-600

aldo12xu View Member Profile	Sep 25 2005, 01:52 AM Post #1
Member Group: Members Posts: 320 Joined: 19-June 04 Member No.: 85	I've just finished one of my Mars rover movies, this one using both front and rear cameras to show Spirit's climb up Columbia Hills, from Larry's Lookout to the Husband Hill summit. I know NASA and Midnight Browser have their versions, but I've come up with a new twist with my versions: I colourized my video to give it (I think) a more dramatic look. So check it out, enjoy the ride and I hope you like the accompanying music by a local band called Vegas Beach. The Spirit sol 400-600 movie is on the homepage and on my videos page. Cheers, Aldo. -------------------- http://www.marsgeo.com/

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mike View Member Profile	Sep 25 2005, 09:07 AM Post #2
Member Group: Members Posts: 350 Joined: 20-June 04 From: Portland, Oregon, U.S.A. Member No.: 86	You've done a good job. I like the subtitles, and the colorization does make it look more dramatic, and somehow the semi-surf semi-jam music goes perfectly. The subtitles are slick.. Nice work.

gpurcell View Member Profile	Sep 25 2005, 03:30 PM Post #3
Member Group: Members Posts: 242 Joined: 21-December 04 Member No.: 127	Best one yet! Thumbs up on the subtitles and colorization!

aldo12xu View Member Profile	Sep 26 2005, 05:02 PM Post #4
Member Group: Members Posts: 320 Joined: 19-June 04 Member No.: 85	Thanks, guys. Glad you liked the changes. Stayed tuned for Oppy sol 400-600! -------------------- http://www.marsgeo.com/

Tman View Member Profile	Sep 28 2005, 03:43 PM Post #5
Member Group: Members Posts: 877 Joined: 7-March 05 From: Switzerland Member No.: 186	At last, today my internet connection speed was/is ready again to show the whole full res. video. Thanks Aldo! Like such a reddish version too. The labeling of the targets is very helpful. -------------------- Peter MER filename decoding into local true solar time - MSL clock and filename decoding

aldo12xu View Member Profile	Oct 10 2005, 07:59 PM Post #6
Member Group: Members Posts: 320 Joined: 19-June 04 Member No.: 85	I've added another video to my site, this time a rear view from Spirit sol 400 to 600 as it climbed up Husband Hill. -------------------- http://www.marsgeo.com/

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QUOTE (aldo12xu @ Oct 10 2005, 09:59 PM)

I've added another video to my site, this time a rear view from Spirit sol 400 to 600 as it climbed up Husband Hill.

It would be cool if you rectilinearized the movies. It maks it much easier to "read" the landscape.

as you can see the landscape looks more natural in the lower pair.

/mattias

aldo12xu View Member Profile	Oct 11 2005, 04:43 PM Post #8
Member Group: Members Posts: 320 Joined: 19-June 04 Member No.: 85	Yeah, Mattias, that'd be the ideal. Is there a program that could do a batch rectilinear conversion? There are just to many frames in the video to do it manually, one frame at a time. -------------------- http://www.marsgeo.com/

Tman View Member Profile	Oct 11 2005, 05:14 PM Post #9
Member Group: Members Posts: 877 Joined: 7-March 05 From: Switzerland Member No.: 186	I dont know Aldo, the pictures are pretty warped with such a rectilinear horizon. It's already (sometimes) "difficult" to find out where the Rover just drive along -------------------- Peter MER filename decoding into local true solar time - MSL clock and filename decoding

Malmer View Member Profile	Oct 11 2005, 06:28 PM Post #10
Member Group: Members Posts: 241 Joined: 22-August 05 From: Stockholm Sweden Member No.: 468	QUOTE (aldo12xu @ Oct 11 2005, 06:43 PM) Yeah, Mattias, that'd be the ideal. Is there a program that could do a batch rectilinear conversion? There are just to many frames in the video to do it manually, one frame at a time. I use a macro that i made for shake but its possible to do it using various software. On way is to use 3dsmax and map the images onto the inside of a sphere using "shrinkwrap" mapping. tile the image 2.92 times... You could use panotools. (horizontal fov 122deg) It would be übercool to make qtvr films. i dont have the authoring software so i rendered this out of max...OppyMOVIE /mattais

dot.dk View Member Profile	Oct 11 2005, 06:48 PM Post #11
Member Group: Members Posts: 578 Joined: 5-November 04 From: Denmark Member No.: 107	QUOTE (Malmer @ Oct 11 2005, 06:28 PM) I use a macro that i made for shake but its possible to do it using various software. On way is to use 3dsmax and map the images onto the inside of a sphere using "shrinkwrap" mapping. tile the image 2.92 times... You could use panotools. (horizontal fov 122deg) It would be übercool to make qtvr films. i dont have the authoring software so i rendered this out of max...OppyMOVIE /mattais Wow! That's very very cool looking! Please make some more -------------------- "I want to make as many people as possible feel like they are part of this adventure. We are going to give everybody a sense of what exploring the surface of another world is really like" - Steven Squyres

helvick View Member Profile	Oct 11 2005, 06:55 PM Post #12
Dublin Correspondent Group: Admin Posts: 1799 Joined: 28-March 05 From: Celbridge, Ireland Member No.: 220	QUOTE (dot.dk @ Oct 11 2005, 07:48 PM) Wow! That's very very cool looking! Please make some more Absolutely - that's outstanding. More please. :-)

Tman View Member Profile	Oct 11 2005, 07:12 PM Post #13
Member Group: Members Posts: 877 Joined: 7-March 05 From: Switzerland Member No.: 186	Fantastic movie Mattias! Looks like a real shoot from such camera on board! -------------------- Peter MER filename decoding into local true solar time - MSL clock and filename decoding

Malmer View Member Profile	Oct 11 2005, 07:51 PM Post #14
Member Group: Members Posts: 241 Joined: 22-August 05 From: Stockholm Sweden Member No.: 468	QUOTE (helvick @ Oct 11 2005, 08:55 PM) Absolutely - that's outstanding. More please. :-) Your wish is my command... I took the front and the back hazcam and put them together into this little QTVRmovie: OPPY QTVR Its a lot easier than stitching all those navcam images. /Mattias

ElkGroveDan View Member Profile	Oct 11 2005, 08:24 PM Post #15
Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 4763 Joined: 15-March 05 From: Glendale, AZ Member No.: 197	QUOTE (Malmer @ Oct 11 2005, 07:51 PM) Your wish is my command... I took the front and the back hazcam and put them together into this little QTVRmovie: OPPY QTVR Its a lot easier than stitching all those navcam images. /Mattias That is cool. Can you do that with the 360 pans? -------------------- If Occam had heard my theory, things would be very different now.