Uploaded January 2012 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
This silent 8mn film was taken in 1954, and the camera (not the projector) malfunctioned and didn't bring the film to rest before opening the shutter. As a result, not only were the frames jumping up and down, but many of those which jumped were blurred. I went through by hand (thousands of frames) and marked each jump frame. I then developed software which deleted the jump frame and then used motion estimation software (similar to Twixtor which is used for synthesizing slow motion) to create a brand new synthesized frame which I then inserted in place of the damaged frame. So, on the right-side "after" version of the clip, about 50% of those frames are computer-generated.
This silent 8mn film was taken in 1954, and the camera (not the projector) malfunctioned and didn't bring the film to rest before opening the shutter. As a result, not only were the frames jumping up and down, but many of those which jumped were blurred. I went through by hand (thousands of frames) and marked each jump frame. I then developed software which deleted the jump frame and then used motion estimation software (similar to Twixtor which is used for synthesizing slow motion) to create a brand new synthesized frame which I then inserted in place of the damaged frame. So, on the right-side "after" version of the clip, about 50% of those frames are computer-generated.
