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Smooth, High Definition Video of Curiosity's Landing On Mars

Posted by Soulskill on from the pretty-pictures dept.

_0x783czar writes "Filmmaker Brad Canning has released a hi-def video of Curiosity's landing. This video was captured in low res, and then extrapolated and re-rendered by Canning to produce some of the most stunning imagery ever captured on an alien world. It took Canning over a month to complete the process. He used motion tracking to add sound effects which in turn give you the sensation of the ride of your life."

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  1. Enhance! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

    clearly Enhance truly does exist... or you could just watch the Official Nasa HD version..hmm http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/hd/

  2. Uh... by Joehonkie · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Are the bizarre color shifts and weird smoothing/warping for a few frames in some places a result of the extrapolation process?

    1. Re:Uh... by Baloroth · · Score: 3, Informative

      The original footage was 4fps and not exactly 1080p, so yes, and it's to be expected. I imagine with a lot more work you could eliminate most of it, but that would probably require adjusting every frame by hand (which would be extremely laborious). And by that point the end result will be even more made-up than the current result.

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  3. CSI... by otaku244 · · Score: 2

    ENHANCE! There's a reflection of an alien shadow off that rock.

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    1. Re:CSI... by PPH · · Score: 2

      Nah. That's just the shadow of the craft services van.

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  4. versions by girlintraining · · Score: 5, Funny

    The remastered version certainly is better quality, but I'll wait for the limited edition director's cut of Episode I: Giant Nuclear-Powered Laser Robot Invades Mars. It's supposed to be a rock-solid performance with plenty of driving action scenes.

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  5. Nice Video, But... by Latentius · · Score: 4, Informative

    I like the video quality enhancements, they really bring out a lot of hidden details. The frame extrapolations, though, give a weird gelatinous effect to the video.

    And I could really do without the sound effects, especially the cheesy motor sound effects at the ending.

    1. Re:Nice Video, But... by Latentius · · Score: 2

      Thank you for the passive-aggressive response. However, my comment was directed at the portion of TFS which reads:

      To add sound effects which in turn give you the sensation of the ride of your life.

      In my opinion, these sound effects do more to cheapen the sensation rather than enhance it.

      If you don't like that I happen to have an opinion of my own, surely your internet browser has a helpful interface element known as a scroll bar, which allows you to progress further down the page and pass up the offending opinion.

    2. Re:Nice Video, But... by ModernGeek · · Score: 2

      ::rubs the arms of his chair, and procedes to scratch his tangled neck beard::

      I, too believe that it is of poor quality and taste, and that I could have done better.

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  6. Re:First Post by isorox · · Score: 2

    Woot first post.

    It really wasn't. Perhaps you were posting from Mars?

  7. Credit where credit is due. by Beat+The+Odds · · Score: 2

    Glad to see that Mars got mentioned in the closing credits.

  8. Re:Can we use this technology on... by gstoddart · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...the newly released and terribly blurry photos of Kate Middleton's tits? And what kinds of sounds would he add to that film?

    My sound effects would sound not unlike a motorboat. ;-)

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  9. Re:Totally Awsome by Alkonaut · · Score: 2

    If you imagine sitting inside the spaceship, where there would then be an atmosphere, you would be hearing noises produced by the craft itself, even if there is no atmosphere outside.

  10. Re:The video is of aeroshell's decent, not Curiost by Jesse_vd · · Score: 4, Informative

    You've got it completely backwards. This video is from the bottom of Curiosity. The heat shield falls away at the start, before that the camera couldn't see anything.

  11. Re:1 month of work? by X0563511 · · Score: 2

    OK, smartass. Go download the original and post your results tomorrow. We'll be waiting.

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  12. If you liked that then you'll like this by GreyFish · · Score: 2

    The DISR movies made from data from the Huygens probe landing on Titan:

    http://www.esa.int/esaMI/Cassini-Huygens/SEMKVQOFGLE_0.html
    http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/DISR/Multimedia/Titan_Movies.htm

  13. Re:Interpolation by F.Ultra · · Score: 3, Informative

    It's not SD to HD the source was HD to begin with, the change is 4fps to 60fps.