October 12, 2015

by Phlearn Photoshop and Photography Tutorials

What is a Cinemagraph?

Cinemagraphs are commonly produced by taking a series of photographs or a video recording, and, using image editing software, compositing the photographs or the video frames into a seamless loop of sequential frames. This is done such that motion in part of the subject between exposures (for example, a person’s dangling leg) is perceived as a repeating or continued motion, in contrast with the stillness of the rest of the image.

Capturing Footage for a Cinemagraph

At first we planned on just teaching you how to create a cinemagraph in photoshop. Then we realized that it’s just as important to know how to shoot a cinemagraph with your camera before taking it into photoshop.

Here are some things you’ll need in order to capture footage for your cinemagraph:

A camera that can record video (Anything from a…