Also for those of you who have seen the Prestige, The web cam is the act. By using web cam footage he is able to do things in post production that would be much more difficult on HD footage.

If this is real I would love to see it in person.

will, after reflecting on your comment i am sure that you will agree it is not entirely fair to claim unequivocably, as you have, that Thomas has mos definitely altered his video. If you would be so kind as to provide the scientific evidence you have gathered to be able to make this claim, I’m sure that we would all love to see it. If you have been tested and accredited as an “expert” on determining the veracity of video evidence on sight, please provide the proof of those credentials.

Now, having said that, I am certainly not claiming that this video must be unaltered and therefore proof of Thomas’s kinetic skills. I am simply saying that evidence does not exist one way or the other at this time. To refute the suggestion that this may be “stop action”, may I point out a couple of things:

First: when creating stop-motion film, one usually (ie, always) stops the motion. This results in there being NO BLUR as all motion is ceased when the camera shutter opens and closes. As you can clearly see, there is definitely blur in Thomas’s video as his hands move.

Second: digital cameras – including webcams – do not take a continuous stream of footage; rather, they take a series of still pictures which are then processed together to make a “motion picture”. The difference in quality between a high-end (or even mid-range) camera and a webcam is shown when you look at the number of “snapshots” each takes per second. Since low quality cameras take so few snapshots per second, the action they are filming seems broken up. This becomes especially apparent when filming high-speed action – someone performing complex dice tricks, for example.

In truth, will, i would think it easier to learn to actually do this than to attempt to fake it with trick photography or altered recordings. Besides, which would you rather watch at a party: someone doing these tricks, or someone faking them on his computer?

Come to think of it, learning to fake this with digital editing might get me a job at Pixar…one thing Thomas’s obscure skill won’t help him with. :)

Richard

SteveDJ, ever watch a skateboarding vid? Damn kids must use electromagnets or something.
I’ll happily admit to being a credulous gull, but this has me believing it.