I just got this bit of info from my son as to how he did the video......
1.) Batch import photos from shoot into Aperture for color correction, sharpening, light editing
2.) Export corrected photos from Aperture to Thunderbolt RAID for faster editing
3.) Import color corrected sample photo in Photoshop
4.) Record Photoshop action of custom gradient mask, apply lens blur filter, correct image saturation and levels
5.) Batch import photos from RAID and run Photoshop action script - this was the most time consuming step
6.) Import tilt shift assets into Final Cut Pro and assemble timelapse at image native resolution (I'll explain why later)
7.) Export timelapse out of Final Cut Pro as a consolidated 4K ProRes file
8.) Reimport assets into FCP for editing
9.) Assign keyframe motion for each timelapse to simulate a camera push/pull in a 1080p video sequence - The 4K video file is especially important for this step because there is so much extra data that isn't being used. I would scale down the video file to about 43% in a 1080p sequence so I could easily simulate camera movement
10.) Export final MP4 out of FCP
1.) Batch import photos from shoot into Aperture for color correction, sharpening, light editing
2.) Export corrected photos from Aperture to Thunderbolt RAID for faster editing
3.) Import color corrected sample photo in Photoshop
4.) Record Photoshop action of custom gradient mask, apply lens blur filter, correct image saturation and levels
5.) Batch import photos from RAID and run Photoshop action script - this was the most time consuming step
6.) Import tilt shift assets into Final Cut Pro and assemble timelapse at image native resolution (I'll explain why later)
7.) Export timelapse out of Final Cut Pro as a consolidated 4K ProRes file
8.) Reimport assets into FCP for editing
9.) Assign keyframe motion for each timelapse to simulate a camera push/pull in a 1080p video sequence - The 4K video file is especially important for this step because there is so much extra data that isn't being used. I would scale down the video file to about 43% in a 1080p sequence so I could easily simulate camera movement
10.) Export final MP4 out of FCP
