Drums

This page demonstrates how Video Surgeon can be used to slow down this streetside musician's drumming technique. He is one cool dude. The videos below are a great example of just a few of the things Video Surgeon can do. The example clip below was taken from a YouTube video we downloaded using Video Surgeon. Four different version of this clip are supplied below. Below the videos are a series of pictures or images from the video.

Video 1: This is the original clip from the YT video at normal speed and with no zoom.

Video 2: This second video is the same as above except that it is at 25% of the original speed. It is easy to see how this slow motion helps you better see and analyze the the technique of this drummer.

Video 3: This third video is the same as above except we have applied a 2-fold zoom. So both slow motion and zooming are applied to make it easier to closely examine the movements of the drummers hands and how he spins the drum sticks like a batton in his fingers.

Video 4: This fourth video is slowed even further, to 6.25%. No zoom is applied. Again the value of slow motion for analysis of the hands and drums sticks is demonstrated.

Pictures from video: Video Surgeon allows you to print to paper or to file, one or a series of images. In the example below there are four images, which represent a sequence of four frames over time. Click on the thumbnail to see the full sized image.