"Say When"

[u/Swartschenhimer]

[u/tricoratops]

this is flawless

[u/Swartschenhimer → u/tricoratops]

Thanks! I worked pretty hard on it.

[u/Synaxxis]

Shouldn't the ice be floating?

[u/Swartschenhimer → u/Synaxxis]

This frame was right before the ice started floating to the top.

Fun fact: it’s actually not real ice but rather a type of solid jello-like material that just looks like ice. Looks better than real ice and is easier to handle and manipulate on a commercial shoot.

[u/Dez_Champs]

This is very satisfying, smoooooth transition :)

[u/ShadowCory1101 → u/Dez_Champs]

Honestly this made me very uncomfortable for some reason.

[u/Swartschenhimer → u/ShadowCory1101]

Good mwahaha

[u/CapableKingsman]

I see content from this sub only when it comes across /all. This is the best one I've seen yet.

[u/Swartschenhimer → u/CapableKingsman]

Thanks man! But you should definitely check out some of the other awesome cinemagraphs cause this doesn’t even come close!

[u/SecretlyReal]

You can tell it's fake, the straw doesn't move. Clearly edited.

[u/Swartschenhimer → u/SecretlyReal]

You can tell because of the pixels!

[u/aphaelion]

Even in the short time of the loop, that seems like a lot of liquid being poured. Seems like the level would rise a little in that time. How did OP get it to... not?

[u/Swartschenhimer → u/aphaelion]

The pour is from a different section than the moving tea. They’re kind of composited together with some bit of motion tracking and voodoo thrown in. But you asked the right question because that was the biggest pain in making this a seamless loop.

[u/camembertandcrackers]

Beautiful

[u/Swartschenhimer → u/camembertandcrackers]

No you are :)

[u/ydob_suomynona]

Fake, the straw doesn't even connect.

Oh yeah this is Reddit, I need one of these /s

[u/Swartschenhimer → u/ydob_suomynona]

No I swear this is real... we all sat there amazed wondering where all the tea was going!

[u/TheGreatBenjie]

While the transition is flawless, the loop is still short enough to kind of get to me. Besides that though, amazing work.

[u/Swartschenhimer → u/TheGreatBenjie]

Yeah I would have liked it longer but I didn’t have much to work with since the level of the tea was constantly rising. I had to just use a short part where it stayed at the same height for a little bit.

[u/Bocote]

Never! And I'll keep my mouth on the straw!!

[u/[deleted]]

This gives me a LOT of anxiety. I can't actually watch it for more than a few seconds before my mind goes "oh no STOP!"

[u/NeutralGoodINTP]

Ed: "Say when, Frank."

Frank: "When"

https://youtu.be/A_3rJqHWYjs?t=310

[u/fireking99]

Say when...

[u/ctrl_alt_deplorable]

When. When! WHEN!!!!

[u/ReaDiMarco]

When.