The goal of this assignment was to create a signal processing system that employs time shifting in some way. While tooling around with ideas for the project, I stumbled across a fairly interesting dynamic between various means of video processing. Time-shifting can result in major differences depending on what in the video you are shifting, and this assignment attempts to compare two such differences. One of the two videos (both simultaneously running Revenge of the Sith for the sake of comparison) only updates one frame per second. This gives the film a slide-show effect, and is usually considered a frustrating and improper way to watch any film. The second of the two videos employs the jit.slide function; while this film does run at roughly 30 FPS, the slide value output only updates at a fraction of the speed the inputs are arriving, and as such only completely updates a frame approximately once per second. This results in a blurry trail of motion that persists for a second before completely clearing (or, in this case, is overwritten by the next trail of motion). While a much smoother viewing experience, the individual frames are much more difficult to decipher compared to the clarity of the previous example’s individual shots. While the former method of film processing is significantly time-delayed but clear, the latter is smooth but at the cost of significant time-delayed motion trailing. For sequences with scrolling text and quick movement (as seen in the provided clip) this raises the question; which is preferable in video processing, clarity or smoothness?
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