Olympus Tutorial: Live Composite and Light Painting ep.55 

Rob, you start off saying you're not creative - but not bad at all in that department! Regardless, I'm a pretty advanced amateur and had yet to fully grasp the methodology of LiveComp prior to watching you're video. But you're "uncreative creative" methodical and "unemotional" approach is perfect in explaining the methodology. Thanks so much!!

What a great video Rob. I just love the easy way you have of explaining the 'how to' on each of your clips. You always sound so patient! Thanks again for giving so much. Saoirse

Excellent. That explains so much about this mode. Good results too! And you say you're out of your comfort zone!

I own an EM5 Mark2 and have been trying to figure out its many features some which can be very confusing. Your videos are the best. Nothing fancy, simple, and you present the information in a way that I can understand. Your videos having really helped me learn this complex but outstanding camera. Thanks.

Thank you for another great tutorial, Rob. I spent half a day today watching your videos!! :)

Super super tutorial. The best I've found on the internet. Greetings from Poland.

Great video !!!!! You explain things very will so, people like me can understand them. Great instruction !!!!!!

Very genuinely helpful tutorial, thank you very much again Rob!

Brilliant feature and excellent tutorial. Last night... I shot some star trails with the good old multiple shot and then blend method and then tried the same with live composite. Piece of cake doing it with the live composite. No need to do postprocessing for hours, while so many images are blended together and the file size is just that of one normal file. Amazing. I intend to try this with feature for some food photography. Thank you very much for your time and effort.

"Au contraire"! You are VERY creative! Thank you, Rob!

Finally, I get. Your good teaching techniques help to increase our knowledge and change our perspective from frustrating to a challenge worth trying. Thanks again, it opens a whole new area I have yet to try (in a digital camera format).

Good demonstration. Thank you!

Great Stuff! can't wait to try this out

Visions of Rob taking names on halo is what keeps me coming back! lol

Rob, you really are creative. I have learned so much from your video's so thank you for sharing.

I really enjoyed this tutorial. You did a great job demonstrating how to use live composite. Thanks for the great information, and the tip to finding cheap gels!

Great presentation rob thanks!

Really great tutorials you make, easy to follow ( I am Dutch ) and first time user of Olympus cameras since yesterday, you helped me out more than the manual....

Hi Rob, Thank you very much for another great tutorial. This is exactly what i was looking for, i really appreciate it. Cheers!

Great effects, gives me pointers to use my creative side. thanks Rob

I specialize in light painting, and this is everything I've ever wanted. With this I can do unlimited length long-exposure light painting photos during the daytime. Holy shit!

I love your videos, Rob. You are great asset to Olympus.

Thanks Rob. There are a number of videos on Live Composite which show the end result but none that I have found that tell you how to get there. At long last we have one. Thanks again.

Excellent tutorial, thank you ❤

You did great Rob...Thanx!

Thank you. You said you did the best you could... You did the best for me. I learn a lot. All is clear. Christophe (France).

Really excellent tutorial so much better than the multitude of "non-voiced" videos trying to do the same thing I like your slow informative process it's easy to follow

Awesome Rob...thanks!

Love your tutorials

You did really great with your example. Looks creative enough to me! ;-)

I love your videos … just so awesome ❤

Oh my that's so nice

Good one Rob, something I have been struggling to figure out.

Nice video! This is good to capture lightenings for example.

Brilliant tutorial thanks

Hello Rob...Great demo...Thank You...! PS: It is a great help to use the Olynpus app, to link the picture on to a bigger PC or laptop screen

Thanks for all your videos Rob! If it wasn’t for you I don’t think I’d be In to photograph.

Impressive!

Says he's not creative, applies lateral and creative thinking in tutorial. Rob - your videos are excellent. Thank you :-)

Very late to the party, but the more i use this camera the more i am impressed. Lightpainting would usually take me stacking loads of images in photoshop or using star trail software. cant wait to try this out. The whole menu system is quite intuitive coming from another manufacture. The whole concept and usability of these camera is amazing. I only picked one up for travel photography but find myself using it more and more.

I dunno, mate - that was pretty creative! Nice work 😁

Hi Rob, What a fantastic tutorial, I'm in the process of switching fully from a Nikon D750 to the Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, as I get older I find myself needing to move to the "lighter life". Live Comp is one of the main reasons I'm moving to Olympus but I'm still trying to get my head around the Olympus menus and my question to you is related to this video, I see the default setting for the monitor is -7 which I understand that it's better for the monitor to be dimmer as in most situations for light painting and star trails etc it will help but the setting I can't get my head around is in menu D2 - Live View Boost (Live Composite) what exactly do the options do (Off, On1 & On2)? Any help appreciated as like I said these menus are alien to me, Thanks, Billy

I'm crazy, i bought my pen F yesterday !

thanks for the video! you are a great teacher! great help. it's a shame that i didn't even realise i have this function in my camera =P

Great explanation. With the 4th of July holiday on the horizon can you put together a short video on using Live Compose for fireworks.

Thanks Rob a great lesson. Can I use this for aurora photography? Also should I use a wireless or remoter shutter release device when taking live composite?

Great video, well explained.. After the camera processes the image does it create both a raw and jpeg image or just jpeg?

This is a really nice idea (especially the flame part). I was looking up for tips on this. So is this on all OM-D cameras? Including the older em5,10, EM-1 (all mark 1s) etc.? Also, would using a polarizing filter cut out the reflection we're seeing on the LCD screen?

Thanks Rob, I now have a better understanding of Livecomp. I understand that shooting star trails are done in live comp, if I am shooting outside, would the settings be the same, and what if any would I need to change?

Great video as always Rob, just a quick question, why do you start with an under exposed shot, if the live composite only adds new light you picture won't end up with the correct exposure and end up a bit dark?

Hi Rob It’s me again having now watched this aspect of light drawing and having watched the Olympus one some time ago, I think combiningt the two gives a lot of info, one criticism on yours, I think perhaps showing the models or figures First may help in understanding the composition or what the creature looks like. Rob I’m being picky, I learned a lot, more than the Official Olympus one, as you explained by demonstration that the picture or shutter doesn’t pick up things that are darker, so wearing dark gloves means your hands become invisible, like a magic trick. Thank you!

Thanks Rob that was a huge help. Your not creative ? I think your very creative

Happy New Year Rob, trying to pick a new body, Pen F or EM5 Mikita, any recommendation? Another great video.

Hey Rob: In life composites used for night photography, do you think this would work for shooting Aurora? The northern lights

All good Rob but for some reason I cannot get beyond 60 seconds to that mode. I'm in M and followed your exact settings after a full reset. Any thought on whets wrong? M1iii 14-150mm kit lense..

Hello from New York City! Can live composite be used for product photography? Is the final image in RAW or JPEG format? Thank you for informative video.

Also: how do you think live Comp would work shooting fireworks? Thanks. I so appreciate your details in all your videos. Your explanations are so easy to follow. Also is shutter speed always set in Manual?

For someone who is "not creative" that looked pretty creative to me.........

How would handle a water fall for silky flow images?

I think this mode would really be great shooting fireflies...have you ever tried to shot them?...they should be out this time of the year, around 8-9 pm...

Done Livecomp on a couple of occasions, it’s really fun and you learn a lot about exposure. But I don’t seem to be able to use a 2 or 10 second timer when using this feature which is annoying due to possible camera shake... I guess I could always use the Olympus app or a release to trigger the camera, but I rarely use those. Am I right or has I just not found the timer feature?

Hi Rob nice video you got there. Just a question, in live composite, technically you can use the flash right (for the base exposure), but it will be blown out since the fastest shutter speed is half a second. Is my understanding correct?

Hello Rob, I'm really impressed! Great video... and to my opinion that looked very creative. I really like the second photo of your creature in front of the flames. Really really good! I hava a question. When using live composite you seemed to have taken hundreds of pictures. Is this right? Or do photos that are taken this way count as if you'd only taken one shot when reading out the shutter count. I ask this because I had problems with the shutter of my E-M1 twice and had to send it in to Olympus. So I wouldn't want to do hundreds of pictures in just a few minutes just to have two pictures at least. Hope you understand what I mean.

What does that antishock do?...Do you have a video on it?...I see it on my Olympus E520...and I think I understand that it stops the shutter for how ever many seconds you chose under the anti shock setting..is this how it works?

do use filter to take this picture?

You should be able to Dodge and burn..like when I use to develop my on Tmax 400 speed black and white film... like you said you should be able to remove light also.

I need your advice am trying to use live composite in my Olympus em1 mark iii but not active why? although i can reach it from menu but not active when shopping any clue?

Rob, Can you do live composite on your PEN F?

What stop ND filter did you use for this video ? You did not say in the video.

Thank you, Rob - Great video, and you definitely ARE creative! One thing that confuses the baggeebies out of me is the interval or shutter setting. I just do not understand if the TIME setting you choose is actually the interval between shutter releases (frequency) with shutter speed unknown, OR the actual shutter speed (open time) with the interval unknown? I've watched several videos (yours is the best by far) but the answer is still unclear. Are you setting shutter speed, or are you setting how OFTEN the shutter opens??? The elapsed time counter on the camera display seems to indicate interval only -- please set me straight. Thanks, sir!

Thanks, I watched your tutorial at least 3 times. I could create a picture after live composite. I streamed the HDMI out and capture via HDMI capture card at the same time. However, I did it at home. Is there any option it can save to the video on the camera? Thanks

As far as I can understand, that seems to be an evolution of the flash sync on 2nd shutter curtain

I noticed you were saving the images as jpeg Rob. Will it save a raw file in live comp.?

FYI- I tried LC for fireworks, mmmm I did not factor in Wind! I plan to retire LC with fireworks hopefully tonight with the HNL harbor fireworks display.

Hi Rob, Robin Wong said the opposite, do not under expose 1st shot? Maybe he,s thinking night/astro scenes? Can see in daylight you need an ND filter, I intend to use it at night, no light pollution, with perhap,s some fill flash.

Your videos are instrumental for so many …thank you . I HAVE A QUESTION… I did composite shooting for fireworks and star trails … & after the composite is done , it always says “noise reduction in progress “. Is this normal & is there a way to turn off noise reduction after each composite shot?? It takes up time .. plus I was thinking is it best to do noise reduction in post ?? Just checking on this bec I am wondering if I need to change a setting on the in-camera noise reduction. THANK YOU 😊 Appreciate your thoughts!!

You are the coolest guy...you could have been a doctor..or you might have already been one..or are one..I dont know ...Im just rambling...Im looking at buy an E-M10...and using my two lens from my E520...I just dont know what to do...the M10 is at like 175$...with charger, strap...and no lens..the only other camera Im looking at is a(bad word here) a Sony..SLT-A57.

Im attempting this tonight with fireworks., so I am practicing in a dark room just to get familiar. At the end of my photos, it says noise reduction in progress, would you turn that off if you’re shooting raw ?

God Show as always Rob,but what about the elevator music you are playing over your videos?

auto subscribe sir

do you use filter i mean

M1 Mark III: I thought the base exposure was supposed to be what you want or normal exposure for the foreground. ...ok. this i really a light painting, not car trails, lightening, or fireworks, with a desired foreground and exposure on the foreground.

Put a black cloth over the display of the front camera and the lens (front) if the filming camera. so, a black tunnel between camera's. This will kill the reflections on the display that your viewers see. For the rest... great video's

OM-D 10 Mark II user here. If the camera can't focus and create the first base shot which is typical at night capturing lightning then Live Composite will fail despite the camera's prompt that it's ready. The only recourse is setting focus to manual. Frustrating to discover this firsthand.

I wish this would work in daylight :(

@7:42 paused the video and trying to clean this annoying fingerprints on my screen

so much for not being creative! lol are you kidding? hahaha

"Not so creative person" - he said) such a liar))))

a great project whilst we are all imprisoned by our goverments.