Thanks for the info Jim. This is a great activity idea which I'll try with my son!
- Frank On Sun, 13 Mar 2005 16:47:31 -0500, Jim Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Frank Mamone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2005 1:21 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: Bad Movies from a Good Kid > > > > Nice. How did you do that? Are those still stitched together or did > > you do it with a video? > > For these I used a software product called "Stop Motion Pro". It's pretty > good (although the interface was really flakey). The trail version (which I > used) puts that red bar across the movie. > > The main problem is that this software costs $250 for a license - and > honestly it just doesn't seem worth it (it's a little buggy and the feature > set is very good, but not I'm not sure it's $250 good). > > I've since found another, free, piece of software here: > > http://www.animateclay.com/capture.htm > > It's not as feature rich as the other one, but it does everything you need > for the kind of movies we made. > > The more expensive software also does sound synching (using a wave form > display) and guides (lines or arcs displayed on screen to help with > positioning). It also does "frame averaging" (it takes several frames then > combines them into one to eliminate some of the odd lighting and shadow > problems you might see). > > Both packages do basic frame grabs from any compatible source (we used a > firewire webcam) and onion skinning. > > You use a package like the above to capture the frames and export a movie > (and uncompressed AVI file in our case). > > Then we imported that movie into Windows Movie Maker (included in XP) to add > titles, credits, and transitions. > > We're hoping to do more movies, perhaps with sound, soon. > > Jim Davis > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:150416 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
