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These are two stop-motion pieces (first one NSFW) that Jen Simmons and I did by just shooting stills on a digital camera and setting the still frame duration to 1/10 of a second. Software with onionskinning would have made it much easier but it's not required. - Verdi On 3/15/07, Heath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > These have been some great tips and resources, Thanks everyone. > > Time......wish I had it in a bottle.... > > Heath > http://batmangeek7.blogspot.com > > --- In [email protected], "Adam Quirk, Wreck & Salvage" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I've tried a few different programs for stop motion, and they're > all very > > similar. Honestly, as long as they have onion-skinning you're > golden, and > > every one I've used has that feature. The biggest challenge with > this stuff > > is patience. > > > > One thing that helped me out immensely was this article about basic > > animation principles: > > http://www.stopmotionanimation.com/handbook/9.htm > > > > The biggest, most helpful tip for me was #5: Ease-In & Ease-Out. > > > > Also alternately known as *Slow-in* and *Slow-out*, or > *Acceleration* and * > > > Deceleration*. Whatever you call it, it refers to the tendency > things have > > > to start and stop moving gradually. Example; a man is going to > sprint (he > > > got tired of playing ball I guess, or maybe he hit a home run). > He doesn't > > > just hit full speed instantly and then stop on a dime - unless > he's the > > > Roadrunner! He'll build up speed gradually and then slow down > gradually at > > > the end. The same applies to any object set in motion... a car, a > bird, or > > > even a bouncing ball. > > > > > > > Applied to stop motion, this means when something is moving from > one place > > to another, its first few movements should cover very short > distances, grow > > incrementally bigger, then incrementally smaller again as it > reaches it's > > stopping point, ending up with a nearly unnoticeable movement > before it > > completely stops. > > > > Here's my latest attempt at this frustrating but incredibly fun art > form > > (may not be safe for work, depending on where you work): > > > > *http://tinyurl.com/23bfur > > > > *Good luck, > > AQ > > > > On 3/15/07, Brad Hood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Virtualdub, for your windows pc, will load frames, play and save > them > > > as avi movies. You just need to name them like picture0001.jpg, > > > picture0002.jpeg, etc, and load them into virtualdub. So I read > in an > > > unofficial virtualdub forum. Here somewhere... > > > http://forums.virtualdub.org/ > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "Heath" <heathparks@> wrote: > > > > > > > > I know this has been dicussed before and I know how to do it > with a > > > > video camera, but I think that there is a way to take digital > still and > > > > then combine them to create stop motion as well. Is that > correct? and > > > > if so could someone please point me into the right direction? > I am on > > > > a PC not a mac. > > > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > > > Heath > > > > http://batmangeek7.blogspot.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Adam Quirk > > Wreck & Salvage > > 551.208.4644 > > Brooklyn, NY > > http://wreckandsalvage.com > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > -- http://michaelverdi.com http://spinxpress.com http://freevlog.org Author of Secrets Of Videoblogging - http://tinyurl.com/me4vs
