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How to Make a Stop Motion Picture Animation

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How to Make a Stop Motion Picture Animation

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How To Make A Stop Motion Picture Animation

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"X, the Unknown" (A Sock Stop Motion Animation) by Kristy Clinton

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If you were wondering how they create movies such as Wallace and Gromit or those funky LEGO shorts online, your search is over. Although creating stop motion animation is not difficult, it is time-consuming and repetitive. As long as you're patient, this makes a fantastic hobby that may even grow into a career. It is a fun way of learning for everyone.

1. Install stop motion software. You can install this on just about any device, although laptops and mobile devices are the easiest to transport around your film set. Many stop motion programs have a free trial period, so you can try them out before you buy. Read the terms first, as the trial may restrict your options, or cover your images with a watermark. Here are a few suggestion.

For Mac: iStopMotion, Boinx, Dragon Frame

For Windows: I Can Animate 2 (recommended for children), iKITMovie, or Stop Motion Pro. Windows Movie Maker is an option with fewer features, but it may already be on your computer.

For iPhone or iPad: Frameographer, Stopmotion Cafe

For Android devices: Clayframes, Stopmotion Studio

2. Find objects and figures to use in your movie. Some good choices include clay, wire, LEGO or similar building block figures. Be imaginative; you can use almost any object to make your movie.

Start with a small project, such as an orange peeling itself. One second of film can take 18-24 photos, so you'll get plenty of practice from this.

You can draw on a whiteboard or stack of paper instead, changing the drawing slightly with every frame. If you do this, set up a stable stand to hold the drawings, so there's no accidental movement.

3. Set up your camera. Take your camera and device to the location you'll be shooting. Connect your webcam or camera to your device. Open your software and confirm that it "sees" the webcam image. Once you've worked out any kinks, set the camera on a tripod, or tape it down firmly to prevent motion. If the camera shakes as you take photos, the movie will appear chaotic and lack continuity.

4. Finish your film. You can now render the project as a video file and show it to your friends. If you like, you can open the video in video editing software and add music, sound effects, and special effects.

1. Keep your camera steady. You can use any camera, phone, or tablet that takes digital photographs. Place it on a tripod or stand, or tape it down. It must be completely still, or the movie will look jumbled and strange.

2. Import the pictures to your video editor. Open your video editing software and import the folder containing the pictures you took. This option is usually under File in the top menu, or where described below:

iMovie: Make sure you're in Timeline view. To import the images, click the button and choose your photo album.

Virtual Dub: → → Image Sequence . Select the first image in your album, and Virtual Dub will automatically import all other pictures that follow in numerical order (e.g DCM1000, DCM1001, DCM1002).

Windows Movie Maker: Do not import until after you've set picture duration, as described below.

3. Change the picture duration. This determines how long each image will appear on screen. This works a little differently in each program:

iMovie: When you select your photos, you'll be prompted to enter a time value. Try 0:03 (3/100s of a second) for a smooth, fast video, or 0:10 for a jerky but more relaxed pace.

Virtual Dub: → . 25 FPS (frames per second) is very smooth and fast, while 5-10 frames per second moves at a slower, jerky pace.

Windows Movie Maker: → → → Picture Options . Enter a picture duration (try 0.03 or 0.10). You can now load your images to the storyboard.

4. Save your movie. To watch your movie, just open the video file.Enjoy your first stop motion project!

Virtual Dub: → . Your images are now a movie sequence ready for editing in another program, such as Windows Movie maker, Sony Vegas, or Adobe Premiere.

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Things You'll Need

Digital camera

Monopod, tripod, or other way to make the camera stable

Stop motion software or video editing software

Figures and set materials

A lamp or two to ensure good lighting

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We are delighted to publish and once again share Justin Clayden's top 10 tips for Stop Motion Photography.

Stop Motion animation is a popular form of filmmaking, for audiences and creators alike. However, there is a lack of quality seen in the works of almost all but the most professional studios. This article is directed at those who capture their frames via a higher-end camera connected to a computer.

It's possible to achieve really nice looking results just by following a handful of tips- two handfuls, to be exact:

Even the slightest accidental nudge of the camera will stick out like a sore thumb and scream "amateur!" to your audiences. Tying your camera's tripod down is a good way to avoid the effects of small bumps. Unless of course, you're going for that "Kid's stop motion" look. Personally, I'm not.. and if I were, I'd probably do it in After Effects. Having some sort of 'video assist', whereby you can see the frame you shot last overlay on the current one can help you spot a camera bump earlier rather than later.

This is unavoidable with cheaper cameras with their auto-exposure shenanigans, of course, but for higher-end cameras with full manual control, there's no excuse for this sort of thing happening. Setting the white balance correctly and consistently is also important with stop motion photography. Indeed, keeping a log book of the settings you used for a shoot is a great idea.

Again, modern lower-end cameras don't offer manual focus, and these are next to useless for stop motion. If you want to pull focus (a la "rack focus") then having a plan to do so is a great idea. If you're able to numerically specify the focus setting for a camera, this also can be a great boon! In an ideal world, all of the camera's settings can be controlled via the computer.

A good stop motion animator flows around the set like a gentle breeze. A tip here is to choose materials for your puppets and your sets that are

forgiving of accidental encounters. For instance, use foam latex instead of modelling clay. Avoid using real hair for puppets, unless you can be absolutely sure that you won't flick it accidentally. This is why after making two stop motion shorts with 'real' hair ("The one that got away" and "The bun that got away") I switched to felt for "The crumb that got away". If disaster strikes and you do accidentally move a puppet or a set element, you can attempt to re-position them, using the previously captured frame as a reference.

The first thing to mention here is that natural light is your enemy, as lovely as it is. The problem with natural light is that it fluctuates over time. Clouds move overhead, and of course the sun is always in motion. The other thing to mention is that your own lighting setup shouldn't change either. For fixed lights (such as overhead lights in your office) make a note in your log about which are on, and for moveable lights, simply leave them where they are. To emphasise, if you are forced to recreate the lighting for a scene, it must be EXACT.

A number of the issues mentioned above can be avoided by following this tip. Ideally when you embark on shooting a scene, you should be uninterrupted for as long as it takes to complete it. If you do need to stop for any length of time, (remember to eat, drink, and go to the bathroom!) then leave everything running. If you can only do so much in a single session, check that you've recreated the same conditions the next time before you start shooting in earnest, by capturing a test frame and comparing it with the last frame you shot.

You can always delete frames, but creating them out of nothing weeks later is not so easy. An example of this is making your characters blink. I generally will add my eyelids to my character and capture a frame even when it would be too much to include them all. It's nice to be able to make that decision editorially, later. Another example of this is to take extra frames of the set without your characters, so that there's a 'blank field' to use later should you wish to remove a part of your character for whatever reason.

Don't get me wrong-I LOVE computers and the synthesis of imagery, but the reality of stop motion photography is that if you have to 'fix' something in post, you'll need to do it for many frames. It's almost always worth spending the time beatifying your characters and your set beforehand.

Tip 9: ALWAYS shoot as hi-res as possible

More pixels equals more options- you can choose to 'zoom in' on a part of your scene later, and of course when it comes time to producing the hi-res poster of your work you have more options.

Also, you might only be making your stop motion photography film for Internet distribution now, but further down the track you may change your mind and decide that a hi-res digital projection is more your scene.

For anything but the simplest of shots, it's a good idea to do a dry run-through, testing that the mechanics of the set and your characters are as you expect. Shooting stop motion photography can be like driving down a one-way street- there's no turning back!

We encourage you to visit Justin how I made "The Crumb that got away" - view the video below

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We are delighted to publish and once again share Justin Clayden's top 10 tips for Stop Motion Photography. Stop Motion animation is a popular form of filmmaking, for audiences and creators alike. However, there is a lack of quality seen in the works of almost all but the most professional studios.