Stop motion film making?

MrJe

I'd like to make some stop motion film (the 'clay film' kind of). Have tried already, but only using Windows Filmmaker...
I need some program that allows more frames per second to render smoother motion.
Does anyone know some free (or rather cheap) program suitable for that:?:

Frankn

That site has got some software listed there with short review and links to their sites - LINK

djcaution

stop motion looks like it would take WAY too much time to do for me...

dwcnps

agustin

I gotta do an stopmotion and I already started trying a couple of things. Its definetly hard and goota be`pacience.. for sure, Im using flash and after effects.

videoguy

just put your camera on a tripod and take pictures after moving the clay a certain amount. the more you move the clay between each picture, the faster it will "move". if you take alot of pictures with less difference between each one, you can take out redundant pictures to speed up the video, but if you take too few pictures, you can go back.....so take lots of pics. ive heard stop motion video is done at 12 or 15 frames per second, so try shooting for that. it will take time to learn how to really manipulate the clay and camera at the same time, so start out with simple things like a moving ball, or moving object.

irishmark

you dont need more frames per second to create smoother animation. All you need is 25/29.9 (pal or ntsc).

you need to get better at the motion and probably add more motions per frames. Stop motion is an extremelt tiume consuming process and requieres imence patience. Try slowing down thye motion to smooth it out. Look at the Wallace & Gromit stiff from Ardman Studios - some of that stuff aint all that smooth.

Josso

videoguy

"you dont need more frames per second to create smoother animation. All you need is 25/29.9 (pal or ntsc). "

this is true, however, it is standard practice with stop motion video to go heigher than 12 - 15 frames per second. you then CONVERT THIS to 25 or 30 frames per second in post, but you dont need any more than 12 to 15 actual pictures per second

blending in post will not work very well, especially if there is alot of movement, and you cant use motion blur b/c that will look fake. remember, people DONT EXPECT stop motion to look the same as regular video

greatfire

i dont reccomend doing stopmotion. I was a pain when i did it. Sure it was fun for a while but if we got 8 seconds of film in an hour that was amazing. Very slow, and bacomes very dull. I used iStopmotion

dwcnps

Stop-motion animation is what my website will soon be all about. I like doing stop-motion as it keeps me occupied when I'm bored and it's a really good hobby for me.

Check out my topic with a preview of my stop-motion animation film that will be on my soon-to-be website.

Anyway, I recommend stop motion animation to anyone who wants to make a movie. cheap.

sabe

Here is a site you must visit, if you want to do some stop motion. It gives you many resources, programs that you can use and tips & how to's.

I think this is a great site. Let me know if it is useful. If you have not found Stikfa's they are an easy way to practice your stop motion w/o having to make your characters.

the site is:
http://www.clayanimator.com/english/menu.html

zakarykinnaird

Use quicktime pro, its quite cheap and you can set how many frames per second your film is, this is really helpful. Also you can import jps or whaterver image file you have. The workflow is as simple as taking photos with a digital camera, and then opening quicktime pro and selecting, Open image sequence, the images are in order (thanks to your camera) and you select how many frames per second you want to run you video at. Its really easy to use.