> -----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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase Contribute 3 from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=53 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:150412 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
