These have been some great tips and resources, Thanks everyone. Time......wish I had it in a bottle....
Heath http://batmangeek7.blogspot.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "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 videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "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] >
