Any film you see is produced by showing a series of images in quick
succession. The UK PAL video format shows around 25 images to the eyes
every second. In order for you to create your own stop-motion animation
video, you'll need to create an awful lot of images. This can be a
tedious process, but software like AnimatorDV makes it a lot easier.
Download
the AnimatorDV software, just type it into a search engine. The
installation process is very easy, just go with the default settings.
Before you start the program, plug in the camera you intend to capture
the video with, wait until the computer recognises it and then start the
software. If you're running the software on an older computer, you
might want to restart the computer first and run the software on its own
(it's quite CPU and RAM intensive).
Once you start the program,
you'll need to specify the directory the program should use to store the
images you capture. When you have configured this and your camera
settings, the main program window will load and display the live feed
from your camera.
To produce your motion capture, as I'm sure you
know, you'll need to capture thousands of individual images, then string
them together in a video to produce a film at the end. To start the
process, click the red 'GRAB' button. If you have just started the
program, you'll need to create a new sequence for your animation, a
window will pop-up to inform you of this. Click yes to create the
sequence. You will now be free to go through the tedious process of
capturing all the images for your first stop-motion animation. Click
grab each time you want to take a new image, moving your subject a
little time after each click.
Once you have captured all your
images, you'll want to export them to a video file that you can share.
To do this, select 'Sequences' from the menu bar at the top of the
screen. Then click 'Make Avi...' from the drop-down list. Select a
location, click OK and your video will be created!
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