Is there a easy way for stop motion?

Question

i have made some stop motion videos but my camera dusnt have firewire or a usb port so i have to put the disc in my pc then play it and ever time i move it i press print screen and copy it to paint cut it out and save it then once i have done that to every movement i upload them all to windows movie maker then put them in order and make each pic play for 0.24 secs. it takes alot of time and the video at the end is really jumpy aswell so i want to know is there a easy way to make it with my camera? my camera is a hitachi bx35a

Answer 1

The best way to find this answer is to contact technical support for the camera you have. Have not seen this before, but if you can download a video to your computer; and then make a CD or DVD you should be able to stop the motion on your computer, CD or DVD player.

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Answer 2

Don't use windows movie Maker to actually shoot or compile your animation together. You should use a program specifically designed for stop-motion animation purposes to actually compile your movie, then edit your larger clips afterwards in a video editing program like Windows Movie Maker. An animation program will make it easier to arrange, re-arrange, add and delete single frames. Typically, playing around with multiple single frames is kind of difficult and bothersome in video editors since they weren't designed with frame by frame animation as a primary function in mind.

To actually frame-grab and compile the movie, I'd suggest using Monkeyjam if you're on a PC. It's free.

http://www.giantscreamingrobotmonkeys.co...

AnimatorDV: Simple+ became freeware.

http://www.animatordv.com/download7

If you're on a Mac, you could try Framethief or FramebyFrame.

http://www.framethief.com/

http://web.mac.com/philipp.brendel/Softw...

The only problem is that most digital camera's can't be recognize by stop motion software because they can't hook up to a computer and provide a live video feed. As such, it's much easier and simpler to use a camcorder or webcam for stop motion, since they're pretty much guaranteed to give you a video feed when hooked up to a computer by USB or firewire.

Here are some online resources about the basic principles of animation. These principles can and should be applied to any genre or medium you choose to work in, whether that be drawn, CGI, or stop motion animation.

http://www.idleworm.com/how/index.shtml

http://www.awn.com/tooninstitute/lessonp...

http://www.animationarena.com/principles...

http://www.animationmeat.com/notes/notes...

If you need more help or info, let me know.

Answer 3

There is some stop motion software on the market. Can't say if it's good or bad.