REALLY fast stop motion..HELP!

So I am trying to make a stop motion using imovie 09 and it wont let me make the clips shorter then .1 seconds...does anybody know how I can make them shorter? I am trying to make this REALLY fast...Help!! This is for a major film project I am working on. All help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks.

hjsami01 wrote:
So I am trying to make a stop motion using imovie 09 and it wont let me make the clips shorter then .1 seconds...
that's right. for smooth stop-motion, you need 1 frame per second.
you need tools as QuicktimePro vers7, which allows to convert a folder of pics into a smooth stream of video, or designated stop-motion tools as framebyframe (free) or iStopMotion ($$, therefor much more elaborated&convenient).
and Welcome, hjsami01, to the  boards ...

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