Stop Motion Effect?

Is there a QUICK way to create an effect similar to stop motion animation (1 fps) with a video clip already on the time line in Final Cut Pro?

Look for the STROBE filter.
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Stop motion FCPX

Can stop motion video be done with FCPX like it can be done with adobe?

Are you looking to do real stop motion? Or create a stop motion effect from video? (the answer is yes for both... but obviously different depending on which you are trying to do.)

Trying to add effects to a stop motion using Adobe

Hello everyone. I make stop motion films and am tired of having the ameteur look of not having effects. I am trying to learn how to add backgrounds using greenscreens, maybe put images/videos(animated and/or realistic) of things like fire, lasers, etc. and I'm just wondering, does Adobe supply some sort of program that could allow me to do this? I just don't even know where to begin. I've taken a course in Flash animation and so I'm familiar with what it can do, I'm just not sure if I'm able to add images I've created in Flash to a stop motion film in another editing program. I hope I'm making sense, can anybody help me out?

Use the right tool for the right need, in your case: After Effects.

(Urgent) Stop Motion Animation in After Effects?

THIS IS URGENT I need to make a stop motion out of a series of pictures that i took but i need a simple way to do it instead of having to individually drag and edit the shots. Is there anyway you can import a serise of shots as a sequence or something? Or is there another Adobe Software that is good for stop motion? THANKS

Are you asking about importing a series of still images as a still-image sequence?

What programs/functions do I need to master in order to create stop motion animation?

Hi,
Im just starting a new job, and will be creating a handful of films for my new employer.
I want to create something interesting, and have been leaning towards stop motion animation.
What initially inspired me was this music video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfcHq0hhFWg
To me, it looks like a bunch of stop motion ( ex; the paper balls and hand colored individual frames of the guy playing guitar), paired with some digital animation (walruses). Please correct me if I am wrong about this.
So - to focus my question:
1) What program does one use to play all the individual pictures taken to create the stop motion animation? In other words, once I have shot all the individual pictures of the objects I want to animate, and am ready to organize them and set a playback speed, what program would I use? Do most people just throw all the pictures into final cut and do it that way?? Or is there a better program?
and
2) How do you cut portions of pictures / drawings / frames out to allow for a deep layering effect? I figure most people take each frame and manipulate it individually using photoshop (cutting portions of an image out so something else can be seen through the void). But is there a better way??
For example, lets say I have two crecent shaped pieces of black paper, and I want them to move towards each other from the left and right sides of the screen, and eventually completely obscure whatever is going on in the background behind the paper images. First I would take a series of pictures, moving the pieces of paper in small increments, until they closed the gap and overlapped each other. From that point, I would lay down whatever video I wanted playing in the background into the timeline. Next, I would import the series of photos with the pieces of paper moving towards each other - then comes the problem. The portion of the pictures used for the animation that is NOT PAPER would be obscuring my background video. So at this point, is it easier to shoot the animation against a white background and just chroma key the white out? Or do most people cut the non paper part out using photoshop? or is there a better way?

frisbee681 wrote:
Hi,
Im just starting a new job, and will be creating a handful of films for my new employer.
I want to create something interesting, and have been leaning towards stop motion animation.
Congratulations on the job. Not many of them out there.
frisbee681 wrote:
1) What program does one use to play all the individual pictures taken to create the stop motion animation? In other words, once I have shot all the individual pictures of the objects I want to animate, and am ready to organize them and set a playback speed, what program would I use? Do most people just throw all the pictures into final cut and do it that way?? Or is there a better program?
Easy to search the app store, as mentioned, or just google stop motion for macintosh. Mastering the application is easy. Learning how to animate is where you need to start.
frisbee681 wrote:
2) How do you cut portions of pictures / drawings / frames out to allow for a deep layering effect? I figure most people take each frame and manipulate it individually using photoshop (cutting portions of an image out so something else can be seen through the void). But is there a better way??
In the odlen days, we used multiplane stages. Each set of drawings was placed on a glass stage, one under the other. INcredibly fun, absurdly difficult to keep clean and properly lit. Now all of that stuff is done with alpha channels and compositing software like Motion or Afer Effects.
frisbee681 wrote:
For example, lets say I have two crecent shaped pieces of black paper, and I want them to move towards each other from the left and right sides of the screen, and eventually completely obscure whatever is going on in the background behind the paper images. First I would take a series of pictures, moving the pieces of paper in small increments, until they closed the gap and overlapped each other. From that point, I would lay down whatever video I wanted playing in the background into the timeline. Next, I would import the series of photos with the pieces of paper moving towards each other - then comes the problem. The portion of the pictures used for the animation that is NOT PAPER would be obscuring my background video. So at this point, is it easier to shoot the animation against a white background and just chroma key the white out? Or do most people cut the non paper part out using photoshop? or is there a better way?
Umm, yes. You're only guessing. And, honestly (Did you want honesty?), your heart may be in this but you don't have much a clue. Techniques and effects (and the experience to guide the decisions to do them in camera, on the shooting stage, or in software) are not where you start animation. You start by learning how cameras work, how shutter speed and f-stop relate to ISO speed, how to shoot on-2s (or if you should), how to do eases and stretches and squishes, how to develop characterization in inanimate objects so you can invoke emotive responses from the audience, how to shoot to hooks in the soundtrack, how to plan, how to storyboard, how to budget time, how to establish and maintain quality shooting conditions, how to do animatic or rough tests, how to learn from the tests, how to have fun, how to make money, how to get it done.
This is kind of like saying you've just inherited a hundred acres and are thinking about getting into farming. You plant some seeds and do some stuff and then pick it and sell it. How hard can it be?
bogiesan

Using Still images to create a stop motion film in imovie

Hi all, I'm trying to create a stop motion film in imovie using photo's I've taken with my camera, I've managed to put it all into the sequence I want, and even put background music on, but for some reason I can't stop imovie, panning in and out on individual photo's/clips of my film, so whereas when i flick through the photo's on my camera, it creates a pretty good stop motion film, but on movie it looks as though I've held everything by hand not using a tripod, making it jaunty and not playing well.
Does anyone know how to make it stop doing this? My friend hasn't been able to stop it from doing it either!
Thanks

but for some reason I can't stop imovie, panning in and out on individual photo's/clips of my film, so whereas when i flick through the photo's on my camera, it creates a pretty good stop motion film, but on movie it looks as though I've held everything by hand not using a tripod, making it jaunty and not playing well.
iMovie '08 installs with the Ken Burns Effects preference selected. When you add a photo, it is automatically added by turning it into a "still frame" sequence of frames at the default length with the KBE applied. To get rid of it make sure your "Project" aspect ratio matches the aspect of your photos. Then select the photo sequence in the "Project" window, select the "Crop" tool, and choose the "Fit" option in the preview window. This will get rid of the KBE. Now all you have to do is select any single frame in your "Project" sequence (or multiple frames if you want to "slow" down the final motion sequence in your project), split the sequence, and then discard the unwanted frames. (You could also use Command-C to temporally "store" your selected frame(s) to memory, discard the entire sequence and then use Command-V to paste the frame(s) in memory back into the project window at the proper location in your "timeline.")

Stop Motion and FCPX

Hi,
Could anyone tell me if it is possible to create a stop motion film with onion skinning effects using Final Cut Pro X?
Failing that, is there any effect in FCPX which I could use to show me where the last frame was positioned in a stop motion film?
I was wondering if I would need specific stop motion software or not,
Many Thanks
James

What versions of the software are you using?

Stop motion in FCP7

Hi there,
Sorry for the stupid questions that are about to be asked...I'm a bit of a beginner.
I'm looking to prepare stop motion animations using hundreds of photographs and FCP7....and I have three questions:
- How do I adjust the speed? I've been on the 'Duration' and 'Speed' menus but cannot adjust it to obtain the desired speed.
- I couldn't workout how to rotate my photos? (This is probably the mother of all stupid questions). Sorry.
- Finally, is there a shortcut that takes all the items on the timeline and puts them next to each other, deleting any blanks in between?
Thanks for your patience and your time. Much appreciated.
Greg.

So, to answer your last question first: No, there is no way in FCP to execute a "Close All Gaps" function. This would be helpful in many instances. You may consider going to the Final Cut Pro Feedback page and recommending it.
Next: How are you dealing with your stills in FCP? Sounds like to me you're just bringing in all the individual images into FCP and then arranging them in a timeline. First off, let me say, that you're dealing with an "Image Sequence", something that, frankly, FCP is NOT very adept with. But there's a couple of things you may try...
Try adjusting the "Still/Freeze Duration" in FCP's preferences.
You'll know better than us how long the frames should be: 1 frame each, 2? 5? Up to you. But note that this setting only takes effect AFTER you've set it up and added clips to a timeline. Meaning: if you already have a timeline full of still clips that are 5 frames each and then adjust the "master" duration in preferences to 2 frames, the 5 frame bits will not, all of a sudden, become 2 frames.
So you set up your prefs. then add to timeline. If you don't like the speed, then delete the stills from the timeline, adjust the master duration, and re-add to timeline. It's going to be trial and error. But if you set up the duration, select your first clip, then hold shift and select your last clip (still) and do an "Insert" then all your clips are going to butt-up to each other with NO gaps. So this sort of "fixes" your close-all-gaps issue.
Other than that, the only thing I can think of is:
A.) Use QuickTime to open up the folder full of stills, as an Image Sequence, (under QT's "File" menu) and adjust the frame-rate there, before exporting to a QT movie. However, I can see this leading to some weirdness potentiall: If you're aiming for a 24 frames/sec. sequence (as an example) but your still sequence, in QuickTime, looks right when playing back at 15 frames/sec., there's going to be frame-holding and general un-smoothness when you put this mismatched movie into a 24 frame sequence back in FCP. However, if you're OK being "stuck" with a sequence whose frame rate your exported QT movie - whatever that frame rate my be - then it's that big of a deal, I suppose.
B.) Get the frame rate looking close in FCP, using the "Still/Duration" preferences, as mentioned first. Then "nest" this sequence and apply time-remapping to the new nested sequence to get some fine-tuning of the speed.
Hope this helps and wasn't too complicated. Like I said before, unfortunately, FCP is not great when dealing with Image Sequences.

Stop motion Jpeg handling

hello, im trying to find the function that flips my stop motion image sequence in reverse. I have well over 1000 images in a sequenced that need to start with the last image and end with the first image. when i import it regularly it imports fine but i had to do some reverse takes in order to achieve the effect i was perusing.
please help, looking for this function is like seaching for a needle in a haystack
brian

Use quicktime pro to convert the image sequence into a quicktime, bring that into fcp and do that command-j thing (pretty sure that's the speed change thing). Or nest your sequence and do the command j thing to the nest (think that'll work) or export your sequence and bring it back in and do that command j thing.

Stop motion chroma screen problem for multi frames

I am trying to use green screen for stop motion movies and I do know how to set it for each frame but how do you get all the frames to accept a single back ground picture at once? I have to insert the effect one at a time into each frame. I cannot use "select all" and then insert...the option will only work on single frames which for hundreds of frames is very time consumming. Is there a batch frames work around?
Thanks
Kevin

Just remember that doing the Paste Attributes will add ALL the effects from the copied clip to ALL of the selected clips. Any effects already applied to those clips will still remain expect for Adjust, Motion or Opacity keyframes, those will be overwritten.
Best to practice on one or two clips to see what the results will be before doing a large group of them.

Stop motion animation

Hi,
Can quicktime pro be used to create stop motion animation? If so how do you do it?
Thanx
Dave

Mmmm... not really... but you could...
If you create all your frames in photoshop (i assume you're wanting to
make 2-d animation rather than traditional 3d models) and export them in a numerical order (frame1, frame2 frame3 etc etc), then take them in to quicktime as an image sequence, then export from QT as a movie etc...
I guess it is possible, but quite an inefficient way of doing it... After Effects is good for this kind of thing as you can create all your frames in photoshop, in one file, as layers, then import the one PS file and all the layers will be present... you can also manipulate frame rates much easier in AE... most animation (traditional 2d/3d models) doubles up on frames, so you have (in PAL land) 12 frames per second... easy to do in AE.

Stop Motion Video!

I am trying to make a stop motion video in iMovie. Does anyone know how to turn off the Kens Burns Effect?
-Zoe

littlez12 wrote:
... Does anyone know how to turn off the Kens Burns Effect?
in your Projects Settings …

Stop-Motion sticking after 21 frames

Hi,
I teaching my art class stop motion animation at the moment, in the past I have had no problems with imovie, but this year 2 students are experiencing their movie sticking after 21 frames. The movie looks as if it continues to play until the end but the picture pauses on frame 21. Does anyone have any idea what causes this?
Thanks in advance for your help.

The things you are talking about doing sound better-suited for a video editing program like Premiere. After Effects is not intended to edit video.
That being said, if you want to use After Effects for its compositing and motion graphics capabilities, you should really start here: http://adobe.ly/AE_basics
You've already been confused by how playback works and there are many more little things that will frustrate you if you don't get a good, solid foundation in how to use the software.
And, for forum readers of the future who may have a similar question, you initiate a RAM preview by pressing 0 on your number pad. More info about previewing video and audio here and in the link I gave earlier.
If you want to make a frame last longer, you could use Time Remapping on an image sequence or a composition that contains your stills instead of trying to move layers around by hand.
Now, to your issue of it not playing everything, is your composition long enough? If it is, but it's just not RAM previewing the whole thing, read this.

Stop motion, shaking photos

I am making a Stop Motion movie. The images shakes all the time, zooming in and zooming out. How do I fix it?

Klaus1 wrote:
Turn off the Ken Burns effect.
… in your Project Settings (cmd-comma) … just to mention that …

Can I do a Stop Motion Movie in iMovie?

Can I make a stop motion video from a bunch of stills in iMovie? I can't figure out where to start... not to mention iMovie seems to think I'm in love with the Ken Burns effect, which I'm not and has applied it to every one of my frames. I can't remove it without doing it for each individual frame - painful! I recall iMovie being so simple and straight forward years ago but haven't used it in a long while. Now when I look at it I'm completely lost. Is this because I'm not starting out with video that it doesn't show me a timeline with my stills in it?

Can I make a stop motion video from a bunch of stills in iMovie?
Yes, if you have the patience. (It's probably easier with QT Pro -- i.e., "Open Image Sequence" File menu option.)
I can't figure out where to start...
Start by making/creating/separating the frames and ordering them.
not to mention iMovie seems to think I'm in love with the Ken Burns effect, which I'm not and has applied it to every one of my frames. I can't remove it without doing it for each individual frame - painful!
It's a lot easier if you change your "Initial Photo Placement" option in the "Project Properties..." window from "Ken Burns" to "Fit in Frame" before adding your material to the project."
Is this because I'm not starting out with video that it doesn't show me a timeline with my stills in it?
Try expanding your "clip icons" to "0.5 second" to create a two-dimensional "pseudo" timeline.

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