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Lego Stop Motions

Does anyone here make stop motions? I made my first one today. The program I used was called FrameByFrame. It's easy to use, but it destroyed the quality of the pictures.


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Sorunome says: Apr 17, 2012. 6:35 AM
Why is this in the knex category? xD
It's cool anyways :)
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mitch and sean says: Apr 10, 2012. 5:31 AM
I'm making a couple today, I'm not sure if I can put it on here but I will try Tomorow, coz its really cool
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ajleece says: Mar 1, 2009. 7:59 PM
I would ask why this is in the K'Nex forum, but then I saw who posted it.
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DJ Radio in reply to ajleeceMar 1, 2009. 8:02 PM
and we dont have a lego forum as well.
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Masterdude in reply to DJ RadioSep 16, 2011. 3:24 PM
One would expect that if they have a K'nex forum, they'd have a Lego forum. I wonder why they don't. There are some lego entries and I'bles posted, probably enough for it to have its own forum.
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kwintisolo12234 says: Sep 12, 2011. 10:17 AM
i also make stopmotion films. check this out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEwsNHoLbDI
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KentsOkay says: Mar 3, 2009. 5:46 AM
I do, I use my video camera's stop motion feature
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lemonie says: Mar 2, 2009. 2:56 AM
They are showing some good quality Lego animations.
Maybe it's partly down to your camera & lighting? I notice that your camera (or Lego) moves about and it's not that bright.

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bakenbitz (author) in reply to lemonieMar 2, 2009. 7:35 AM
Could be, as I don't have a tripod. I'll try it again sometime with different conditions.
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lemonie in reply to bakenbitzMar 2, 2009. 7:47 AM
Brighter lighting can help. What sort of camera are you using? L
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bakenbitz (author) in reply to lemonieMar 2, 2009. 9:06 AM
Cannon Powershot.
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lemonie in reply to bakenbitzMar 2, 2009. 9:36 AM
That sounds good, does the FrameByFrame software add compression? I might have downloaded it but I don't have a Mac - are there any quality settings that might give a better result (like on the site)? L
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bakenbitz (author) in reply to lemonieMar 2, 2009. 9:45 AM
Yes, I chose the highest quality exporting settings. Then I imported that into iMovie, to add the music. Then compressed in iMovie under high quality settings again. Uploaded to youtube, which probably made the quality worse. I think what might have ruined it, was, I took the pictures fast and maybe the camera didn't have a chance to focus. I might re-do this later today.
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lemonie in reply to bakenbitzMar 2, 2009. 9:54 AM
Aye, it might just be the final compression and YouTubing that did it. Have a look for camera tripod (& other pod) Instructables, there are a few good ones. L
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bakenbitz (author) in reply to lemonieMar 2, 2009. 6:30 PM
I have determined that it was the program. I loaded the pics on my computer and they all looked great. I imported them into the program, and they looked horrible. I'll have to buy istopmotion.
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lemonie in reply to bakenbitzMar 3, 2009. 3:28 AM
Right, you think maybe they've been 'cheating' a bit with their demonstration clips? L
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bakenbitz (author) in reply to lemonieMar 2, 2009. 10:00 AM
Thanks for all the help.
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Der Bradly says: Mar 1, 2009. 8:49 PM
Awesome, i wish i was a good cameraman
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DJ Radio says: Mar 1, 2009. 8:02 PM
Thats actually pretty nice. I wanted to try one sometime.
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