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[brussell]

I was wondering if anyone out there has used EMC9 to create stop motion animation films.  I was going to attempt a project with my son's action figures.  But, I didn't know if I should capture against a "live" background scene (like a diorama (sp?)) or if I should shoot against a white background and be able to cut out the action figures and place them on a jpg background.  Also, should these be digital still photos sequenced together or incremental video captures.  Obviously, I have never done this before and do not know what I'm doing.  Any help or input would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks!

[sknis]

I was wondering if anyone out there has used EMC9 to create stop motion animation films. I was going to attempt a project with my son's action figures. But, I didn't know if I should capture against a "live" background scene (like a diorama (sp?)) or if I should shoot against a white background and be able to cut out the action figures and place them on a jpg background. Also, should these be digital still photos sequenced together or incremental video captures. Obviously, I have never done this before and do not know what I'm doing. Any help or input would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

That's something you would have to play around with to see what kind of effects you would get and really depends a lot on your video or still image camera.

If you shoot the images or videos in front of a green (plain colored screen; doesns't really have to be green.) You can use the Chroma key feature for the overlay.

Put the background on the main track in Video Wave switch to timeline view and add your video or images to the project as an overlay.  Then select the overlay track and select chroma key.  Select the color that you used when you took the images/pictures.  That color will disappear and your have the figure on the background you chose.

[Struggling Tosh Hates Computer]

That's something you would have to play around with to see what kind of effects you would get and really depends a lot on your video or still image camera.

If you shoot the images or videos in front of a green (plain colored screen; doesns't really have to be green.) You can use the Chroma key feature for the overlay.

Put the background on the main track in Video Wave switch to timeline view and add your video or images to the project as an overlay.  Then select the overlay track and select chroma key.  Select the color that you used when you took the images/pictures.  That color will disappear and your have the figure on the background you chose.

I'm scouring the EMC9 forum to help me decide whether its worth upgrading from 8.  This thread has caught my eye - I tried stop-motion by assembling a slideshow with very short transitions - but EMC 8 doesn't seem to allow single frames so the result is jerky. Windows move maker allowed me shorter transitions, but still not good enough.  Does 9 do better or should I be looking for a different product (or using a different tool)?

Edited by Struggling Tosh Hates Computer, 24 June 2007 - 04:56 AM.

[sknis]

I'm scouring the EMC9 forum to help me decide whether its worth upgrading from 8. This thread has caught my eye - I tried stop-motion by assembling a slideshow with very short transitions - but EMC 8 doesn't seem to allow single frames so the result is jerky. Windows move maker allowed me shorter transitions, but still not good enough. Does 9 do better or should I be looking for a different product (or using a different tool)?

Try something like this. I found it by Googling for stop motion.  This one is free but I have no experience with it.  Everything else I saw was in the $300 plus range.
V9 is more stable and has some additional features but it would be not any different than V8 in that respect.