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Old January 1st, 2009, 11:20 PM   #1
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I just did a 5 second test of a simple item rotating. I put the item on a tripod and took a still, rotated the tripod a smidg and then snapped another pic, etc. The speed of the anim looks fine. I wouldn't need it to move any faster or slower, but BOY does it look like stop motion (very jittery).
Assembled from a JPEG Sequence in AE CS3 at both 720/24p as well as 720/29.97i.

Are there any sites that talk about stop motion or where might I find advice regarding stop motion with a DSLR?

Thanks very!
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Old January 2nd, 2009, 06:13 AM   #2
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Add in some motion blur, AE shoud be able to do that. Frame blending of some sort would help too. Else just shoot more frames of the rotation.

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Old January 2nd, 2009, 12:23 PM   #3
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You could always try experimenting with longer exposure times, this might help smooth some of the motion and make it less jittery.
StopMotionAnimation.com is a pretty good resource for all things stop frame.

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Old January 2nd, 2009, 02:09 PM   #4
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Thanks very much to you both.
My interlaced project was a lot smoother than the 24p project. I also noticed - and let this be a Matthew-learned-lesson to there would-be animators out there - that part of my jitter was me stepping on the carpet near my tripod when I shuttered the camera. There was just enough cush in the carpet that it moved the tripod, making each frame a little different.
Nasty stuff on the brain.

So, lessons learned:
Use Interlacing
Apply Motion Blur Where Necessary
STAY AWAY FROM THE DOGGON CAMERA WHEN RELEASING THE SHUTTER
(Same thing when moving the object)
Seems like no-brainers in hindsight, but hey... I'm a slow learner.

That web site looks awesome! A definite bookmark! Thanks!

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Old January 2nd, 2009, 07:11 PM   #5
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STAY AWAY FROM THE DOGGON CAMERA WHEN RELEASING THE SHUTTER
Best bet is to use a remote, or run remote control from a computer. Boinx Software - iStopMotion 2 is also great tool for this type of thing, a lot more features specific to stop motion than canon's remote utilities, although it gets pricy for the full-res option.
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Old January 3rd, 2009, 12:29 AM   #6
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Thanks, Evan. You're absolutely right. Fortunately, I remembered that from my Super8 daze. I had a wired remote, but I still had to step within a foot or two and that was enough to push the carpet.
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