Still pictures in iMovie?

[JTToft]

Hello all,

I would like to know if you think it is feasible to use iMovie for stop-motion movie production. It seems I can't get my still pictures to last less than 0.1 seconds each, which is not low enough. I would like to achieve a frame rate of 18-24 per second.

Does anyone know if this is possible in iMovie in any way? Or is 0.1 seconds the lowest it can go?

- Thanks!

 

[Charlie Sheen]

make a slide show of still pictures with 25 pictures in it and make it last 25 seccond then just reduce the time in the setting. that way cou can make a stop motion slide movie. of course you can add pictures to make more FPS if you want. but thats the basic idea hope it helps

 

[JTToft]

make a slide show of still pictures with 25 pictures in it and make it last 25 seccond then just reduce the time in the setting. that way cou can make a stop motion slide movie. of course you can add pictures to make more FPS if you want. but thats the basic idea hope it helps

- Thanks for your reply. But I am sorry to say that your instructions did not make sense to me.
Could you rephrase and elaborate?

If somebody else knows how I can achieve my goal, please don't hesitate to reply to this thread. Your help would be greatly appreciated!

I should add that I use iMovie '11.

 

[ScoobyMcDoo]

Did just a quick search with MRoogle and found others with the same complaint. FrameByFrame is a free program made specifically for stop motion that I found with that same search.

 

[JTToft]

Did just a quick search with MRoogle and found others with the same complaint. FrameByFrame is a free program made specifically for stop motion that I found with that same search.

- That application allows me to adjust the framerate in smaller increments than 0.1 seconds, so that's great. But I think, perhaps, it is a tad too simple for my uses. I will keep it in mind though!

Thank you!

 

[Gugulino]

I think Charlie Sheen meant that you should create a slide show in for example iPhoto and reduce the display time for each photo to one second. For 25 photos it takes 25 seconds. To achieve a frame rate of 25 fps you have to play the whole sequence faster, to be exact 25 times faster. I do not know if that is possible in iMovie 11. In QuickTime 7 you can create movies from a sequence of pictures. You can even set the display time of each photo. You need QuickTime 7 Pro and the the menu item is called "Open Image Sequence". Try it out!