Stop Action Frame Rate

[cgkrick]

What are the capabilities of Imovie for making a stop action video? What is the best way to import stills from your camera? I can take a clip in imovie with my dv camera, but is it possible to take a still image? How do I set the frame duration for a still image, and what is the lowest possible?

 

[LethalWolfe]

I've never used iMovie much so I don't know how good it would work for something like this. At 30 photos per second that's a lot of still photos to manage. You could experiment w/using 1 photo every 2 seconds. That would cut your total amount of photos in half, but the motion may not be as smooth as you'd like.


Lethal

 

[Espnetboy3]

I am taking a stop animation class and we had created a loop in a zoatroph using 12 frames and it looked pretty good. Just remember you determine ur framerate as to how fast you want an action to occur.

 

[cgkrick]

Thanks. I just needed to know that we could get 12 frames/sec. Is it just a matter of setting the frame rate to 12?

 

[Espnetboy3]

You could do that. It shouldnt really matter you can do 12 frames but the whole thing like i said if you have a character reaching for water and draw the movement of his arm to get the glass 24 frames in a 24 framerater sequence then it will take 1 full second for his arm to get the class of water. Does that make sense?

 

[cgkrick]

Thanks, That's what I needed to know.