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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: More light flicker problems.]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[Thanks! I never thought of baking paper!]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[GHB]]></name>
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			<updated>2012-07-31T12:07:41Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: More light flicker problems.]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[The paper won't catch fire, guaranteed, if you don't have it right up against the light bulb. Trust me. The paper doesn't get warm in the slightest. I've left all  4 of my lamps on all day, and the paper doesn't get warm in the slightest, because I just take a piece of printer paper and tape the edges to the edges of the lamp. The paper has about 4 inches of space between it and the light itself. Judging by that, I'd imagine that that's why you're getting light flicker; only other option, if your dad is really paranoid and won't allow paper or baking paper, is just turn the lamps away from the set, pointed at the wall, or the ceiling. I know a lot of brickfilmers who do this, and once you mess around with the camera settings, you can't even tell that your lamps aren't "on" the set.
-kcirbfilms]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[kcirbfilms]]></name>
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			<updated>2012-07-31T01:43:31Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: More light flicker problems.]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[Hmm, if you can adjust your shutter speed to be a bit slower try that. It ridded me of (almost) all of the flicker. Also why won't your dad allow paper on the lamps? The chance of it catching fire is minimal unless your lamps are the old kind that get super hot (in which case you really should upgrade).]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[Keesret]]></name>
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			<updated>2012-07-31T00:38:04Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: More light flicker problems.]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[He's probably worried about the paper chatching fire.

Baking paper doesn't catch fire. It doesn't even get hot.]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[minifig051]]></name>
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			<updated>2012-07-31T00:35:43Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: More light flicker problems.]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[Yeah, that's the thing. I'm not allowed to put paper over my lamps. In my film, Robbers Can Be Stupid, I used paper over my lamps and had no light flicker at all! Then my Dad saw the paper on the lamps, and made me take them off. So it's like I had the solution about 3 months ago,(when I made the film) but now I have to think of a new solution because I can't do paper. And also, I have all the settings set to manual, but there is still light flicker. I don't know, I want to save up for a webcam, but I can't really use it on the computer.]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[GHB]]></name>
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			<updated>2012-07-31T00:29:14Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: More light flicker problems.]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[I just watched a few of your films, and can't see hardly any light flicker. A link to a video of yours that has light flicker might help in finding out what exactly may be the cause of your light flicker. And as mentioned by minifig051, make sure that your camera settings are switched to manual; as far as 3 lamps, it's not exactly necessary, as I sometimes use only 1 and don't get any flicker. In terms of basic things to prevent general light flicker: wearing black, not blocking any lamps, not having any uncontrolled light on your set (the sun, computer monitor, etc.), paper over your lamps (technically this only diffuses the light, but I've found that it solves many light flicker problems, especially those resulting from light shining off a minifig), stepping away from your set before taking the picture, and yes, using more than one lamp. A link to one of your videos with bad light flicker would, in theory, show us how much light flicker you're getting, which might help narrow down the possible causes.

-kcirbfilms]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[kcirbfilms]]></name>
				<email><![CDATA[kcirbfilms@gmail.com]]></email>
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			<updated>2012-07-30T22:35:00Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: More light flicker problems.]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[Hmm... Sounds like your settings are either on auto or are too high.

If the settings are on auto, switch them to manual.

If the settings are too high, that means the camera is more sensitive to small changes in light caused by reflection. Usually, poor lighting makes you have to turn up the settings to make it look bright enough. If you get more lamps (at least three), and use those lamps only, you'll be able to turn down the settings and your flicker problem will be solved.]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[minifig051]]></name>
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			<updated>2012-07-30T22:28:00Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[More light flicker problems.]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[I know this is like my third post on flicker problems, but I just can't stand it! My relatives watch my work,(which has flicker in it) and they love it! I'm glad, but I'm just not proud of it because of the flicker. For the past 4-5 months, I've been desperately trying to find ways to stop light flicker. The only time I didn't have light flicker really, was last year when I had a webcam and I did stop motion at the computer. At christmas, I got a mac, and I can't  use the webcam anymore. It's like when an object is in the frame it's bright, and then when it goes out, the frame darkens, causing flicker. 

Help! (Sorry for being annoying)]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[GHB]]></name>
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			<updated>2012-07-30T22:06:33Z</updated>
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