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Please, I need some feedback on what I can improve on. Thanks 
-Rob
Last edited by RobBrick (April 24, 2011 (01:52pm))
Don't listen to Legoped. I think it is quite decent, there is the light flicker though.
Hey Thanks, Yeah that light flicker is still hanging around.
Do you have all your settings on manual?
Yes they all are on manual. (Including the Exposure and Gain) But I would prefer feedback on the actual animation.
Okay...well, the hair is a little jittery. Does your frame capture program have onionskinning? If so, then use it to make sure the hair is in the same place.
Well, Annoyingly MonkeyJam has no onionskinning, but what is onionskinning? 
What? I thought Monkeyjam had onionskinning. It makes the live view transparent with a stored frame as a background. It's used to make your frame that you are about to take line up with the frame you just took.
That sounds useful. And minifig051, I believe you mean Helium Frog has onionskinning not MonkeyJam. 
Oh. I must've gotten them mixed up. I don't use either of them, I use Stop Motion Pro (that has onionskinning).
To secure hair, I just get a little ball of bluetak, stick it to the inside of the hair, especially near the back, and press it really hard onto the head. It stays in place well. That should solve your hair problem. Light flicker problem now. Was it you that I gave my tips for light flicker to? Well here they are again :
Tips for fixing light flicker:
Make sure you film at night (Or at least in a dark place)
Use only the lights you use to animate with.
Wear a dark shirt.
Avoid computer flicker if your monitor is facing your animation area (eg. while animating, flicking through brightly coloured websites)
Make sure your camera white balance, exposure, gain etc. is all on manual
Animation review now.
Right, it was very good actually. I think sticking to 15fps is a good idea. Then you can still use the 4 and 6 frame walk cycle instead of an awkward 7. Don't listen to Legoped. I think it's great. AND the facial animation was really good. What did you use?
OK! All the best,
JTP
Hey JTP,
Thanks! Those are helpful.I believe the fact I was on BiM at the time of the animation is the fact of why
I had light flicker! And also I used G.I.M.P 2.6 for the facial animation. Just colour picker,paint over then
smudge inwards and it gave it a good effect! Thanks Again,
-Rob
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