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Ok, I was wondering if you guys would have any experience with what type of paper you use on your lamps? I mean, do you use notebook paper or printer paper? I realize this is specific but I was just wondering if it would help light flicker?
Eddie
Paper type doesn't really matter. Honestly, from my experiences, paper doesn't remove light flicker as much. It's simply defusing the light so it's not so bright. The only thing you have to make sure to prevent light flicker, is to animate at night (or completely black out your windows) and that there is no other light sources in your room except for your lamps.
But personally, I think you should use printer paper. Just my opinion!:)
Sooooooo... why are you putting paper on yo' lamps?
Why not just have no paper?
It dulls the light and supposedly reduces light flicker.
How does that work?
I don't see how making the light dull would reduce flickering. It'll just make the set darker. I personally never have used paper, since I like to make things bright. Though, If I'm doing a night scene, I won't cover the lamp, but I put my blue sky backdrop to the side of my set and shine a lamp on it to cast a soft blue glow.
I think its supposed to spread the light out over the entire set instead of having it focused on one thing, but I could be wrong.
I used to put printer paper over my lamps, but I have stopped using it recently. It didn't change the amount of light flicker in my films (but that could be because I am using a digital camera with no manual focus 
).
I use baking paper and my animation doesn't have light flicker. Plus, there's no risk of fire with it (I know, you're only concerned about light flicker, but I just thought you should know that).
Basically the best way to reduce light flicker is to make sure that there is no natural light getting to your set. You can test this by turning off your lamps and checking if you see anything in your picture. If it's pitch black than you should not have any problems with light flicker. I started doing that no so long ago and it really works for me. Check out my videos to see.
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