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Go into the advanced settings on your Logitech Webcam Software and turn your anti flicker to ''off''. See if that works.
Off?
Shouldn't that increase the flicker?
If you were making a live action video yes it would. But in stop motion it does not help.
I tried animating with the anti-flicker off, and it increased the flicker.
If all else fails, use frame averaging.
On the subject of lighting, what sort of lights and what makes of light are the best to animate with?
Don't use really powerful lights. 40 watts and under should do.
I use a 3-point lighting set up. I have a key light, background light and a fill light.
For the key light I use a piece of paper and sometimes a paper weight. I do this because it lights up the set more, and more specifically the minifigs face.
Edit: Fixed. I simply kept my slider slightly above the very bottom and everything is back to normal.
My webcam seems to be acting up, and I'm hoping someone could give me a hand. I've been animating with the colour intensity (or 'color') set to 0 to get a black-and-white effect (which works rather nicely) - however, when I set it to 0 today the intensity began to creep back up of its own accord, until it had a greater intensity than the default setting. I keep dragging the slider to the lowest setting, but the intensity doesn't want to play ball. It isn't the slider that's changing, just the colour. It's a Logitech HD Pro Webcam C910. Has anyone got any idea what's happening? I've set everything to manual, but that shouldn't make a difference as it was working fine before, I've literally changed nothing
Last edited by Genzarata (July 6, 2011 (05:13am))
Don't use really powerful lights. 40 watts and under should do.
Ehh. If you want fancy lighting 40W aren't great. I use 40W and they won't get through the lighting gels I own.
What you want is a fluorescent that creates an incandescent colored light (i.e. it's yellow). I can't stand office-building style white lights.
I'm getting some mysterious light flicker... I blocked up my windows and my door is closed so the only light is from my two lamps. All the setting on my camera are on manual... I could post some pictures if it would help. Any ideas what it could be?
Hmm... It could be you being reflected off of the bricks. Sit to the side of your set. It could also be your camera. With my webcam, it flickers a little bit. Frame averaging fixes that.
It is most likely your camera brenden17. Even if you set every setting to manual, there is still probably some settings it sets itself, and doesn't allow you to change. For more info, check the Resources section!
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