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Topic: How to Brickfilm

Hey guys. Now I know you will probably hate me saying this, or call me a noob, but I seriously forgot how to brickfilm!
I haven't brickfilmed in ages, so that's probably the reason.

I'm thinking on getting Stop Motion Pro, but I don't know how to use it. Any help? Also, with the editing, do you import each frame individually, or do you save the movie then add the credits/sound effects etc with the editing program? Also, how to you change the duration of a frame/s in Stop Motion Pro?

Thanks guys, and I know, as I said before, that you guys probably think I'm an idiot, but it's just a matter of forgetting, that's all.

*I think my editing program is Sony Vegas, so if that make a difference please comment. Plus, I don't really know what forum this topic should be in, so please don't close it or say it should belong somewhere else.

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Re: How to Brickfilm

What I use to do is I make the animation in stop motion pro, and THEN import the video into sony vegas.
To change frame duration in SMP, go to advanced settings - play - frames per second. There you can set it to whatever you want. I recommend 15-24 (15 is pretty much the standard).
(I won't call you a n00b, I'm just glad to help mini/smile)

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Re: How to Brickfilm

Thanks Briks.
Your a legend mini/smile

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Re: How to Brickfilm

A few more tips: To export an animation as an AVI file in SMP, go to File>Make Movie.
If you want to change the framerate, right click on the thing on the left of the bar that says "fps" and a number. I would reccomend 15 fps.
To learn more about SMP, go to their website. Oh, and make sure to get Action! HD for high resolution, Action! and Action! Plus have a maximum resolution of 800x600.

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Re: How to Brickfilm

So should I get action?
Thanks for your help man mini/smile

minifig051 wrote:

A few more tips: To export an animation as an AVI file in SMP, go to File>Make Movie.
If you want to change the framerate, right click on the thing on the left of the bar that says "fps" and a number. I would reccomend 15 fps.
To learn more about SMP, go to their website. Oh, and make sure to get Action! HD for high resolution, Action! and Action! Plus have a maximum resolution of 800x600.

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Re: How to Brickfilm

You shoild get Action! HD.
Action! or Action! plus have a max. resolution at 800x600.

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Re: How to Brickfilm

Hey Briks, what I mean is that how do you change the duration of the frame itself. Because what if I just want there to be one picture that I want to focus on when somebody is talking, and then for example the audio is too long for the frame. So that's what I'm wondering about.

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ShadowSupremacy wrote:

Hey Briks, what I mean is that how do you change the duration of the frame itself. Because what if I just want there to be one picture that I want to focus on when somebody is talking, and then for example the audio is too long for the frame. So that's what I'm wondering about.

I see what you want to do. You want to add pauses. Here's how to do it: Open up the Editor. Select the frame you want to stay on the screen longer and hit Copy-Paste After. Keep hitting Paste After to make the frame last longer. When you want to make another frame longer, hit Copy again. If you don't do this before the first time you hit Paste After, the last frame you copied will be pasted. You have to hit Copy if you want to change the frame that gets pasted.

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Re: How to Brickfilm

To add pauses it is much more realistic to shoot them as individual frames. A freeze frame will look wrong because everything in the image is frozen including all the noise/film grain, but if you shoot the required number of frames, you will still get movement in the image noise. Its subtle, but will look much more authentic.
To work out how many frames to shoot is simple.
If you are shooting at 15fps and want a one second pause, then shoot 15 frames!  The clue is in the name - fps = frames per second.

when you get really confident, try shooting at 25fps, and then when doing your pause, touch your character very gently occasionally - be careful not to move it though. What this does is put a tiny amount of movement into the pause which will make the character look alive...almost as if he's breathing. You never ever see a freeze frame in real life, so don't put one in your film, unless you want to kill the suspension of disbelief.

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I know this is a month old bump but I don't care. I just want to point out that Stop Motion Pro has a "Repeat Selected Frame" option that's a whole lot faster than copying and pasting the same frame over and over. It took me about 5 years to notice that it was there.

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Funny...

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