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The C270 has fixed focus, which means the focus level is set and can't be adjusted. (It took a lot of research to find that out.) Sorry, but that means it's pretty useless for brickfilming.
The C270 has fixed focus...
Wow, really?! I've never heard of that before; that makes it essentially useless for even its intended purpose. Yikes!
Yeah, in this review you can see on the side of the box that it says "Focus: Fixed focus* *40cm and beyond"
I'm about to by a cannon 550d, anything I should know?
Drew Killeen wrote:Is the Logitech c270 good for stop-motion? I want to have an HD webcam with decent focus, but the problem is, I don't have a whole lot of money.
The only two webcams from Logitech that are any good for brickfilming are the C910, and the 9000, as they are the only ones WITH manual controls; a must for animation. While the 9000 is not designed for taking HD images, it is possible to achieve HD quality with it.
That's what I was afraid of... thanks anyways! 
Hazzat wrote:The C270 has fixed focus...
Wow, really?! I've never heard of that before; that makes it essentially useless for even its intended purpose. Yikes!
It's set for anything farther than 40cm, so it would still work for somethings. Not anything I would do, though. 
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I'm about to by a cannon 550d, anything I should know?
You should know that I'm extremely jealous.
Also, look it up on Amazon to get customer reviews.
o hai.
I'm sure this question has been asked a gerzillion times, but I was wondering this:
All my animation life I have been filming the animation first and then recording voices. But as my animations (hopefully) become more complex, I was wondering how you guys synchronize the voices to the video, like when you film after you record voices. Like, I always had to put in pauses when they're speaking and that looked stoopid. Isn't there some technique you use for counting the frames and stuff?
I've actually always done what you're doing. xD
But I plan to do it the usual way for my next film a little.
I'm going to put the lines into my program, and measure out how long it is.
Let's just say the line's 71 frames.
And you could put in notes for certain syllables like 17 25 62.
And note a pause from 44 to 56.
Just write those down, then animate whilst counting frames.
Should work.
How do you determine how many frames a line is?
Take the length of the segment you need in seconds and multiply by your framerate. An audio editing program like Audacity will give you an accurate estimate of your line's length, although naturally once you get into factions of a second you will have to use your own judgment to some degree.
I would take some frames you already have, like I could take a picture of Mr. Munchy, then, after adding the audio track, keep adding in frames until the video track is as long as the audio. You count those frames, and you have the number.
You don't have to record first. I animate first, then record. When I'm animating, I divide the line up into parts. Usually, it's one sentence per talking movement. For example, a character might say "Hi! How's it going?". When he says "Hi!", his arm is raised and put back down. When he says "How's it going?" his other arm is put up and put back down. When I edit, I put in the pauses where the arm is up and/or where the arm is down. To check to see if the line fits the animation, I say the line out loud while I play the video. If I don't have enough time so say the line, I make the pauses longer. I like to do it, then tweak it after. It works for me.
Oh okay thanks guys.
I am making a music video so I must have this timing exact. So thanks.
Here you go. Now, how does one go about making music for a film. I've read numerous tutorials, but I would like to see some thorough examples with a list of programs needed to complete the task.
how could i improve my pictures quality in my s5230 is there a app thats good for brickfilming to that phone?
My inclination would be to say that if you're trying to use a phone to brickfilm, you're doing it wrong. The problem is that phone cameras generally don't have the kind of macro and manual focus and exposure settings you'd need to brickfilm.
Hey guys, I thought since this was the Q&A topic, it'd be the right place to ask this question.
So, how do you make the perfect greenscreen (Or blue, whatever you use)? For our ToY film, I tried chroma keying, and it turned out miserably, so we decided not to chroma key at all because it looked so bad (Parts of minifigures missing, rough edges even when bluered, large green outline around objects, etc.). So what's the secret to making a great and realistic greenscreen (Like Smeagol, Nick Durron, Lechnology and BG when he was still around)? I would surely like any advise that you have to give.
Light the backdrop as evenly as possible; your aim is to make it all the same colour. When I tried that and I still couldn't get it perfect I found that some programs are better at it than others (namely After Effects, but I know that's probably out of your reach right now).
Does anyone know what type of fabric is best for a black expanse? I want to get one soon, so I need to know what works best.
I'm not really sure...
What I'd do is go to a fabric store and just try to find the one which looks the darkest.
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