Adventures into stop motion
17 May 2009 | 18:31 | Linux, Photography, Video | No Comments
Everyone seems to be getting into time-lapse as a means of creating video from photographs, but because the scene is fundamentally static, there needs to be significant activity/action in order for it not to be boring.
Alternatively I’ve been looking at creating video using stop-motion. Before you see my example below, here are my steps (and settings):
1. Take pics
* ISO 100
* AV Mode; Aperture f/11
* Manual focus on infinity
* Burst mode
2. Resize
Use mogrify (from the ImageMagick suite)
$ mogrify -resize 640×480 *.JPG
3. Convert to flash video
Use avidemux (or simply ffmpeg if you are hardcore)
NOTE: Image files should be alphabetically/numerically sequential
* File -> Open : Select first jpeg
* Video -> Frame Rate : Specifiy desired frame rate (such as 15 fps)
* From Video dropdown : Select FLV1 (lavc)
* From Format dropdown : Select FLV
- optional add audio -
* Audio -> Main Track
+ Audio Source : External WAV/MP3
+ External File : Browse to MP3* From Audio dropdown : Select MP3 (LAME)
- generate video -
* File -> Save -> Save Video (Ctrl-S) : Give it a name
And then you can end up with something like (or hopefully better than) this: