Our Junior School has recently been exploring stop motion animation. TIGS students and non TIGS students have recently participated in a series of iTag workshops, one of which was a stop motion workshop.
What was used?
- Anasazi Stop Motion Animator (Available for free here).
- USB Webcam (Logitech Quickcam).
How is it done?
- Set Anasazi preferences.
- [Options] -> [Capture Options] -> “Movie will run at [10] fps.
- [Options] -> [Capture Options] -> [Video Format...] – > “Resolution: [640 x 480]“.
- [Options] -> [Capture Options] -> [Compression...] -> “Compressor: [Full Frames (Uncompressed)]“.
- [Special] -> [Video Windows Size...] -> “Size in Pixels (width x height): [640] x [480].
- Capture frames.
- Click [Start] to start capture -> then [Grab] to capture subsequent frames.
- Click [Done] and save your video when done.
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