That's a very good question! The answer though might be a little complicated as I don't think there's any sort of "industry standard" for what stop motion is. Some may argue that flipaclip wouldn't be considered stopmotion as it's all digital, but many consider a normal flipbook (done on something physical like a stack of post it notes or the corner of a textbook) as a real stopmotion. The idea I guess being that SM shouldn't be digital? There's a whole argument to be made for both sides of this question and I don't think there really is an answer sadly. I will personally say that in my belief, flipaclip should be considered a kind of SM. I don't see why not. There's enough digital overlap into this style of animation now, the only real difference between flipaclip and a stack of post-it notes is the convenience. Just for fun, I'm gonna argue it. I really liked your question, haha, don't mind me. Saying that anything digital shouldn't be considered SM is a bit brass, considering how much modern animators rely on it. From the programs used to take each photo, to the image manipulation to remove unwanted rigs and elements of puppets (like in Coraline, the puppets all had a seam across the face where the mouth would be changed, which was digitally removed later) and even to the puppet creation themselves. Many SM movies now use 3D printed faces and heads that they replace on the set, which means every scene has been animated fully in 3D first in typical modeling software, and then is 3D printed and added to the puppets. Show's such as South Park started as SM, but are now made digitally to have the same look while saving production time. In the past these all would have just been done differently, such as clay heads would be made by hand instead of on computers, painted backgrounds instead of greenscreens, South Park still uses a similar workflow but is now expedited by the use of computers. Before I had a good camera, I made what I considered SM's on my computer, taking screenshots of my desktop or using microsoft powerpoint; it had the same workflow, just digitally instead of physically. Even now I often blend the two. Any lip-syncing I've done has been added in post production because I wanted to make sure it was timed correctly and perfectly visible to the camera. In conclusion, to rule out modern technology from the standard of "Stop Motion Animation" is simply to remove one of the many tools in the toolbox that makes up the art form. This has been my TED talk.
Thanks this was so down to earth- its easy to get bogged down by all the details of how perfect you can make things… this gives me the confidence to work with what I can afford and have access to! Thanks!
Aww, thank you! I'm actually taking a break right now from scripting my next lesson video for here, it makes me so glad to still see people finding this one helpful!
Looks to be "labor intensive." Thanks for the primer on this potentially-useful method of making instructional videos. Though you say "experience is the best teacher," I say you've taken the prize!
nice and easy to grab for beginners! will be doing something kinda like stop-motion, drawing though, not animated figures and hopefully it will result is something nice, will send you the link once I'm done :)
Hey there ! I've made my 2 min. Stopmotion tutorial on my channel ! Please watch it if you have time and comment on the video and tell whether it was good or not !!
+Ngân Trần Bửu hey! I wanted to do all stop motion, but since I was on a budget I had to do them digitally. When I animated everything, I had the heads flipped around so that the face was solid yellow. Then using a combination of Adobe flash and after effects, I drew the faces myself and composited them in.
+bb tee tough to say. I honestly didn't expect this video to get views, and yet it accidentally became one of the top Stop Motion tutorials. UA-cam is a crazy place... Give it a shot! Do what makes you happy, you know!
Very fine work. I am thinking about doing a stop motion video of a model car build. I want to have the wheels tilt up right and attach themselves to the chassis. How would I do this tilting up right? Or maybe I want a piece to come from the sky and attach itself to the model.
For something like that, you may need to get into wire and wire removal territory. I've got a link in the description to a video I did on it :) Hope it helps!
haha, so since I was trying to do this as a sort of "lesson" I wanted to cover a lot of options for starting out. For this shot I probably wouldn't have done any of them, but thought it best to show how to do the storyboard, scripting, and yes, the previz. For more complex shots it can help to draw something up like that in adobe flash (now adobe animate) or a similar program. It's just a faster form of animation so it helps to iron out the look you might want before putting the time and effort into stop motion.
I'm planning on making an intro to my channel with letters...is it best to start where I want the sequence to end so technically it's a perfect finish .? God that's so dyslexic sorry hope you understand ! Great video will send a link when I'm done.
That actually makes perfect sense! If it's something as intricate as a logo I'll usually animate in reverse, this way you can take all the time you need to make it perfect, right at the beginning. It does make movements a little tough, seeing as you have to do all the rules of animation backwards, but you'll get the hang of it
Can you just shoot video and clip frames in an editor? The post editing would take longer but it seems like the filming would take much longer. I’m asking because I’ve never attempted stop motion so there might be something I’m unaware of that makes this a bad idea. I’m considering starting a diy maker/building channel and I can’t find anyone else that has that style
If you're saying what I think you're saying, the main problem would be file size, and that some cameras have a limit of how long you can record, but if you don't have a remote, this is one way you can help avoid camera shake! You are right though, this would take quite a bit longer to do, but feel free to give it a try! If you look up Rhett and Link's "T-shirt battle" I believe the first one was done with this method
Just realized, I did this some time back for a project. It's really good for short animation shots when you can't conveniently take the picture. So if your camera is mounted in an odd place, or if you're trying to mix animation with live action, this method helps it blend better
You have the best tips to do stop motion. As a teen, I was sadly instructed to do a stop-motion animation alone, and hand drawn on paper. I might as well use a webcam, thanks for the good content :)
insidemani: just bough the Canon T5i with the 18-55 Lens what software is compatible with the camera one I can view on my PC monitor beside DDragonfrane??
Really great tutorial! have you ever played around with using people in your animations? I've been doing that for a couple years myself, and I like it since I can add stunts into the mix..
I'm afraid you'll need to check with your camera's online store, or even amazon. Not every camera has one, and to my knowledge there's no universal one.
Where can someone get all the different lego heads for these types of videos? I've seen some online but the only send you 12 and they all look very similar.
It's a little tough to say what the "easiest" would be, clay is certainly the most malleable but also something like a lego figure or action figure is a good way to learn the basics. Clay at the very least is the cheapest most times (you seen how much lego cost nowadays? golly)
I have a question is animation the same as stop motion like can I make a flipaclip animation would it be the same as stop motion ?
That's a very good question!
The answer though might be a little complicated as I don't think there's any sort of "industry standard" for what stop motion is. Some may argue that flipaclip wouldn't be considered stopmotion as it's all digital, but many consider a normal flipbook (done on something physical like a stack of post it notes or the corner of a textbook) as a real stopmotion. The idea I guess being that SM shouldn't be digital? There's a whole argument to be made for both sides of this question and I don't think there really is an answer sadly.
I will personally say that in my belief, flipaclip should be considered a kind of SM. I don't see why not. There's enough digital overlap into this style of animation now, the only real difference between flipaclip and a stack of post-it notes is the convenience.
Just for fun, I'm gonna argue it. I really liked your question, haha, don't mind me.
Saying that anything digital shouldn't be considered SM is a bit brass, considering how much modern animators rely on it. From the programs used to take each photo, to the image manipulation to remove unwanted rigs and elements of puppets (like in Coraline, the puppets all had a seam across the face where the mouth would be changed, which was digitally removed later) and even to the puppet creation themselves. Many SM movies now use 3D printed faces and heads that they replace on the set, which means every scene has been animated fully in 3D first in typical modeling software, and then is 3D printed and added to the puppets. Show's such as South Park started as SM, but are now made digitally to have the same look while saving production time. In the past these all would have just been done differently, such as clay heads would be made by hand instead of on computers, painted backgrounds instead of greenscreens, South Park still uses a similar workflow but is now expedited by the use of computers.
Before I had a good camera, I made what I considered SM's on my computer, taking screenshots of my desktop or using microsoft powerpoint; it had the same workflow, just digitally instead of physically. Even now I often blend the two. Any lip-syncing I've done has been added in post production because I wanted to make sure it was timed correctly and perfectly visible to the camera.
In conclusion, to rule out modern technology from the standard of "Stop Motion Animation" is simply to remove one of the many tools in the toolbox that makes up the art form. This has been my TED talk.
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If you have an iPhone or iPad you can plug in earbuds and press the volume buttons to take a picture
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That works on Androids too
Thank you so stinking much I couldn’t listen to music but now I can
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Thanks this was so down to earth- its easy to get bogged down by all the details of how perfect you can make things… this gives me the confidence to work with what I can afford and have access to! Thanks!
Damn, this is so useful for me, I'm planning to create a stop motion video in the future. Thanks for the ideas!
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@@strauwberie still haven't made any
Can't wait for more videos. Understanding all the work that goes into making a film really helps me appreciate the final product.
dude you are just wonderful. I hope you are doing well these days. you are a generous and awesome teacher!
Aww, thank you! I'm actually taking a break right now from scripting my next lesson video for here, it makes me so glad to still see people finding this one helpful!
Great straight Forward tips very helpful and up beat.
Nice tutorial. I'm thinking of starting up a new channel just for stop motion. There are lots of creative videos out there.
I'm gonna do the same! :D I've been thinking about the channel for a while now.
Same
Great Tutorial! I'm Going to Make a Stop Motion Movie Soon
I need to know more so i can be good at it!
So helpeful! Thank you! I'm going to try this! U have inspired me.
Looks to be "labor intensive." Thanks for the primer on this potentially-useful method of making instructional videos. Though you say "experience is the best teacher," I say you've taken the prize!
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Im trying to do a stop-motion with grafitti. Your video help me to be more secure about it. thanks
You just made this song stuck in my head with two words ;^;
Very helpful thanks. Gonna save this one to my library.
really need this in the future,love it
Thanks for uploading it, I'm gonna start making one today. The information is helping me to figure out from where to start. :)
Anyone else watching this for school?
I'd actually love to know what schools are recommending this, it's such an older video I never expected it to be this popular
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nice and easy to grab for beginners! will be doing something kinda like stop-motion, drawing though, not animated figures and hopefully it will result is something nice, will send you the link once I'm done :)
Hey there ! I've made my 2 min. Stopmotion tutorial on my channel ! Please watch it if you have time and comment on the video and tell whether it was good or not !!
Helped me a lot thanks man I'm new in this stopmotion stuff thanks you helped a lot!
I am wondering how you made eye and mouth movements on those legos. Looking forward to your response. Thank you
+Ngân Trần Bửu hey! I wanted to do all stop motion, but since I was on a budget I had to do them digitally.
When I animated everything, I had the heads flipped around so that the face was solid yellow. Then using a combination of Adobe flash and after effects, I drew the faces myself and composited them in.
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Very helpful video. Thanks 👍
You’ve helped me so much ! Thank you !
You are a wonderful tutor thank you.
I want to make some car stop motion videos, will i get views?
+bb tee tough to say. I honestly didn't expect this video to get views, and yet it accidentally became one of the top Stop Motion tutorials. UA-cam is a crazy place...
Give it a shot! Do what makes you happy, you know!
bb tee I do Godzilla animations for my channel, so from what I know is be patient, have broad general topics for your title and put effort.
i'd watch that!
bb tee yes you will i have a channel and in 3 days I got 5 subscribers
This was really helpful, thanks.
best tutorial for stop motion. Thanks!!!
Thank you for uploading and sharing.
How do you get your webcam hooked up to your software
nice info. will try this soon. thanks
This helped a lot
this is the best tutorial !!
thank you very much man.
Very fine work. I am thinking about doing a stop motion video of a model car build. I want to have the wheels tilt up right and attach themselves to the chassis. How would I do this tilting up right? Or maybe I want a piece to come from the sky and attach itself to the model.
For something like that, you may need to get into wire and wire removal territory. I've got a link in the description to a video I did on it :)
Hope it helps!
I found this really helpful. I left a thumbs up
Thanks a lot please make a video of of
How to edit in iPhone and connect to
it computer
Wait what? How did you make the stick figure cartoon? You make art in order to... make art?
haha, so since I was trying to do this as a sort of "lesson" I wanted to cover a lot of options for starting out. For this shot I probably wouldn't have done any of them, but thought it best to show how to do the storyboard, scripting, and yes, the previz. For more complex shots it can help to draw something up like that in adobe flash (now adobe animate) or a similar program. It's just a faster form of animation so it helps to iron out the look you might want before putting the time and effort into stop motion.
This is a great video thanks for making it!
Awesome I am 3D Artist and I like stop motion animation
Great video.
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I'm planning on making an intro to my channel with letters...is it best to start where I want the sequence to end so technically it's a perfect finish .? God that's so dyslexic sorry hope you understand ! Great video will send a link when I'm done.
That actually makes perfect sense! If it's something as intricate as a logo I'll usually animate in reverse, this way you can take all the time you need to make it perfect, right at the beginning. It does make movements a little tough, seeing as you have to do all the rules of animation backwards, but you'll get the hang of it
Useful stuff
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That helps a lot thank you!
thanks , some very good tips.
Thank you a lot for the tips
I made one with my phone camera, but could not properly fir the content, it was too small to see the main things /, what should I do
Cool video. Especially digging the music. Any chance the song is available somewhere online to listen to on its own?
This helped a lot. Thanks.
Awesome tutorial.
This is great, thank you!
The only thing Is concerning is how do you take away the wires that are in your shots?
There's a link in the description to a more detailed video I did on that :)
Thanks! This is the best quality stop motion instructional video I've ever seen. I can't believe it's only got 160 views!
Very good video. Well explained. Cheers x
Also, if you are using a phone, you can use the low volume button from your earpods to take a picture without touching the phone
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Cool!! I am going to make something like this💕
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very helpful video! :D
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thanks you're a huge help
great! thanks for sharing
Can you just shoot video and clip frames in an editor? The post editing would take longer but it seems like the filming would take much longer. I’m asking because I’ve never attempted stop motion so there might be something I’m unaware of that makes this a bad idea. I’m considering starting a diy maker/building channel and I can’t find anyone else that has that style
If you're saying what I think you're saying, the main problem would be file size, and that some cameras have a limit of how long you can record, but if you don't have a remote, this is one way you can help avoid camera shake! You are right though, this would take quite a bit longer to do, but feel free to give it a try! If you look up Rhett and Link's "T-shirt battle" I believe the first one was done with this method
Just realized, I did this some time back for a project. It's really good for short animation shots when you can't conveniently take the picture. So if your camera is mounted in an odd place, or if you're trying to mix animation with live action, this method helps it blend better
insidemani makes sense. thanks a lot.
I had always hated the auto exposure but I didnt know what it was called so It was hard to look up a quick fix.
thank you! THIS IS OLD BUT THIS IS AWESOME!
haha, thank you :)
Great tips, thank you!
Cool!
great video thanks for posting it
Nice. you are the best!!
Thanks a lot some useful tips! Btw can u suggest me a software to this?? At the moment I'm using my my phone
really useful thanks.
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I beg your pardon?
@@StopEverything school made us watch this mate lol.
Oh really? No way! Well, hope you enjoyed it XD
@@StopEverything Lol,Great video by the way man love from year 9.
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You have the best tips to do stop motion.
As a teen, I was sadly instructed to do a stop-motion animation alone, and hand drawn on paper.
I might as well use a webcam, thanks for the good content :)
+Alice Cooper it's my pleasure! I love helping people with my favorite craft!
Good luck with your animation, let me know if it makes it online
insidemani: just bough the Canon T5i with the 18-55 Lens what software is compatible with the camera one I can view on my PC monitor beside DDragonfrane??
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Thanks for sharing.
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i did do it butit never work i just wanna know what app we use in the cumputer to make the movies
Good vid, great tips!
Really great tutorial! have you ever played around with using people in your animations? I've been doing that for a couple years myself, and I like it since I can add stunts into the mix..
Always wanted to, but the one short I did with people, the props had problems and couldn't finish it :(
check out some of the stuff I make :) you don't need a bunch of other peopel or props! I like the style because of ease of access
very good tutorial .. I subscribe ...
thank you that was so helpful .. awesome job..keep it up :)
Hello, could you please advice me, what kind of holder is better to use for my Canon, to make pictures from top of a view? Thank you in advance =)
Great :)))
Really nice tutorial
Can you show how to Connect web cam and Digital camera
Fantastic tutorial! Thank you so much!
PS: Do you do freelance work? Please let me know!
+Toy Chest Network thanks toy chest! I do freelance work from time to time. If you want to talk more, shoot me an email at gamerboymedia@gmail.com
Thank you so much!! 🌻
Great tips :D
Ace, thank you x
What software you use stop motion or Dragon which is better
if you dont have a remote use a headset
Where can I buy a remote like that?
I'm afraid you'll need to check with your camera's online store, or even amazon. Not every camera has one, and to my knowledge there's no universal one.
I made a stop motion video after watching your tutorial. How can i send it to you?
Where can someone get all the different lego heads for these types of videos? I've seen some online but the only send you 12 and they all look very similar.
Thanks for the tips.
i want to do this but i need something for the characters. you used clay. i guess it's the easiest way? what other way can you make a character?
It's a little tough to say what the "easiest" would be, clay is certainly the most malleable but also something like a lego figure or action figure is a good way to learn the basics. Clay at the very least is the cheapest most times (you seen how much lego cost nowadays? golly)
Um, sir, when you've done the pix how do you then put them all together to make a stop motion
have a video for shots on animation ? (sorry for my english)