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!
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!
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.
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??
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
+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!
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.
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 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.
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)
Hey, we all start somewhere, no worries. Shutter speed is how long your camera takes a picture. The longer it takes, the brighter the image will be, but that can mean it'll be a lot blurrier if the camera moves. A really fast shutter speed will be real dark as it doesn't have time to look for lit objects. This is actually how a camera flash works: it's a crazy fast shutter speed mixed with a real bright light to give the camera what it needs to see. Phone cameras don't always have this as a setting, and to start out you're probably okay using most of the auto settings while you're getting the hang of it all.
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.
@@StopEverything wow thanks it is axtually something dificult!! Thanks:))
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!
Can't wait for more videos. Understanding all the work that goes into making a film really helps me appreciate the final product.
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
Great straight Forward tips very helpful and up beat.
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!
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!
So helpeful! Thank you! I'm going to try this! U have inspired me.
Great Tutorial! I'm Going to Make a Stop Motion Movie Soon
You just made this song stuck in my head with two words ;^;
I need to know more so i can be good at it!
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
Im trying to do a stop-motion with grafitti. Your video help me to be more secure about it. thanks
Very helpful thanks. Gonna save this one to my library.
really need this in the future,love it
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!
Thanks for uploading it, I'm gonna start making one today. The information is helping me to figure out from where to start. :)
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 !!
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
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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You are a wonderful tutor thank you.
nice info. will try this soon. thanks
Thanks a lot please make a video of of
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Very helpful video. Thanks 👍
How do you get your webcam hooked up to your software
You’ve helped me so much ! Thank you !
i did do it butit never work i just wanna know what app we use in the cumputer to make the movies
This was really helpful, thanks.
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.
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??
All the things all checked but im missing something
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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 =)
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
@@StopEverything we also use it in Hungary
@@meszaroszsuzska Wowzers, that's just incredible how far this has travelled!
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Thank you for uploading and sharing.
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
insidemani makes sense. thanks a lot.
this is the best tutorial !!
thank you very much man.
This is a great video thanks for making it!
What software you use stop motion or Dragon which is better
Great video.
Thanks a lot some useful tips! Btw can u suggest me a software to this?? At the moment I'm using my my phone
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
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 :)
I found this really helpful. I left a thumbs up
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.
you are so good!!😍😍😘😘💓💓💓💕💕💕❤
best tutorial for stop motion. Thanks!!!
Helped me a lot thanks man I'm new in this stopmotion stuff thanks you helped a lot!
Do you recommend any phone apps for stop motion?
Awesome tutorial.
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.
Cool video. Especially digging the music. Any chance the song is available somewhere online to listen to on its own?
I just loved you now...🤣🤣
Thanks for sharing.
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Very good video. Well explained. Cheers x
how do you feel about filming the scene.
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.
very helpful video! :D
This is great, thank you!
how long does it take to make a five-minute stop motion film?
Can you show how to Connect web cam and Digital camera
Um, sir, when you've done the pix how do you then put them all together to make a stop motion
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
Excellent .stop.stop.
What stop motion animator can I use in Mobile device with sound fx?
Thank you
What clay you used?
Awesome I am 3D Artist and I like stop motion animation
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This helped a lot. Thanks.
Nice. you are the best!!
What app did you use
This helped a lot
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)
great! thanks for sharing
Good vid, great tips!
great video thanks for posting it
Useful stuff
Thank you a lot for the tips
That helps a lot thank you!
Thanks! This is the best quality stop motion instructional video I've ever seen. I can't believe it's only got 160 views!
Cool!! I am going to make something like this💕
GG bro
Great tips :D
very good tutorial .. I subscribe ...
oh god i am such an amateur. what is a shutter speed? i'll be using my phone camera.
Hey, we all start somewhere, no worries. Shutter speed is how long your camera takes a picture. The longer it takes, the brighter the image will be, but that can mean it'll be a lot blurrier if the camera moves. A really fast shutter speed will be real dark as it doesn't have time to look for lit objects. This is actually how a camera flash works: it's a crazy fast shutter speed mixed with a real bright light to give the camera what it needs to see.
Phone cameras don't always have this as a setting, and to start out you're probably okay using most of the auto settings while you're getting the hang of it all.
thanks , some very good tips.
thank you! THIS IS OLD BUT THIS IS AWESOME!
haha, thank you :)
Great :)))
Great tips, thank you!
if you dont have a remote use a headset
Really nice tutorial
have a video for shots on animation ? (sorry for my english)
really useful thanks.
Adobe Flash program? could you give me a link please:-)
Do u need permission from lego etc?
From what I've seen their pretty open to people using lego for shorts and the like. At least I've never had trouble with it
@@StopEverything cool thanks... i was worried if they wud take action haha
thank you that was so helpful .. awesome job..keep it up :)
I made a stop motion video after watching your tutorial. How can i send it to you?
Cool!