[wellylug] Mostly OT: Stop Motion Video

[Jo Booth]

On 25/03/2007, at 22:39 , Rob Giltrap wrote:

> I know there's a couple of people on this list who are into video  
> editing so I thought would ask here.
>
> After watching a documentary my kids are wanting to try create some  
> stop motion video.
>
> I've been intending to purchase a video camera this year anyway so  
> now before I do so I wanted to get some information on both cameras  
> and video editing software (which preferably runs on Linux).
>
> Any advice would be greatly appreciated as I haven't done anything  
> like this in 20 years.
>
> Thanks, Rob.

I did pull together some information about 4 years ago on the subject  
[video software], mostly through Googling.  Still up at <http:// 
MovieFest.org.nz/03/resources#linux> - probably a few broken links by  
now.

The suite that caught my eye the most back then was Cinelerra - still  
at <http://heroinewarrior.com/cinelerra.php3> - but also a cvs  
branch: <http://cvs.cinelerra.org/> I did a few projects on it back  
then - and was impressed with ease of use.  I'd used Final Cut (mac)  
and it seemed to have similar functionality. Haven't touched it for a  
while though.

As for hardware - any firewire based camera can work with the likes  
of dvgrab to get DV off the camera, which then can be manipulated to  
your hearts desire. If you are just doing stop motion - then check  
out StopMotion: <http://stopmotion.bjoernen.com/>

Would love to see what the kids come up with!





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