[MacDV] Using iMovie(HD?) to make a stop motion project

[sb]

in iMovie and FCE/P you can use the speed change to speed up the clips to effect stop motion, if your source is recorded video.
I don't know if you are shooting one long clip or a bunch of shorter clips, and this will affect how the programs deal with the speed change.
The new iMovie can shorten video clips or extract a still frame easily, as can Final Cut. 

Laying them out in the iMovie Project window in a linear fashion is also easy, and of course very easy and clear in FC.
Mixing sound effects and music with timeline precision is not so good in iMovie, but works well in GB with an iLife Preview of the iMovie project.

 hth,

 sb


On May 22, 2010, at 1:54 PM, Granville Kennedy wrote:

> I have an earlier version of that program but it won't import DV footage of a live performance, not to mention the problems of syncing to the music.
> 
> Sent from my iPod
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> On May 22, 2010, at 13:35, sb <videovideo at mac.com> wrote:
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>> Maybe this would work for you?
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>> http://www.boinx.com/istopmotion/overview/home/
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>> They have a free demo download version to try before you buy.
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>> regards,
>> 
>> sb
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>> 
>> On May 22, 2010, at 1:20 PM, Granville Kennedy wrote:
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>>> My daughter has a long term project that involves making a stop-motion video of a dance performance she's choreographed.  My thoughts are to tape a performance, probably in a dance studio, or maybe on a stage if she gets permission, and then use iMovie to select frames for the stop motion frames and copy them over the other frames to create a stop motion effect.  I'm also thinking that using an older version of iMovie for the editing would be much easier than the new version.  Or is the newest version of iMovie now more friendly for this sort of detailed timeline editing?  I have an old version of FCP 3, but I never got comfortable using it and the learning curve and the time available to complete this project may make using it unrealistic.  Ideally I need a pretty simple workflow that I can demonstrate to her and then let her do the grunt work on her own.  Since my old G4 MDD has power supply problems and is out of commission, she will have to use both her brother's C2D iM
>> ac
>>> that has FW for import, and maybe then use her Macbook for editing.  Getting the newest version of iLife is not out of the question, if it would work, and I might be willing to get Final Cut Express if it would be the best tool for the job.  Just soliciting opinions on the best way to approach this project.  The dance has already been choreographed and will be performed in a show Thursday night.  I could tape it then, and perhaps again in a studio setting, but mixing the two performances is probably a bad idea since it at least doubles the amount of importing time...
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>>       Joe Kennedy.
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