[Bf-committers] stop motion in blender

[Matt Henley]

Here are some programs on linux:

http://stopmotion.bjoernen.com/
http://www.mondobeyondo.com/projects/stopmojo/
http://frameworks.polycrystal.org/

I think the first is open source..

-matt-


On 7/6/07, Aaron Moore <two.a.ron at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> In my opinion, you'd be better off making a simple open-source
> stop-motion program and then importing the stop motion clips into
> blender. As you said, the functionality is not that complicated:
> connecting with the device, real-time viewing of the image, and a
> capture button.
>
> While blender isn't really built for that sort of thing, it would
> certainly be cool to work it in in the compositing stage.
>
> Aaron
>
> On 7/6/07, Johnny Matthews <johnny.matthews at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I would think there would be some kind of way to do a python hook for
> > what you are talking about. You might be well off to have your frames
> > snapped into a folder with a sequence #. Then import it at a strip.
> >
> > On 7/6/07, Joe Eagar <joeedh at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Shaul Kedem wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > >  It looks like blender sequencer can easily become a stop motion
> > > > environment, all it needs is a live preview of a webcam/camera/feed
> > > > and a "freeze" button which will take a snapshot, store it somewhere
> > > > and put it as a frame in the sequencer.
> > > >
> > > >  Have anyone done something like this? How hard would it be to do
> it?
> > > >
> > > > Shaul
> > > >
> > > Well, you'd have to write platform-specific webcam interfacing code,
> > > which would be kindof annoying.
> > >
> > > However, blender is most definitely not meant as a photography-based
> > > stop motion animation suite :)
> > > That's not the purpose of blender, so I highly doubt something like
> what
> > > you suggest will ever happen;
> > > *unless* theres some additional benefit to doing it.
> > >
> > > Joe
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