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DSLR Stop-Motion
Before doing any stop motion animation
let's hook up the camera.
Hook in the USB to your PC,
as well as the USB to your camera.
Then set your camera mode.
I like to use "M" for more control.
Manual.
Then turn on the camera,
and set the focus,
either auto-focus or manual-focus.
I like manual focus for more control.
You are now ready to get into the tutorial
about how to do stop motion animation
using your DSLR in VideoStudio.
Stop motion animation was included
in VideoStudio Pro X5
It included webcam and DirectShow driver support
which meant that you could use webcams or DirectShow type cameras
to be able to capture your animation.
One down side of that
is the resolution of these types of cameras
With VideoStudio Pro X6
we have included support for compatible Canon DSLR cameras.
DSLR cameras, used mostly in photography,
are now being used more and more in video
and with VideoStudio Pro X6
you can use your DSLR to make a spectacular stop motion animation.
Make sure your camera is on and hooked up as we showed earlier in this video.
Click on the Capture button.
Click on the Stop Motion button.
The Stop Motion dialog appears.
Your Canon DSLR camera will initialize
and will show in the top right of your screen.
Enter your project name.
The capture folder on your computer.
The library in VideoStudio in this case I'm using 'vids' as my library.
The stop motion settings
Here you have image duration.
These are the frames captured every time the camera captures.
The capture resolution.
We've included DSLR settings.
As you can see in the pull-down.
The Auto Capture button,
which allows you to either switch between
manual capture
which will capture a frame every time you click on the button.
or auto capture,
which allows you to set an interval for capture.
If I got into its settings you can see the capture interval here.
I'll set it to 4 seconds,
and I'll capture for a total for 30 frames.
Now what will happen is, every time I click this button
it will allow a capture every 4 seconds.
So that allows me to put my hand into the scene
and be able to move my model without having to come back
and click the manual capture button every time.
You also have onion-skinning,
which allows you to see the previous frame in a transparent mode
when you move your model.
This is very handy when you want to make small movements
and reference the previous frame.
Let's capture some frames.
You can stop the capture process anytime.
by clicking on the Stop button.
If you want to a more detailed DSLR controlling mode,
click on the Enlarged Mode.
The Enlarged Mode gives you a larger preview
and shows you the settings of your DSLR camera along the preview window.
I have my camera set to Manual mode,
here we have the Image Quality of my camera,
and this is something that is achieved from the camera.
I have other values like setting Exposure value.
The White Balance.
Auto focus and Manual focus.
I have my camera set to manual focus right now
but you may want to use auto focus and allow the software
and allow the software to focus on your models.
Focus, that's showing the focus control.
Your f-stop.
Your Shutter Speed.
Your ISO settings.
And these are all settings from your camera.
The Record and Play buttons.
The Return to Standard Mode,
the previous user interface.
How long your animation is.
The degree of Onion-skinning.
The Auto-capture settings.
And the Capture Resolutions.
Here we have the different resolutions that can be captured by this DSLR,
as well as the aspect ratios.
Once you have finished capturing in this mode,
you can say Save,
and Exit.
This now brings your animation into VideoStudio.
Once in VideoStudio,
you can use it as a video file
so for instance so here I'll just zoom right out,
and you can see here now
my captured animation
and I could scrub through it as if I was
working on a video clip.
I could use all the different filters and all the different effects
within VideoStudio to enhance
my stop motion animation. �