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Hey guys I have a majore problem. I am just starting on my first lego stop motion and the quallity is terrible, so I was wondering if you could tell me how to adjust my lighting to make it look better? As of now I am using one light with tracing paper in front of it. Any help will be extremely appreciated thanks  |
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do it at night so that your light is only from the lamp also put the lamp so that it spreads light out evenly over the field |
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Sun Jan 31, 2010 1:41 pm |
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Well, could you be a bit more specific? What about the quality is terrible, is it too dark, is there a color wash?
My first recommendation would be to simply make it brighter, as most cameras react in accordance to how much light is reaching the lens. Thus, when it's darker on set, the camera artificially brightens the shot causing increased grittyness and all sorts of ugly discoloration.
Adding a bit more white to a shot (a piece of paper for example) allows for more light to be reflected into the camera lens itself, creating a similar effect to just brightening the set. |
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this is how they turn out  is there something I can do to make them look good like forestfire101's lego animations, you know with good quality to where you can see the design of the lego guy's face e.t.c also if needed I have a spare lamp that I can use. |
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Mon Feb 01, 2010 1:18 am |
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I think it's about the focus of the camera.
What kind of camera do you use anyway?
So take a look at the settings and try to adjust the focus. |
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i use a samsung s760. |
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Being that you're using a standard point and shoot camera, it's doubtful that it will have a setting for manual focus adjustment. Still try and see if you an find one, or at least see if it has a setting for close ups.
If you camera doesn't have either of these settings, it's probable that you'd be better off just getting a different one. |
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Being that you're using a standard point and shoot camera, it's doubtful that it will have a setting for manual focus adjustment. Still try and see if you an find one, or at least see if it has a setting for close ups.
If you camera doesn't have either of these settings, it's probable that you'd be better off just getting a different one. |
I also have a web cam will that work, and if not what camera would you recomend... preferebly a cheap on though. |
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Which web cam is it? Most web cams actually have a manual focus dial around the lens. |
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I know most digital cameras have a macro option which is needed to make close-up pictures.
With a bit of research I found out that your camera has it too.
As for webcams I don't really know much about them. |
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if you can't figure out how to change the manual focus on your camera you can usually find the instruction manual on the internet to figure it out.
as for how the 1st pictures and 2 pictures colors were different you may have to manually adjust the exposure so it constantly stays the same when you animate. |
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| Sanderman wrote: |
I know most digital cameras have a macro option which is needed to make close-up pictures.
With a bit of research I found out that your camera has it too.
As for webcams I don't really know much about them. |
really do you know how to do it? but I did my lego stop motion today with my bro's phillips brand webcam. Thank you all so much for the help! Oh and my stopmotion turned out great and it took 270 pictures  so thanks again!!! |
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I looked up an instructions booklet of your camera (the samsung) There appears to be a button with a flower on it (usuallly all macro buttons have a flower on it)
Pressing that button will enable the macro, and if I'm correct there are a few modes for macro like automatic macro or something, I don't know the details about it, experiment with it and find out!
This is as far as I can help you with it.
Anyway I can't wait to see the results from the other camera! |
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I looked up an instructions booklet of your camera (the samsung) There appears to be a button with a flower on it (usuallly all macro buttons have a flower on it)
Pressing that button will enable the macro, and if I'm correct there are a few modes for macro like automatic macro or something, I don't know the details about it, experiment with it and find out!
This is as far as I can help you with it.
Anyway I can't wait to see the results from the other camera! |
thanks!!! oh and I might have it on youtube tiday just keep a watch for it |
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| Sanderman wrote: |
I looked up an instructions booklet of your camera (the samsung) There appears to be a button with a flower on it (usuallly all macro buttons have a flower on it)
Pressing that button will enable the macro, and if I'm correct there are a few modes for macro like automatic macro or something, I don't know the details about it, experiment with it and find out!
This is as far as I can help you with it.
Anyway I can't wait to see the results from the other camera! |
thanks!!! oh and I might have it on youtube tiday just keep a watch for it |
what's your youtube account name? |
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