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Stop-motion animation TuTorialS
ConnecttheCameraModule
HookinguptheCameraModulerequiresthecorrectcable
foryourRaspeberryPicomputer.ForModelAandBboards,the
standardcablethatshipswiththeCameraModuleisadequate.
However,forthePiZero,anarrowercableisneeded.Slotthe
cableintotheportwiththeshinysidefacingawayfromthe
Ethernetport(orfacinguponthePiZero).
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Connecta shutterbutton
Thecomplicatedpartofthisprojectisn’tallthattough,
really.IfyouwanttousethePiCamscript,you’llneedashutter–
anon-off(dual-state)plungerbuttonconnectedtotheRaspberry
Piatpins 6 and11.OnceconnectedtotheGPIO,andwiththe
scriptrunning,thebuttonwilltakeasingleshotfromthecamera
oneachpress.
3
Createa moviewithavconv
Thecompletedmoviewillappearasacollectionofstills
inthedestinationfolder.Aflick-bookeffectcanbeenjoyedby
scrollingthroughthephotosinyourfilemanager’spreviewpanel.
Usingavconvtoconvertthephotosintoamovieissimple,but
time-consumingforlongerprojects.BesuretosettherightFPS
togetthebestresultsfirsttime.
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EnabletheCameraModule
WhenyoubootyourPi,you’llneedtoenablethecamera.
Onthedesktop,dothisviaMenu>Preferences>RaspberryPi
Configuration.SelectInterfacesthenselecttheEnabledbutton
fortheCamera,thenclickOK.Alternatively,openaterminaland
usetheraspi-configapp.SelectInterfacingOptions,thenCamera
inthenextscreen.ChooseEnable,thenOK.Restart.2
Startshootingframes
It’sonethingtojustplungethebuttontomakeyourmovie,
anotherthingentirelytogettheshotsright.Withthecamera
securelyplacedandthecharactersandbackgroundinplace,
you’llcommencethetiringjobofsnappingshotaftershottobuild
thescene.Findsafeshortcuts.Repeatshotswhereverpossible,
anduseasfewcharacters,propsandotherelementsaspossible.4
AddaudiowithYouTube
Stop-motionanimationissound-freebydefault.Whileit
mightbefuntoletthefilmplayoutintotalsilence,youhavea
fewoptionstoaddsound.Oneistoloadthefinishedvideointo
amovie-editingappandaddsomecustomaudiowithamic.
TheotheristoaddmusictotheaudioinYouTubewhenyou
uploadit,usingitsCreatorStudio.6
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