# Stop Motion

## Taking the photos <a href="#taking-the-photos-day-1" id="taking-the-photos-day-1"></a>

* see some tips on still photography on the [Professional Portrait Photo](https://benjohansen.gitbook.io/musictech/2022_spring/appendix/still-photography-portraits) page
* make sure you have a way of counting images
* camera settings:
  * [format the storage card](https://helpguide.sony.net/ilc/1810/v1/en/contents/TP0002241321.html?search=format) (sd card)
  * the video you are creating will most likely be 1080p (1920x1080 pixels), and all [image sizes of the Sony a6400](https://helpguide.sony.net/ilc/1810/v1/en/contents/TP0002279216.html) are greater than that ... so, what is best?
  * [image quality](https://helpguide.sony.net/ilc/1810/v1/en/contents/TP0002279218.html) = I believe extra fine is the best quality since less compression occurs
  * setting the knob to [**M (manual exposure)**](https://helpguide.sony.net/ilc/1810/v1/en/contents/TP0002264646.html) is probably best so you can set the exposure (shutter speed), ISO, and aperture (f-stop) and leave it the same for every photo ... if you set to A (aperture priority), then the shutter speed and ISO could change from photo to photo
  * upload your photos to Box for your whole group to use later!

## Creating the video in DaVinci Resolve <a href="#creating-the-video-in-davinci-resolve-day-2" id="creating-the-video-in-davinci-resolve-day-2"></a>

1. open DaVinci Resolve and create a new project
2.  to view individual photos rather than a packaged sequence (which looks like one file) ... before you import:

    * go to the Media tab at the bottom
    * make sure "Media Storage" button at top is selected
    * click the three dots above where files show up and choose Frame Display Mode > Individual
    * now you can go to the Edit tab at the bottom and drag drop your hundreds of photos into the Media Pool as so many instructions advise

    ![](https://benjohansen.gitbook.io/~gitbook/image?url=https%3A%2F%2F838458685-files.gitbook.io%2F%7E%2Ffiles%2Fv0%2Fb%2Fgitbook-x-prod.appspot.com%2Fo%2Fspaces%252FmSqUis6hCMYPrwaMsvfy%252Fuploads%252FTfyW1DnZAViJZ1hkGspY%252Fsequence.jpg%3Falt%3Dmedia%26token%3D892112f9-a0c4-4d95-84ae-1b88b085ee5c\&width=300\&dpr=4\&quality=100\&sign=7fad3ad1\&sv=2)
3. go to the Edit tab
4. drag all your photos to the media pool
5. you need to properly setup the timeline frame rate:
   * select all the photos files in the media pool (single click one and press command + a)
   * right click on a photo and choose "Create New Timeline Using Selected Clips..."
   * on the popup: **uncheck** "Use Project Settings"
   * in the Format tab: change Timeline Frame Rate to 16
   * click "Create"
6. now select all photos on the timeline (single click one and press command+a)
7. press command+d to change the duration of each photo
   * in the popup: choose the Frames tab and put "1" after Duration
8. deselect all the photos in the timeline (click in a gray area)
9. go to the Edit menu at the top left and choose "Delete Gaps"
10. go to File > Project Settings...
    * make sure "16" is in the Playback frame rate box
11. add sounds/music
12. go to Deliver tab
    * choose Youtube settings
    * make sure you know where it will save the file
    * add to render cue
    * render all
13. upload the rendered video to Youtube

{% hint style="info" %}
if you want to do 12 fps

create a project with a timeline using 24 fps and make each photo last 2 frames when you get to the step above that uses command+d
{% endhint %}

### Guides <a href="#guides" id="guides"></a>

* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foPZTepVlTo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foPZTepVlTo)
