Stop Motion

Taking the photos

open DaVinci Resolve and create a new project
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
go to the Edit tab
drag all your photos to the media pool
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"
now select all photos on the timeline (single click one and press command+a)
press command+d to change the duration of each photo
- in the popup: choose the Frames tab and put "1" after Duration
deselect all the photos in the timeline (click in a gray area)
go to the Edit menu at the top left and choose "Delete Gaps"
go to File > Project Settings...
- make sure "16" is in the Playback frame rate box
add sounds/music
go to Deliver tab
- choose Youtube settings
- make sure you know where it will save the file
- add to render cue
- render all
upload the rendered video to Youtube

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

Last updated 14 days ago

Taking the photos

see some tips on still photography on the Professional Portrait Photo page

make sure you have a way of counting images

camera settings:

format the storage card (sd card)
the video you are creating will most likely be 1080p (1920x1080 pixels), and all image sizes of the Sony a6400 are greater than that ... so, what is best?
image quality = I believe extra fine is the best quality since less compression occurs
setting the knob to M (manual exposure) 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

open DaVinci Resolve and create a new project

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

go to the Edit tab

drag all your photos to the media pool

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"

now select all photos on the timeline (single click one and press command+a)

press command+d to change the duration of each photo

deselect all the photos in the timeline (click in a gray area)

go to the Edit menu at the top left and choose "Delete Gaps"

go to File > Project Settings...

add sounds/music

go to Deliver tab

upload the rendered video to Youtube

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

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