Living pictures are a really cool type of animated GIF that you can create with Animation Studio. You can see the animated portion of the frame moving in a weird way if you look closely. The fence post on the left grows and jumps back into place. This is because the camera tipped forward slowly during filming.So how do you solve this issue?
First of all, if you can attach your camera to a tripod, do it! This will save you some serious headaches. If you are shooting with an iPhone like in the image above and don't have a tripod mount, or are using some other type of unmountable camera, you need to be very careful when filming. Even the slightest movement of the camera can ruin the illusion. Try resting the phone against something stable, like a table or wall; usually, just using your own leg isn't quite good enough.When it comes to Indoor lighting, your task is usually simple, because lights rarely move inside. But outside, lighting can change because things get in the way of the sun. Shooting while clouds aren't anywhere near the sun is a good idea.
We filmed Nacho in direct sunlight and the resulting movement in his shadow is very stable. How to Create a Living Picture with Animation StudioNow that you understand what's so great about these nifty animations and how to prep for them, it's time to actually make one!Get started by clicking the New toolbar button and choosing Living Picture Project. This opens the Create Living Picture wizard.
Step 1: Introduction to Living PicturesWhen the wizard opens, you'll see an introduction screen that gives you a brief overview of what you are about to do. Here's the basic rundown:. Start with a good, stable video.
Make video adjustments, if desired. Crop the portion of the video that will be appear in the final animation. Choose one frame from the video to be the background, or still frame. Select the portion of the video that will animate. Select the range of the video that will loop in the animated portion. Build your animation!Also included in the intro is an example of what a Living Picture looks like. We've included the source video for this image so you can follow this guide and build it yourself.
Double-click the downloaded file to unzip the videoYou're ready to go. Click Next and let's make a Living Picture! Step 2: Choose Your VideoClick the Open button and find the video on your computer. There are 6 tools here that you can use to adjust your video:. Grayscale: Check this box to make your video black and white. Brightness: Make your video brighter or darker. Contrast: Increase or decrease the difference between bright and dark parts of your video.
Saturation: Increase or decrease the richness of color in your video. Hue: Change the colors in your video. Reset All: Change each setting back to its default value.You may not need to use any of these tools, but they can be be very useful.
For example, we can increase the contrast of our video to reduce the 'hazy' appearance. If you need to crop, check the box next to Crop captured frames and drag the sliders to the left and bottom of the video. A red border will be drawn around the portion of the frame that will be captured.In our example, we want the full width of the frame, so we don't need to move those bottom sliders. But we have to get rid of those black bars above and below the video, so drag the top slider down and the bottom slider up until the red lines select only the actual video.Note: If your video is so large that it extends outside of the wizard's view, increase the size of the window to see the red lines that show you what you're cropping.When you're done cropping, click Next. Step 5: Pick a Background FrameIn this step, you'll choose the one frame of the video that will remain stationary.
Your animation will be layered on top of this frame. See those two tabs under the video preview, and the blue section highlighted in-between? This is the part of the video that will animate.By default, the left tab is set to the frame after the background frame. So if you chose frame 340 as your background frame, the initial value for the Start slider will be 341.There are three steppers above the video preview:.
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Start: The first frame of the loop. End: The last frame of the loop. Capture every X frame(s): The interval used for frame capturing (if this is set to 3, every third frame will be captured)Oh look, more transport tools are available now! Here's a description of all the tools in the bottom left corner:. Play: Play a preview of the full video. Pause: Stops all preview playback. Show background frame: Displays the selected background frame in the video preview.
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Show first frame of loop: Displays the Start frame in the video preview. Show last frame of loop: Displays the End frame in the video preview. Play selected range: Loops the frames selected above in the video previewThese last four tools are designed to help you make flawless loops. By clicking between the background frame and end frame, you can see the difference between the two. This can help you pick the perfect end frame for your animation so that the motion loops smoothly and you have a continuous, flawless animation.When your range is selected, click Next.
Step 8: Build your animation!This last step will prompt you to build your animation. (Even after building, you can click the Back button to make changes.).