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Capture stop-motion and time-lapse video


 

    About stop-motion and time-lapse video

    Using stop-motion and time-lapse video, you can make inanimate objects appear to move, or show a flower grow and bloom in seconds. In this mode, you capture single video frames at widely spaced time intervals for later playback at normal frame rates.

    You create stop-motion animations or time-lapse videos by using the Stop Motion button in the Capture panel. You can capture frames either from prerecorded tape or from a live camera feed. Stop-motion capture lets you manually select the frames you want to capture; Time Lapse capture automatically captures frames at set intervals. Using Time Lapse mode you can reduce a lengthy event, such as a sunset or a flower blooming, to a very short span.

    Remarque : You cannot capture stop-motion video from an HDV source. For more information about stop-motion video, see Adobe Premiere Elements Help.

    Capture stop-motion video

    1. Connect your capture device to your computer and turn it on.
      Remarque : If you are using a WDM device, you may need to turn it on by double-clicking its icon in the Windows® My Computer folder. Doing so may open a Windows video preview window. Close this preview window before proceeding.
    2. If it is a tape-based device, do one of the following:

      • If capturing live from a camcorder, place the camcorder in Camera mode.

      • If capturing from videotape, place the device in Play, VTR, or VCR mode.

    3. Click Project > Get Media and select your connected device.
    4. In the Capture panel, select Stop Motion.
    5. Click Create New Stop Motion. A preview of your live video source appears in the Capture window.
    6. To capture from videotape, cue the tape to a point a few seconds before the first frame you want to capture and pause the device. Use the shuttle controls in the Capture panel if you have device control, or the device’s own controls if you don’t.
    7. (Optional) Select Capture To Timeline from the Capture panel menu if you want each frame added to the Timeline as it is captured.
    8. (Optional - Windows only) Select Onion Skinning in the lower right of the Capture panel to see onion skins—overlays of previous frames captured. You can use onion skins to line up figures you animate.
    9. Do one of the following:

      • To capture from videotape, locate the frames you want to capture using the Play and Pause controls in the Capture panel or on the device itself.

      • To capture from a live video source, point the camera at a subject and record.

    10. Click Grab Frame each time the Capture panel displays a frame that you want to capture.

      Each frame you grab appears in Media view and is saved to your hard drive as a BMP file with a sequential number in its filename.

    11. Click Close   in the upper right of the Capture panel.
    12. Save the images by doing one of the following:

      • To save the captured images as a single movie file, and as a set of still images, click Yes. Then, give the new movie a name and location, and click Save.

      • To save the captured images only as individual still photos, click No.

        Depending on your choice, either the still images, or the still images and movie file, are placed in Media view. Additionally, if you select Capture To Timeline, the still images, but not the movie file, are placed into the Timeline.

    Stop and start a stop-motion capture

    If you need to stop work while capturing stop-motion video from videotape, you can continue it at another time, by matching the first frame of the continuation with the last frame shot in the previous session.

    1. Click Project > Get Media, and select your connected device.
    2. In the Tasks panel, click Project, and then click Media.
    3. Drag the last still image captured in the previous session from Media view into the preview area of the Capture panel.

      The last frame is superimposed on the current video source in the Capture panel, making it easy to align an object with its last image. When you click Grab Frame to start the new session, the newly captured frame is numbered sequentially from the number of the last captured frame.

    Capture time-lapse video

    1. Connect your capture device to your computer and turn it on.
      Remarque : If it is a WDM device, you may need to turn it on by double-clicking its icon in the Windows My Computer folder. Doing so may open a Windows video preview window. Close this before proceeding.
    2. If it is a tape-based device, do one of the following:

      • If capturing live from a camcorder, place the camcorder in Camera mode.

      • If capturing from videotape, place the device in Play, VTR, or VCR mode.

    3. Click Project > Get Media and select your connected device.
    4. (Optional) Select Capture To Timeline if you want each frame added to the Timeline as it is captured.
    5. In the Capture panel, select Stop Motion.
    6. Click Create New Stop Motion. A preview of your live video source appears in the Capture window.
    7. (Optional-Windows only) Select the Onion Skinning option in the lower-right corner of the Capture panel to see onion skins—overlays of previous frames captured. You can use onion skins to line up figures you animate.
    8. Select Time Lapse in the lower-left corner of the Capture panel.
    9. Click Set Time .
    10. Under Frequency, drag any of the time controls (Hrs, Min, Sec) to set the interval at which you want the computer to capture frames. For example, setting Frequency to 1 minute captures one frame every minute.
    11. Under Duration, drag any of the time controls to set the length of the capture session. For example, a duration of 5 hours captures frames, at the frequency you set, for a duration of 5 hours.
    12. Click OK, and then click the Start Time Lapse button.

      Frames are captured at the rate you specify.

    13. When the time-lapse capture is finished, click Close   in the upper-right corner of the Capture panel.
    14. Save the images by doing one of the following:

      • To save the captured images as a single movie file, and as a set of still images, click Yes. Then, give the new movie a name and location, and click Save.

      • To save the captured images only as individual still photos, click No.

        Depending on your choice, either the still images, or the still images and movie file, are placed in Media view. Additionally, if you select Capture To Timeline, the still images, but not the movie file, are placed into the Timeline.

    Delete the previous stop-motion or time-lapse frame

    While grabbing stop-motion frames, you may occasionally want to delete the last frame you grabbed, for example, after unintentionally capturing an intrusive hand or object.

     Click Delete Frame   in the lower-left corner of the Capture panel.
    Remarque : You can delete additional frames, starting with the most recent one and working backward, by clicking the Delete Frame button repeatedly.

    Preview a stop-motion or time-lapse movie

    You can preview a stop-motion or time-lapse movie at any time while building one. For example, you may want to see whether you are getting the expected results or whether to delete some frames before proceeding.

    1. With the Capture panel in Stop Motion view, select Preview in the lower-right corner of the Capture panel.
    2. In the Capture panel, click Play .

      The Capture panel shows a preview of the movie made from the stop-motion frames you have grabbed so far.

    3. Deselect Preview to return to grabbing frames.

    Stop Motion preferences

    You can select Stop Motion Preferences from the Capture panel menu.
    Opacity Level
    Sets the level of opacity for the onion skins. Raise this number to make the onion skins less transparent. Onion Skinning superimposes previously captured frames onto your video source to help you position figures you want to animate.
    Remarque : Onion skinning is available only on Windows.

    Number Of Skins
    Sets the number of onion skins visible at one time.

    Frame Rate
    Sets the number of frames per second.

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