my son wants to make still photography movie(you know like a claymation?
can anyone instruct us on how to do this.
I would actually recommend against using windows movie Maker to actually shoot or compile your animation together. Your son should use a program specifically designed for stop-motion animation purposes to actually compile your movie, then edit your larger clips afterwards in a video editing program like Windows Movie Maker. An animation program will make it easier to arrange, re-arrange, add and delete single frames. Typically, playing around with multiple single frames is kind of difficult and bothersome in video editors since they weren’t designed with frame by frame animation as a primary function in mind.
This handbook section has basic answers and info on a variety of stop motion and claymation topics (armatures, sets, cameras, etc)
http://www.stopmotionanimation.com/handbook/
AnimateClay.com also has some good beginner tutorials:
http://www.animateclay.com/index.php?name=Sections&req=listarticles&secid=3
To actually frame-grab and compile the movie, I’d suggest using Monkeyjam if you’re on a PC. It’s free.
http://www.giantscreamingrobotmonkeys.com/monkeyjam/
AnimatorDV: Simple+ became freeware.
http://www.animatordv.com/download7
If you’re on a Mac, you could try Framethief or FramebyFrame.
http://www.framethief.com/
http://web.mac.com/philipp.brendel/Software/FrameByFrame.html
With any of these programs you can set the framerate of your video, and how long each image lasts onscreen (even as little as one frame). This amount of control will help your son’s stop-motion from looking less slow and less choppy.
You can also check out this website for other stop motion animation programs; some free, some retail. I haven’t used any of them (other than Stop Motion Pro) so I couldn’t tell you if the rest of their features were any good or not, but at least it gives you other options.
http://www.stopmotionworks.com/stopmosoftwr.htm
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