Foraminifer with Dinoflagellates
Friday, January 18, 2008 - Permalink
This time lapse (~90x real-time) video-microscopy shows the interaction between two marine microorganisms, a foraminifer and dinoflagellate algae. The large disc-shaped thing is the foraminifer, it is collecting the dinoflagellates around it. These dinoflagellates are the same algae that live inside corals, and these foraminifera have a similar symbiotic relationship with their algae as do corals. Scientists can use this kind of time-lapse video to compress processes that happen on a longer time scale into a few seconds, increasing our understanding of the dynamic nature of the living world. Scott Fay of the UC Berkeley used a Nikon inverted phase contrast scope and a Nikon D80 camera.
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HDV Support for iStopMotion coming
Friday, January 11, 2008 - Permalink
A quick teaser: As you can see from this screen shot, capturing from an HD camera connected through HDV is working in the labs. When it is released, this means you will be able to take your Laptop into the field with your HDV camera and shoot HD timelapses or stop motion videos... (Click image to enlarge!)
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Javan Ivey: My Paper Mind
Friday, January 11, 2008 - Permalink
Made by Javan Ivey who has a lot of cool tips for doing stop motion animation. This animation is a very cool technique he calls "stratastencil" where there seems to be an infinite number of layers of cardboard cut outs. Very cool.
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FotoMagico 2.2b8
Thursday, January 10, 2008 - Permalink
Another FotoMagico 2.2 public beta (b8) is out. We fixed most issues reported so far and brought down movie sizes for web export to about one fifth of the last version. Please give it a try and report your findings using the built-in Feedback Assistant.
Download via Software Update or from the Beta page, see the release notes...
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Animal Hospital Animation
Thursday, January 10, 2008 - Permalink
Watch a 3-year-old girl make a stop motion animation with iStopMotion, a PowerBook and an iSight. The making of comes just after the main feature.
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It's getting better and better!
Tuesday, January 08, 2008 - Permalink
Just thought I'd give you a lot of thanks and tell you that I used iStopmotion to make the video for Minilogue's Hitchhikers choice which gained a LOT (2.275.761) of views and won the Best Budget Video award at the 2007 CADS in London. Thanks for making such a great program! I just bought 2.0 and it's getting better and better!
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Larry Klug: O Holy Night
Tuesday, January 08, 2008 - Permalink
Larry Klug is a master of FotoMagico storytelling. His foto shows have a strong religious background and it is the amount of emotion he is able to create which amazes us. He has begun to post his works to YouTube, where you can check it out.
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Educator Workshop at ZEUM
Tuesday, January 08, 2008 - Permalink
15th January, ZEUM San Francisco -
Zeum and Boinx are pleased to invite you to our "Introduction to Clay Animation" demonstration and workshop. This free 1 -hour event is designed for K-12 teachers of any subject who wish to incorporate the arts and technology into their classrooms through the magic of stop-motion animation. Discover the tools of the trade and hear about how students work in groups to negotiate the creative process and create their own short movies. After the demo, you'll have a chance to make your own animation.
The event will take place on Tuesday, January 15, from 3:30-4:30pm, at the ZEUM, a multimedia arts and technology museum for kids and families, located at 221 Fourth Street (at Howard) in San Francisco, next to Moscone Center, home of MacWorld. The Animators Studio at Zeum uses Boinx' iStopMotion via Mac technology.
Limited spots available! Register online today!
The first 25 participants will be offered a traditional Bavarian/Frankonian Christmas treat!
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Hermann: Happy New Year
Sunday, January 06, 2008 - Permalink
Copyright 2004-2007 by Karl A. Bihlmeier. Hermann in German at Mac Essentials. Follow Hermann's life using his personal RSS feed.
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The Snowman
Thursday, January 03, 2008 - Permalink
Made by an 11-year old girl in 6th grade in a one week animation class at her school. The animation is felt board captured at 12 fps.
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