davee123 Posted November 30, 2009 So, I've found a few free bits of software that do video capturing, but I really need one that allows individual frame replacement from other sources-- IE from already existing GIF/PNG/BMP/JPG files. Specifically, I've done some renders using LDView, and I'd like to string them together into an animation. I did find a few a demo program that rather annoyed me, too-- it effectively wrote "DEMO" on the final output (since it was a demo program), but let me go through all the motions of putting together the frames before making it clear that it was going to overwrite text onto all my frames :( Any suggestions? DaveE Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Xenophilius Studz Posted November 30, 2009 If I'm corrected, a free program I use to string my frames together into an animation is Monkey Jam. It works pretty well for me. You can easily import pictures into it and capture from the program. I reccommend Monkey Jam. If you Google it you'll find the site. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grimmy Posted December 2, 2009 Another one for MonkeyJam It's a pretty well known program and is pretty good. The way it's setup can make it easier if your syncing sound and voices. It's a little different then normal editing software as it is specifically made for animation. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
davee123 Posted December 2, 2009 Cool! I tried out MonkeyJam, and it seems to work OK-- although when I play back a movie in Windows Media Player, it has a hard time with the default frame rate. QuickTime plays it alright, but Media Player doesn't seem to give equal time to individual frames, interesting. Works fine if I double-up the frames (which is MonkeyJam's default, seemingly for importing images), although it's obviously a bit slow since it effectively reduces the frame rate. Anyway, I'll have to play around with it more! Thanks muchly! DaveE Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pe668 Posted December 12, 2009 There is a very good program called "Helium Frog" that is for making stop motion films. http://www.heliumfrog.com/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites