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shardian:
I was at the Clay Center (Like co-sci, and other hands on learning museums) this past weekend, and one of their hands on "toys" was a stop motion lesson. It was a full setup in which you could make a stop motion video with legos.
Me and the wife had a frikkin blast doing that! I found that there are several neat software packages available that let you hook your video camera up to the computer and make your own stop motion stuff. They make it so easy a 3 year old can use it. Anyone else ever try it, or have your little ones play with it?

BTW, I'll upload a video I took showing our creation in a bit. I think you all might get a kick out of it.

ChadTower:

I messed around with it in college back in '97.  I imagine it is a LOT easier now with digital cameras and software that helps out. 

shardian:

--- Quote from: ChadTower on March 18, 2008, 09:42:27 am ---
I messed around with it in college back in '97.  I imagine it is a LOT easier now with digital cameras and software that helps out. 

--- End quote ---

I figured it would use digital cameras also. Actually, the software does not work well with digital cameras. If you hook up your camcorder thru the dvi port, you have a direct digital link to the camcorder to grab from. You just hit the space bar to click a frame.

ChadTower:

That does sound about a billion times more efficient.  We used VHS and capture software.  Took forever to do a few seconds of end video even before you cleaned it up.

RayB:
I think Lego had a product to make movies, out a few years ago.

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