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Wendell Frink · March 1st, 2011, 05:28 PM

Does anyone know a way to do the stop motion of the floating skateboard?

Battle Vaughan · March 1st, 2011, 07:55 PM

Don't know how THEY did it, but you can take a sequence of still images and then make a video from them; Quicktime Pro does this, for example. Sort of like Claymation, the outfit that did animated clay sculptures that were popular several years ago. You could import a bunch of stills into your NLE or Adobe After Effects also.

Stan Harkleroad · March 1st, 2011, 08:43 PM

I think you're just asking how to do the first couple seconds where the board is flying down right?

Maybe they used very fine fishing line? Or used string or rods and painted them out of each image?

Dean Sensui · March 1st, 2011, 10:34 PM

This sure looks like painstaking stop-motion photography.

Look at the lower left where the non-skid is applied to the board. There's a shadow creeping across the corner of the frame.

Wendell Frink · March 2nd, 2011, 04:13 PM

Yes Stan I think thats what he used. That or clear plastic blocks, but fishing line seems to be the case.

Now off to try it...

March 1st, 2011, 05:28 PM	#1
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March 1st, 2011, 07:55 PM	#2
Battle Vaughan Trustee Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Miami, FL USA Posts: 1,505	Re: I need help with something... Don't know how THEY did it, but you can take a sequence of still images and then make a video from them; Quicktime Pro does this, for example. Sort of like Claymation, the outfit that did animated clay sculptures that were popular several years ago. You could import a bunch of stills into your NLE or Adobe After Effects also.

March 1st, 2011, 08:43 PM	#3
Stan Harkleroad Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Gautier, MS Posts: 175	Re: I need help with something... I think you're just asking how to do the first couple seconds where the board is flying down right? Maybe they used very fine fishing line? Or used string or rods and painted them out of each image?

March 1st, 2011, 10:34 PM	#4
Dean Sensui Inner Circle Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Honolulu, HI Posts: 2,054	Re: I need help with something... This sure looks like painstaking stop-motion photography. Look at the lower left where the non-skid is applied to the board. There's a shadow creeping across the corner of the frame. __________________ Dean Sensui Exec Producer, Hawaii Goes Fishing

March 2nd, 2011, 04:13 PM	#5
Wendell Frink Regular Crew Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Westerly, RI Posts: 44	Re: I need help with something... Yes Stan I think thats what he used. That or clear plastic blocks, but fishing line seems to be the case. Now off to try it...