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[[Category:Ubuntu]][[Category:Linux]][[Category:Studio]]''A popular trend with youth today is to create lego stop-motion videos and post up to YouTube...
.. You can use the '''Cheese''' / '''Audacity''' and '''Cinecutie''' ('''Cinelerra''') open source applications '''to do this for free'''...''
Before you perform these finishing touches, you need to understand about '''"Arming Tracks"'''.
The term ''"Arming Tracks"'' goes back to the age when recording studios recorded music Multi-Track (magnetic) tape machines. If you wanted to record on a particular track, you need to press a button to make that track available for recording. If you weren't careful, you may have more than one track, or the wrong track armed, which would damaged the correct track's recording (thus you would have to record that track over).
As it relates to Cinecutie, '''all tracks are armed by default''', so if you are performing an operation for only one particular track (like adjusting audio levels, or truncation), '''you need to make certain that all the other tracks not to be affected are "unarmed"'''.
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If you look on the left-hand side a video or audio track, you will notice some buttons. One of the buttons looks like a lock. By default, the lock is active (highlighted). If you click on the lock, you will notice it is not highlighted - this means that the track is "unarmed" and will not be affected by any other track edits...
By arming a track, and unarming other tracks, then you can mark your frames in order to adjust volume audio levels, or truncate (cut) pieces off your video...
I would recommend to save your project...
= Rendering Stop Motion Video to Ogg Theora Vorbis File =
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With your video completed and saved, the time has come to create a permanent video file to play or post up to YouTube...
This process is referred to as '''"Rendering"'''.
There are many versions you can save your completed video ('''MPEG''', '''AVI''', '''OGG''', etc). There is no concern which format to use, since you can always convert (transcode) your video file into another format using the mencoder utiltiy: [ Internal Link not yet available ]
For this tutorial, we will create an Ogg Theora Vorbis video file. In the Program Window, click on the '''file''' menu, then select '''Render'''.
You can make selections as shown on the diagram to the right-hand side...
When the process is completed, look into your home directory for a rendered version of your video.
It is recommended to test-out your video on another video player (eg. '''MoviePlayer''', '''VLC''', '''MediaPlayer''', etc.) to make certain it works properly...
= Backing Up / Removing Completed Projects =
= Posting Stop Motion Video on YouTube =
== Creating a YouTube Account / Upload Videos == In order to post up YouTube videos, you must have a YouTube account...
'''Here is a link to a YouTube video to create an account:''' [ [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogXGI-X48I4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= Upload Stop Motion Video ogXGI-X48I4] ] '''Here is a link to upload a video to your YouTube Account account:''' [ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9w-gQAwS2uc [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9w-gQAwS2uc] ] '''Here is a link to my completed YouTube video to show the final product:''' [ [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8if6uyB9cqk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8if6uyB9cqk] ] ]
== View comments / statistics Regarding your YouTube Video ==
== Title Scrolls ==
To be completedat a later time...
== Laser fire ==
To be completedat a later time...
== Explosions ==
To be completed at a later time...
