Recently, a friend of mine turned me onto an online
community of artists of sorts that you can purchase custom work for extremely
low prices – and I mean low; everything starts at $5.00 and then there are add
on options such as a longer presentations or songs or to jump to the top of
their pending work queue if you need something in a rush. The site is
Fiverr.com.
In terms of design tools though, what I want to talk about
is stop motion video. I hired a very
talented artist from Fiverr to create a stop motion video for me that I used as
a Birthday card. I sent her a picture and she drew it, added music and
customized a greeting for me (all for $15!!) in stop motion. It was truly amazing. Now, I am no artist and
cannot draw, but stop motion videos can be made using many different mediums. You
can animate anything that you can photograph.
There are several simple programs you can use to assist you
in creating a stop motion video such as Windows Movie Maker, Stop Frame
Animator or Jelly Cam to name a few. You simply take picture after picture of a
subject with just slight movement captured with each picture, then link all of
the photos together within the chosen stop video program and the still photos will
play out as a running film.
Stop motion videos can be used in business presentations,
especially in how-to instructions.
This instructional video is how to make poppy seed bagels - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20RMdROqKrk
And check this one out just for fun (I’m not sure I’ll ever
have that much free time on my hands!)
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