{"id":544,"date":"2011-09-06T14:45:32","date_gmt":"2011-09-06T21:45:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/demoblogs.ecuad.camrose\/?page_id=544"},"modified":"2011-09-06T14:45:32","modified_gmt":"2011-09-06T21:45:32","slug":"digicel-flipbook","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/palette.ecuad.ca\/mrose\/resources\/digital-animation-methods-and-software\/dragonframe-lens-based-capture\/digicel-flipbook\/","title":{"rendered":"DigiCel Flipbook"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Before you begin to use the line-testing software, you should make a directory in &#8220;Save Here&#8221; to keep the various Flipbook projects that you create.<\/p>\n<p>To start up FlipBook, refer to the computer Desktop and double-click the FlipBook shortcut icon.\u00a0 Alternatively, you can go to the Start Menu &gt; Programs &gt; DigiCel FlipBook.<\/p>\n<h3>Basic Operation for Line-Testing<\/h3>\n<p>From the DigiCel FlipBook start-up window, choose &#8220;Create New Scene&#8221; (or &#8220;Open Existing Scene&#8221; if you want to return to a project).\u00a0 For &#8220;New Scene,&#8221; select the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Screen Size:\n<ul>\n<li>Select 720 x 540<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Playback Speed:\n<ul>\n<li>Frame Rate = 24<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>X Sheet:\n<ul>\n<li># of Levels = Enter a value, from 1 &#8211; 4, depending on how many levels you would like to use<\/li>\n<li># of Frames = Enter a value<\/li>\n<li>OverScan: Choose 100% (default)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Click on &#8220;Capture&#8221; (which, referring to the Toolbar, is the &#8220;copystand&#8221; icon, located between the &#8220;thumb&#8221; and the &#8220;scanner&#8221; icons).\u00a0 From the Video Capture Settings, choose the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Under &#8220;Options,&#8221; go to Source.\u00a0 Input should be set at &#8220;Video Composite In&#8221; and Output should be &#8220;Video Decoder Out.&#8221;\u00a0 Press Apply and then OK.<\/li>\n<li>To select B + W over Colour, click the &#8220;Colour Mode&#8221; button in the Toolbar (in-between the &#8220;scanner&#8221; and the &#8220;animation disk&#8221; icons).\u00a0 To change these settings, you will have to exit the Video Capture Mode by pressing Cancel first.<\/li>\n<li>You can adust Image Processing (White or Gamma) but doing so will change the image to B + W.<\/li>\n<li>You can also adjust Position and Label (Frame, Level, Hold, Label).\u00a0 Choose &#8220;2&#8221; for double-frame animation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To shoot an image, click the Capture Button or hit the Enter Key on the keyboard.\u00a0 When you&#8217;ve finished shooting your animation drawings, click Cancel or Quit.<\/p>\n<p>Playback buttons include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>First Frame<\/li>\n<li>Play in Reverse<\/li>\n<li>Step Back<\/li>\n<li>Pause<\/li>\n<li>Step Forward<\/li>\n<li>Play Forward<\/li>\n<li>Last Frame<\/li>\n<li>Loop Playback<\/li>\n<li>Increase Rate<\/li>\n<li>Decrease Rate<\/li>\n<li>Go to Frame (click to call up the Go to Frame dialogue box)<\/li>\n<li>There is also a frame slider, to scrub through images.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>To Export an AVI Movie<\/h3>\n<p>Referring to the main menu, go to File &gt; Export &gt; AVI.\u00a0 From there, an Export AVI dialogue window will open.\u00a0 You should then select the following under &#8220;Movie Contents:&#8221;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Start Frame = Enter a value (e.g., the first frame or &#8220;1&#8221;)<\/li>\n<li>End Frame = Enter a value (e.g., the last frame)<\/li>\n<li>Start Level = Enter a value<\/li>\n<li>End Level = Enter a value<\/li>\n<li>Frame Rate = 24 FPS<\/li>\n<li>Screen Size: Leave this as the native format (i.e., 720 x 540)<\/li>\n<li>CODEC: Clicking the Codec button will call up a Video Compression dialogue box; choose &#8220;Full Frame &#8212; Uncompressed.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Save in &gt; Your folder in the Save Here disk.<\/li>\n<li>File name: Give the movie a short name.<\/li>\n<li>Save as type: AVI (the default format).<\/li>\n<li>Press Save.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To exit the Export AVI window, press OK or Cancel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before you begin to use the line-testing software, you should make a directory in &#8220;Save Here&#8221; to keep the various Flipbook projects that you create. To start up FlipBook, refer to the computer Desktop and double-click the FlipBook shortcut icon.\u00a0 Alternatively, you can go to the Start Menu &gt; Programs &gt; DigiCel FlipBook. 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