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Using Cheese / Cinecutie / Audacity to Create a Stop Motion Video

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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'''...''
= Rendering Stop Motion Video to Ogg Theora Vorbis File =
[[Image:cinecutie11.png|thumb|300px|right ]]
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
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 =
Media files can take up a lot of disk space.
To be completed It is recommended '''after completing a video project to save your work on another media storage system''' such as a CD or DVD....
= Backing Up / Removing Completed Projects ='''You never know when you may want to add or re-master an existing project...'''
To be completed ...
= 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=ogXGI-X48I4] ]  '''Here is a link to upload a video to your YouTube account:''' [ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9w-gQAwS2uc [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9w-gQAwS2uc] ]
To be completed ...
== Upload Stop Motion Video '''Here is a link to your my completed YouTube Account video to show the final product:''' [ [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8if6uyB9cqk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8if6uyB9cqk] ] ]
To be completed ...
== View comments / statistics Regarding your YouTube Video ==
To be completed When you have posted your YouTube video, you would occasionally view the statics and find out more information regarding the frequency and comments that people are saying about your video...  '''Here is a link to a YouTube video to view your video statistics (using "YouTube Insight"):''' [ [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LhAcI_jyzY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LhAcI_jyzY] ] 
== Title Scrolls ==
To be completedat a later time...
== Laser fire ==
To be completedat a later time...
== Explosions ==
To be completed at a later time...
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