tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2604525261716542046.post7013404498493607418..comments2023-05-21T02:15:02.223-07:00Comments on Chips and Solstice: I made a capture station todayMarty Walkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14429842900342077765noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2604525261716542046.post-85381180809797598502009-08-27T08:02:44.008-07:002009-08-27T08:02:44.008-07:00"Of course, I don't know my way around th...<i>"Of course, I don't know my way around those programs very well, so it's possible that I just missed it."</i><br /><br />-----<br /><br />Oh, yeah, the other thing I wanted to mention is that for video capture with TVP you need to remember to do three things:<br /><br />1.) First , open the Video Grabber window from the Windows Menu. Select the camera from the Device menu and adjust the camera focus, white balance, exposure using the "Settings" button.<br /><br />2.) In the main project window in TVP , go down to the lower right corner of the project window and enable the little "V" button . ("V" = video). <br /><br />3.) in the Timeline at the left side is the Layers column ... at the bottom left it will say "Color" as the default (meaning it shows an opaque background color, usually white , unless you change it , in the Project window) Change that from "Color" to "None" . <br /><br />Now you can capture video.<br /><br />That seems like several steps, but after you've done it a couple of times it becomes automatic and it only takes a few seconds to adjust those settings to do video capture with TVP. <br /> . <br /><br />3.)David https://www.blogger.com/profile/09728364431363413760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2604525261716542046.post-6126551158843214812009-08-27T07:54:43.627-07:002009-08-27T07:54:43.627-07:00"Problem is I don't seem to have a progra...<i>"Problem is I don't seem to have a program to actually capture animation with. TVP animation only seems to want to acquire images from a scanner"</i><br /><br />-------<br /><br /><a href="http://www.tvpaint.com/v2/content/article/products/tvpa.php" rel="nofollow">TVP</a> should capture video from any <i>firewire</i> webcam or digital video camera. Does your webcam connect with USB or Firewire (IEEE 1394) connection ? <br /><br />The problem is most USB cams won't provide a live video feed that can 'talk' to TVP. Otherwise video capture should be no problem. I regularly shoot pencil tests in TVP using an Apple iSight webcam (which has a firewire connection) .<br /><br />If you're still having problems email the TVP support -- support@tvpaint.fr<br /><br />Actually, even though it is slower, scanning will give you better image quality. My rule tends to be video capture for really quick , rough tests, just to see what I've got , if the timing is working . Then for more finished tied-down rough passes I'll scan into TVP . (and of course final clean-up drawings should be scanned at high-res. , 300 dpi . )David https://www.blogger.com/profile/09728364431363413760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2604525261716542046.post-34111953249870030162009-06-21T23:20:10.716-07:002009-06-21T23:20:10.716-07:00nice!nice!myrrhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14046619390871554349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2604525261716542046.post-56288870660785517532009-06-21T18:09:28.661-07:002009-06-21T18:09:28.661-07:00Awesome! Thanks!Awesome! Thanks!Marty Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14429842900342077765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2604525261716542046.post-76637995822954126072009-06-21T17:42:57.326-07:002009-06-21T17:42:57.326-07:00Hey Marty!
That's a nice setup. I'm sure ...Hey Marty!<br /><br />That's a nice setup. I'm sure you can fix the leveling easily, or even work around it.<br /><br />As for the capture: On a PC, you can use a nice free software called MonkeyJam. I have a more complete list of capture programs here:<br />http://sunnykharbanda.blogspot.com/2008/07/monkeyjam.html<br /><br />Hope that helps!<br />Sunnysunny kharbandahttp://www.sunnykharbanda.com/noreply@blogger.com