2D & Stop Motion
Animation with MonkeyJam
Rasmussen College
Introductions
I’m Alex Fogarty
– Multimedia Instructor, formerly designer for
children’s television.
– Rasmussen College
– MSUM
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What we’re going to learn today
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2D Animation – A Quick History
2D/Stop Motion – Video Clips
Stop Motion Demonstration
Practice in MonkeyJam
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Animation Overview
• Animation is the rapid display of a sequence of images to create an illusion of
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movement. But we all know it’s so much more fun than that!
1878 First Film - Edward Muybridge
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1902 First Animation- Georges Méliès - A Trip to the Moon (5 minutes in…)
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UY40DHs9vc4
1928 Disney's first animated film with a synchronized sound recording - Steamboat Willy
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxB2x9QzXb0&feature=fvwrel
1914 Gertie the Dinosaur – Winsor McCay
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEqccPhsqgA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBgghnQF6E4
Disney Animation Classics such as Snow White, Jungle Book
Claymation/Stop Motion – Gumby, Wallace and Gromit
3D Animation such as Toy Story, Shrek, The Incredibles, Up, A Christmas Story
Modern Day Stop Motion – Coraline, A Nightmare Before Christmas, Paranorman
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Animation Overview
• Animation uses a viewing screen which can rapidly cycle through images
in a sequence.
• The viewing device displays these images in rapid succession, usually 24,
25 or 30 frames per second.
• Animation can be made with art, photographs, computers, puppets or
any type of figure!
• The position of each object in any particular image relates to the position
of that object in the previous and following images so that the objects
each appear to fluidly move independently of one another.
• In short – inanimate things are animated, and brought to life!
• Motion over time. All 2D animation works on a Timeline.
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2D/Stop Motion Animation
• Paranorman
– http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSxSEpYyt6I
• Brick Films- Animating Legos
– http://www.stopmotioncentral.com/brickfilmmadness.html
• Exploring Concepts
• http://www.squidoo.com/stop-motion-video
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_HXUhShhmY
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5R9E4s6q3O8
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Stop Motion for your Projects
• Programs/devices you’ll be using
– Audacity to record audio
– MonkeyJam Animation software to make an AVI
– 2 different ways to make a video
• Take pics with webcam through MonkeyJam
• Your own digital cameras if you choose
– Resize images in Windows Live Photo Gallery
– http://web.cgu.edu/media/oit/tutorials/resize-imagegallery.pdf
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So what is MonkeyJam?
• www.monkeyjam.org
– MonkeyJam is a digital penciltest and stopmotion animation program. It is
designed to let you capture images from a webcam, camcorder, or scanner
and assemble them as separate frames of an animation.
• So what can your students make?
– Anything they can think up
– Pre-thought and planning important
– Encourage experimentation and practice
• Stop motion is great for concepts, to important messages, to
beautiful art.
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kB1vkYpylO8
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Let’s begin
1. Today’s phases
1. I will model a whiteboard animation using
webcam
2. I will discuss using your own camera
3. You will work in groups trying out MonkeyJam
1. Use whiteboard or play dough
2. Or anything goes – surprise me!
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Stop Motion Demonstration using Webcam
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ANIMATED WHITEBOARD DRAWING
We’ll be using MonkeyJam and
Webcam
Create a folder on your desktop and
name it MonkeyJam
Start Monkey Jam via icon on desktop
Set Preferences
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Settings>Preferences
Set General Settings to match image shown
here.
Direct the Default Storage to the MonkeyJam
folder you created on your desktop
Same folder for Temp File Folder
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Preferences
• Set the remaining preferences
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Add a Layer!
• It’s very important at this phase to Add a
Layer. If you don’t you can’t start working.
– Select Edit>Add Layer
• Name the layer. This one is named Chalk.
• Direct Image Folder to your MonkeyJam folder on desktop
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Start the Webcam in MonkeyJam
• Clicking the below icon will start the web cam, otherwise
known as the Video Capture Window.
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Steps in Capturing Whiteboard Animation
• Position laptop camera to capture your scene
• Lock Down scene. Can use tape or whatever you need to
secure the base so it doesn’t move.
• Check first position of scene to make sure it’s how you will
want it throughout animation.
• Click Capture button to take first picture
– Loads automatically into MonkeyJam
• Add first line of drawing to whitboard
• Click capture again. See how it adds frames to timeline?
• Keep updating drawing and capturing
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After all your images are in
• Click Preview to preview your movie
• Click Export to create AVI movie
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Importing Images
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File>Import>Images
Select images on the left to import
Clicking Add Files brings them into the Import List on the right
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Adding Audio
• Options
– Download or import your own mp3s
– Find public domain sites for free music
• http://websearch.about.com/od/publicdomain/tp/Pub
lic-Domain-Music.htm
– Record audio/sound tracks in Audacity. Export as
.wav. We’ll do that today.
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Create .wav file in Audacity
• Now, you’re going to record yourself saying
something
• Open Audacity
• Click the round red
button to record.
• Say Something!
• Click the red square to stop
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Export your Audio as a .wav file
• Export your audio to your
MonkeyJam folder
• From within MonkeyJam, choose
File>Import>Audio
• If your audio is longer than your
images. This is ok.
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Controlling and moving layers
• Controlling layer is super simple in MonkeyJam
– Click and hold down on a layer to move it.
– You can also copy and paste layers, or cut
and paste.
– Clicking and pulling the rectangle at the bottom of a
layer will extend its time. See how long the AH layer is
extended for to the left?
– You can insert frames to extend a layer, or insert blank
frames at the end of the timeline.
– Note that you need to have additional frames in order to
insert longer animation.
– Holding down shift will also you to select multiple frames
and move them together.
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Remember to Preview and Export when done
• Click Preview to preview your movie
• Click Export to create AVI movie
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Images for Your Own Projects
• Resizing Images
• If you have an idea for projects you want to create with your
own camera, you may need to size them down for them to
work well in MonkeyJam.
• 640 px wide is a good maximum.
• The following tutorial will show you how to resize your
images in Windows Live Photo Gallery
– http://web.cgu.edu/media/oit/tutorials/resize-image-gallery.pdf
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