What worked for me was to use the "Image -〉Adjustment -〉Color Match" in Photoshop, chose the first photo of your sequence in the "source" spot and I did that for all my 850 photos using photoshop "actions" to make the process faster and it worked ! It removed 95% of the flicker and it's 100% free :D
Very helpful thanks! I struggled a lot with flicker when using a canon lens on a on Canon DSLR, but as soon as I switched to an old manual Pentax lens with adapter then it really improved the light,
Thank you! Yes it was pretty eye-opening for me to learn that many animators use a manual lens from a different brand than their camera body (I hear a lot use a Canon body with Nikon lenses and I might go this route). Even Dragonframe suggests, if you use the same brand for the body and manual lens, to put a bit of tape over the lens’ electrical contacts to avoid them "communicating" and creating flicker. It's lurking everywhere! :D
thank youuuuuu ! ❤️ i long wanted such plug-in for flicker removal. iv tryed it and the results so far are ok, not so great because the footage is garbage, but better than before. ❤️ ❤️
Very nice video! Flicker is indeed the animators arch enemy. I have managed get mostly rid of it with light control and use of manual lenses. However still sometimes it is lurking in side my studio. I have not tried any postproduction tricks for flicker. But if I would need to these would be really good tips to try. Thanks a lot! 😊
Thank you for your comment! It sure is lurking! ;) I learned a lot about what can cause it (so many things!) so it's true that ideally we wouldn't need to address that while editing but I'm just glad I have a solution if needed. When you'll try it, I'd love to know if/what worked for you! :)
I think also some places electricity can be so uneven that it can cause flicker. I have experienced that when I have animated in Spain, my wife’s parents garage. But even in stabile condition, sometimes when I came back to animate next day the picture is just darker or brighter and I really do not know why. That’s why I usually try to finish the scene or take so that if there is a change of light next day, I can make a cut in that point. However with longer takes that is not always possible.
Absolutely. I looked into it because I think I had a specific outlet that was causing that problem. The solutions online get really technical. Some people also noticed that they need to make sure they don’t have another machine running (like dishwasher or such) because that disturbs the electricity!
Helpful video, man what a difference it makes from your original footage to the edited version. I liked your little armature in the background :) Are you able to reuse your armatures from previous clay puppets, or do you bake them solid?
Thanks a lot! The armature in the background is the only “advanced” one I have so far, it’s by Anibild. It’s a bigger scale than I’m used to so I’m keeping it for a special video. Otherwise I use simple wire armatures (and balled up aluminum foil sometimes) that I don’t (can’t really) reuse. Although I’ve heard of armatures being reused but I guess it really depends on what you use to bulk it up. Also sometimes I just don’t use armatures like in my latest video (the one I use as an example in this one) as the character melts completely at the end so it had to be only made out of clay, inside and out. :)
It’s actually not hard! I think it’s because of the plasticine I use (the brand is Newplast), it’s just the perfect balance between hard and soft so it really stays in place and you can manage small increments in the movement. When you use only plasticine I find it almost easier sometimes to be honest. It’s just that you need a rig all the time if your character moves around a lot because it ends up being so heavy.
@@LouiseMassolDillon ah gotcha. Yeah that makes sense, the stuff I use doesn't like to stay still lol. I'm always super conflicted on using my rig. Like, I love how much easier and funner it is to animate with it, but I always feel get super lazy in post production XD
