atturtle08
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So, i make stop motions and my laptop doesnt have a lot of space, i have obs for recording and it supports the webcam i use, So, instead of downloading more software i was wondering I can use obs to make stop motions.
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As far as I know, for stop motions you need to 1. take pictures (as in: single movie frame) and 2. stich a lot of images together with a given frame rate (i.e. 30 frames per second) to a movie.
It is possible to make screenshots with OBS Studio from your webcam source, but it is not video editing software. So you need something else for step 2. If installing other software is an issue, you might consider to move your screenshots to another computer or laptop using an usb stick or portable hard disk. But does your laptop have sufficient hard disk space for all those screenshots?
For step 2 you might use DaVinci Resolve (free version) by Blackmagic Design.
It is possible to make screenshots with OBS Studio from your webcam source, but it is not video editing software. So you need something else for step 2. If installing other software is an issue, you might consider to move your screenshots to another computer or laptop using an usb stick or portable hard disk. But does your laptop have sufficient hard disk space for all those screenshots?
For step 2 you might use DaVinci Resolve (free version) by Blackmagic Design.
koala
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OBS is not necessarily the best tool to make stop motions. At least it's not the only tool you need. You need at least 2 steps:
- screenshots of your object, as soon as you decide a frame is ready for adding it to your project. This can be achieved by OBS using as interface to your camera, by right-click your source->Screenshot or using the screenshot hotkey(s) of OBS (Settings->Hotkeys).
- a video processing software that is able to stitch screenshots together to form movie file. This can be very easy achieved with ffmpeg (command line tool), for example as in this guide: https://lukecyca.com/2013/stop-motion-with-ffmpeg.html or this: https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/ffmpeg-guide.html. There are many articles about this, google for "ffmpeg stop motion".