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  • Piterwilson 11:08 am on September 17, 2011 Permalink | Reply  

    Announcing Camstructr for the Iphone and Ipod Touch 

    After months of work getting my head around Objective-C I am very proud to announce my very first application for the IOS : Camstructr for the Iphone and Ipod Touch!

    Camstructr is an application to shoot composite photos using the camera.

    The viewfinder is divided into sections whose layout you can modify, when you touch on each of the sections, a region of the final photo is taken.

    When all sections are shot the final image is created and you get a chance to review the photo before saving it to the Camera Roll.

    Camstructr is now available on the Itunes Store.

    For more information see the Camstructr page.

     

  • Piterwilson 1:40 pm on March 9, 2011 Permalink | Reply  

    WCSMT Updated (again) 

    We have just completed a way long over-due update of WEB CAM STOP MOTION THING based on the feedback and bug reports received. This update includes:

    • Bug fixes
    • UI Improvements

    Thanks for your patience, it’s been a busy year!

     

    • Emily Walters 3:32 am on March 12, 2011 Permalink

      Hi there, i use a mac laptop with a built in webcam and i used to be able to make animations but recently when i go to change my camera setting to DV-USB it is not an option, it only allows built in i-sight or google adapters 0 and 1 which do not work with my webcam. Is there a way i can change this so i can keep making animations on web cam stop motion?
      Thanks
      Emily

    • Piterwilson 8:08 am on March 12, 2011 Permalink

      Emily, I am not sure what to tell you. Did you install something that caused the change in your drivers? Are you able to use your webcam with other programs, for example Skype?

    • Daisy 2:01 pm on May 22, 2011 Permalink

      im using a mac computer and when im using your web-cam-stop-motion thing, the option to capture the frame is a light shade of grey, and i cant click on it. im not sure what i have to do for it to work? i have managed to connect my webcam and microphone to it.

    • Claudia 1:32 pm on July 10, 2011 Permalink

      Saved it to my comp. Tried to upload the gif somewhere else, and it didn’t move, it was a still frame. :/ help.

    • Piterwilson 1:41 pm on July 10, 2011 Permalink

      Which animation exactly? (link)

    • Ted 9:43 am on August 27, 2011 Permalink

      PiterWilson. How i get flash-code to make own version of this thing?
      Or i have to buy source from you? How much does that cost or do u have any tutorial how making similar as this with animating GIFS? I would be happy if i could get one sopy of this somehow but i wanna make animation longer than just 20 frames :S /Ted from sweden

    • Piterwilson 9:53 am on August 27, 2011 Permalink

      Ted, the source code is not for sale, but making your own version is not too hard if you know Actionscript. All you will need is to get the camera’s input and create BitmapData objects from it. Then you’ll need a way to save those images either to jpg or an animated gif. For jpg encoding look at something like this http://henryjones.us/articles/using-the-as3-jpeg-encoder but if you want to encode directly to gif do something like this http://www.bytearray.org/?p=93 Good luck and happy coding!

    • Ross 3:39 am on August 28, 2011 Permalink

      Hi Piter! I love the site, it’s loads of fun. My only request would be to make it compatible with XSplit somehow! I don’t know anything about flash webcam interfacing unfortunately, but I know sites like chatroulette are compatible with the program. This would enable neat features like adding my twitter name to the bottom of my GIFs or allowing my drawings to interact with me in the animation. Either way, this is an excellent website and thanks for all your work!

    • Ross 7:26 pm on September 13, 2011 Permalink

      Whoops, nevermind. If anyone else is curious how to do this, just right click the box and go to settings. After you allow access to your camera, click on the little icon of the camera and you can choose your input right there (Be sure that Output to virtual camera is checked in Xsplit’s general settings). Cheers everyone!

    • Bob 9:10 pm on January 31, 2012 Permalink

      I think you should be able to comment on animations. Also would you get in treble if you posted something inappropriate.

  • Piterwilson 7:43 pm on May 4, 2009 Permalink | Reply  

    WCSMT2 Updated 

    wcsmtmakerv2

    By popular demand, the following features have been added to the WCSMT Maker, right now, we’ll call it a BETA version and appreaciate any feedback or bug reports:

    • Camera Test (automatic): This feature will test the camera image before starting an animation to prevent those blank animations from popping up. If you can’t see your webcam’s image and you fail the camera test, please follow this recommendations.
    • Timer Enable/Disable : Now you can disable the timer,and capture a frame without having to wait 3 seconds if that is easier for you.
    • Ghost Frame: A guide that shows you the contents of the frame before.
    • Grid: A simple grid to help you align things on the image.
    • Bought the domain wcsmt.com (Thanks Dave!)

    http://www.piterwilson-toys.com/wcsmt2/maker/

     

    • Forrest O. 12:15 am on May 7, 2009 Permalink

      They already look better, more lined-up frames. This can become a real art form.

    • Jay Haas 7:04 pm on May 9, 2009 Permalink

      Thaaaaank you for making the timer an option!

    • Forrest O. 10:18 pm on May 11, 2009 Permalink

      Getting this error (debug player) when ghost is on and then I click “Star Over” and take the first frame:

      Error: Frame out of range, please specify a frame between 1 and 1
      at com.piterwilson.wcsmt.core::AnimationData/getFrameBitmap()

    • ashley 1:12 am on May 14, 2009 Permalink

      i used to use this thing all the time, but since the update, the camera utility works and i can see myself in the frame, but i am unable to capture anything. i can’t click on any of the options and hitting the space bar does nothing. the “capture frame” “start over” and the check boxes are all faded out. i have updated to the newest version of adobe flash player and it still won’t work. is there anything else i can try?

    • Piterwilson 5:36 am on May 14, 2009 Permalink

      Ashley, do you mean that the “camera test” is not working properly and it says “failed camera test”?

    • ashley 2:13 pm on May 14, 2009 Permalink

      nevermind! i figured it out, it was something in the settings, thanks.

    • Micah 12:11 pm on May 25, 2009 Permalink

      In between making each .gif, I have to reload the maker page. Otherwise, I sometimes get an error and other times the frames just don’t register. Either way, unless I reload, I am unable to make more than one .gif in a sitting. It’s not a huge deal but it can be kind of irritating!

    • DaVince 8:20 pm on July 11, 2009 Permalink

      This is an AWE-SOME tool. Had a lot of fun with it. :)

      I think the tool could still be improved by:
      - allowing the user to set the delay in seconds – still 3 by default, but it could also be 2, 1 or 0 for instant shot.
      - making the grid a bit more transparent, I found it to be useless because the grid was in the way of the picture too much.

      Also, the GIF creator seems broken for me… Maybe also allow direct export of the video file (if one is created)?

      Keep up the awesome work. :)

    • Charlie 3:19 pm on August 31, 2009 Permalink

      Hey um i totally LOVE this, but it doesn’t let me save them? so i’ve lost like my best work on here because the 30 days ran out.
      oh and i think we should be able to create accounts on here and comment on peoples videos :)
      but totally loving this getting all my friends to try it (Y)
      x

    • Emma 8:51 am on October 19, 2009 Permalink

      Heya! Kudos on this insanely engrossing thing you got here. :)

      I vaguely remember there being some sort of multi-shot function a long time ago; it’d be wonderful if it were possible to implement that in the current version, even if it’s only for some quick giggles.
      Also as Micah mentioned before, I always have to refresh my page in order to make a new GIF. I’m not sure if it’s a problem with my settings, but do you know if there’s a way to remedy this? Thanks, mate! This is awesome.

    • Brad 11:47 am on November 1, 2009 Permalink

      Start over and does not work in either IE or Firefox for me. I hear Shutter sound, but frames are not captured. I must go back to the “Make your own” link and click allow again.

    • aa 9:39 pm on February 8, 2010 Permalink

      it seems like i am in the frame, but all the buttons are faded out. the camera test didn’t fail, but i can’t seem to capture anything. can anyone help me?

    • The guy of awesomeness 7:39 pm on November 14, 2010 Permalink

      After I am done with my animation if I press “Start over” It changes to a white screen of the “Preview” side and I can’t take any more frames! Oh and also, could you increase the frame maximum? Kthxbai.

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