Movie Presets


With Movie Presets, you can use common film formats without needing to have in-depth background knowledge. iStopMotion already offers presets for various formats but you can also create your own presets for future use. The presets included in iStopMotion are oriented towards the output format. So if you'd like to produce for a North American television, for example to put on a DVD and send to friends in North America, you should use the NTSC setting.

Using the + button below the list lets you add own presets. If an existing preset is selected while pressing this button its settings will be copied to the new one for modification.
By clicking - you can remove presets you have previously created. The pre-installed presets cannot be removed.
Info… lets you edit your own settings or view the pre-installed ones.

To prevent a preset from showing up in the "Create movie" dialog uncheck the box in front of it.

Movie presets can include all of the following values. If fields are left blank they have to be filled in upon creation of the movie.

Preset Name: The name visible in the Presets menu of the “New Movie” dialog.

Width / Height: An iStopMotion movie always has to have a certain pixel size.

Pixel Aspect Ratio: This value is the aspect ratio of one pixel in the movie. You can chose a standard value from the pop-up menu or select "Custom" to enter your own values. To display a movie on a computer screen, Square (1:1) is the best choice.

Frame Rate: Here you can define how many images will be displayed per second if the movie is playing.

Starting offset: If necessary you can set the start timecode of the move.

Comment: A short description of the preset helps the user when choosing a preset in the “New Movie” dialog.

Default Path: To ensure a quick and safe start, you can define a default directory in which the movie should be saved.

Export Preset: As iStopMotion saves the captured frames uncompressed in the project file, you might want to export to another video format to be able to play the movie in other applications (or devices). Here you can define which format should be used.

Preview Preset: To ensure a judder free playback of the preview movie, iStopMotion needs to convert the animation movie to a temporary, intermediate format. You may select what format is used here. This doesn't effect the project movie at all.

Visibility: This defines whether the preset is displayed in the “New Movie” dialog.