#Digicel flipbook camera update
#Digicel flipbook camera manual
#Digicel flipbook camera registration

On Windows use the software that comes with the camera for Windows : XSight HD camera viewer software. On the Mac use it with CamTwist Studio for extra control over the captured images (control Brightness/Contrast/White Balance, and also Zoom-in/Zoom-out of the camera). This kind of lighting set up shown below with inexpensive shop lamps will work fine : Use 150 watt equivalent spiral 'Cool Bulb' fluorescent lights, which remain cool enough to tape a piece of plain white paper over the lamps so you will get very bright, but diffused light spread over the shooting area so your drawings are captured without hotspots in the middle or shadows at the edges which can happen when pencil testing without adequate lighting. But the lights you need for Pencil Testing are inexpensive clamp-on 'shop lamps' which you can purchase at any hardware store.

#Digicel flipbook camera registration

I can tell you that the Peg Hole Registration in TVPaint Animation is easy to use and is very accurate.) You will need to add a set of lights as the built-in LED light that comes with it is not generally bright enough. of the software you use to see if this is an option. OR if you have TVPaint Animation you can use the Peg Holes Registration FXin TVPaint to register the drawings post-capture, so you could potentially capture your images much faster by laying the drawings down flat on the shooting stage under the camera without a peg bar, but because the black backing of the shooting stage will show through the peg holes that will cause the peg hole shapes to be captured, so then when the images have all been captured into TVPaint you can run the Peg Holes Registration FX on the captured images to automatically align all the drawings in perfect registration (Some other pencil test softwares have similar types of automatic peg-hole shape alignment. (Image quality is better with scanner, but the image quality from the Simplicity Cam is good enough resolution for a pencil test) NOTE: the base of the unit will need to be bolted down to a table top or a board so it can't be knocked over or jarred out of position (the base is weighted, but it needs to be completely locked down for animation). Image capture is much faster than scanning on a Flatbed scanner . capture area of 12.75' x 17.25' (so this will capture the usable drawing area on 12 Field and 16 Field animation paper.)

#Digicel flipbook camera update

Hopefully they'll add it back in a future update of the XSightHD software.

#Digicel flipbook camera manual

Unfortunately they removed manual White Balance and Manual Exposure as an option. (NOTE: not anymore with the most recent update of the XSightHD software. Manual control of White Balance and Exposure. If your computer screen resolution is lower you may not get this max. However, to get this resolution your computer's screen resolution needs to be increased to maximum. Ĭapture resolution up to 2560 x 1944 (which is actually higher than 2K Film res. This unit is compatible with both Windows and Mac OS.