How Manda (Amachan) Makes Her .gifs.

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Recording.

June 21, 2018

Now we’re going to record the miniature on the turntable. Use something relatively sturdy to hold the camera in place and aimed at the miniature. I’d recommend the use of manual focus. My camera has a feature where it can focus on tiny objects automatically and that works fine too. The background I use here is a simple foam board from one of my carrying bags for my miniatures. This provides a clean and slightly textured backdrop which will help later when we cut the video. I record this basically in my airbrush booth where I have a daylight lamp hanging above. The lamp is not aimed at the miniature, but off to the side aimed at the back of the airbrush booth.

Then we record the miniature rotating on the turntable. I usually record it for slightly more than 2 full rotations.