All About MOTION CONTROL!

This is our definitive guide to getting started in motion control, from live action to stop motion, kit, software and methodology.
We've also got some sneak peaks into our work on the short film 'A Memory Owed' where we capture multiple passes of a 1/32 scale Avro Lancaster.

Here are a range of some ‘off the shelf’ entry level motion control solutions.
List is ordered into ascending order of price point and recommendation :

Hardware suppliers with mobile/ app based control:

EdelKrone

Dynamic Perception

Black Forest Motion

Kessler Crane

Dedicated Motion control software and hardware controllers:

DragonFrame Software
Fantastic ‘all in one’ industry standard for SMS animation and motion control. Artist friendly, user intuitive software that can easily be expanded into real-time capability via hardware controller.

The DMC-32 (Dragonframe Master Controller) is a 32 axis motion control coordinator for use with Dragonframe software.

BFG -’Mantis’ Motion Control Software.

Gerald Thompson’s widely accepted standard for real-time motion control software and hardware control solutions.Very open to expandability and well suited to bespoke rigs and setups.

DIY and most affordable methods of entry into motion control. (Also many other easy to follow tutorials to find on YouTube.)

Stepper motors and Arduino:

Control a Stepper Motor using an Arduino, a Joystick and the Easy Driver - Tutorial

G-Code control of stepper motors:

Hardware components for DIY built rigs:

Recommended YouTube videos that cover Motion Control:

Social media resources for motion control:

Motorized Precision Motion Control Fourms

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[sliceoflifefilm]

Man!! I can't believe JP built all this himself! I'm mind blown! Congrats!!! Also, That pyro pass looks absolutely amazing! Can't wait to see how you guys did it!! ❤❤

[ManinaGarage]

If only you offered "Emotion Control" for when I'm lucky enough to happen across a new InCamera video without expecting it! 😅 You guys ROCK!🤘😎

[AlejandroSilva-mryy]

this channel is so unbelievably underrated I don't understand how you don't have millions of subs yet

[samhighfield]

these guys are the future, stories are so much more interesting told with practical effects and techniques

[BrightAfternoonProductionsPlus]

The quality of the work and educational filmmaking you share on YouTube always blows my mind. You deserve a trillion subscribers!

[Thefixersnyc]

Excellent discussion about moco. You’re doing such a service for the community of spfx artists. Truly appreciate the two of you and thank you for the inspiration. Off I go to put the finishing touches on my launchpad miniature. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[raztaz]

I think I'll try making one with Lego NXT some day. Low quality, but cost and effort are also low.

[richardmalmberg]

Emotimo is also dragonframe compatible.

[stelianour]

Great stuff as always. Could you let us know where to find those Nema vertical actuators?

[DETHMOKIL]

dang, I love moving and controlling, but at the same time??? this sounds like my kind of camera set up!

[TheBonsaiZone]

Awesome Lancaster, can't wait to see more!!

[dnicefilms]

Man your Channel is so underrated but the content is so good.

I Share this for Sure 💯

Wish i had 10% of your Gear and Studio space 💯

Greetings from Germany 🙌

[fuzzylogic]

Thank you for including my build in your video! Your channel is a huge inspiration for me :)

[jayvancleef]

Wow! Bit strange pausing the video and seeing my own name on the facebook page!
Awesome video!

[bohusblahut]

This is exactly the kind of video I've been looking for. Thank you! I've got a full Edelkrone setup, and you're right. There are only so many axes you can control. It's designed around the idea of simplifying complex camera moves, but doesn't include moving a prop or a light (although there are ways you can sort of fudge it).

I also have the RGKit Play motion control system which is designed around creating motion for props and displays, as well as limited camera motion (their system only supports five motors so you need to pick and choose).

I would love these systems to talk to one another (as well as my old Cinetics moco motors). I thought Dragonframe would offer that, and it does... kind of. I was hoping all of this could be orchestrated for real time moves, but it appears that it can only move all these motors in a shoot-move-shoot scheme. I'm not complaining - that's an amazing ability. I realize that the streamlining of the Edelkrone and the RGKit Play systems to be ready-to-run is going to limit options. There's still a lot of work I can do with both systems before making the jump into a higher end system that's going to take more oomph to get going.

I hope I'm wrong, and there's some brilliant way to get all this gear to play nice for real time shots. This channel has been very inspiring to get me to push past those limits and try new things - thigns I've been wanting to try for 30 years. :) Thanks for that, and keep up the superlative work!

[WhySteve]

How crazy, I was thinking about InCamera all day coincidentally and ironically, last week I shot my first motion control music video. Now I can't wait to get home to watch this video!!

[AXIBO]

Cool video & hello, we're new and integrate into dragon frame FYI :D

[Waywind]

I would like to see you guys tackle some DIY puppeteering and CGI, like the stuff they did for the animals in His Dark Materials.

[RobJorg]

here i am trying to find a parallax slider that does 1 run over a period of 30 days.

[geoffreyblackmer]

Amazing information! And we even got a cheeky kiss at the end! Well done, guys 👍