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I do Stop Motion with Legos, (LEGOs are just great for SMA,) and I was wondering (because you guys are the pros), what frame rate per second, (fps) oyu guys would recommend. I use 15, and occasionally 33. Also I was wondering, how extreme I should take this Stop Motion Animation. Should it just be my hobby, or should I use to get me money?

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IS it good enough to make money from? Would you charge people to watch or just have ads? Take a look at Battle of the Brick. – tombull89 Oct 22 '12 at 9:54

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The ideal frame rate is 24 fps due to the brain holding an image for .051... seconds

However in stop motion animation this can be quite tedious and time consuming.

So with that in mind I'd recommend a frame rate of between 15 and 18.

As for your ideas on making money out of it, I'd say go for it.

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The brain holding an image? Not sure I agree with the first sentence - how we experience motion differs a lot from individual to individual and where in our view stuff is actually moving. People in high-speed situations can often tell the difference up to and beyond 100 FPS... not that 100 FPS is a good target for stop-motion though - 15 FPS seems to be the norm. – Oskar Duveborn Nov 1 '12 at 13:22
I believe that minimatt is talking about persistence of vision (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persistence_of_vision) – J. Walker Jan 26 at 19:09

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