Learning Stop Motion Animation

Shoot and animate your own stop-motion films with an iPad, smartphone, or DSLR camera and the iStopMotion app for Mac OS and iOS devices.

Introduction

• Welcome

1. Understanding Stop Motion

• What is stop motion, and how does it work?
• Differences between stop motion and time lapse
• Choosing a shooting subject

2. Choosing the Gear

• Shooting with a tablet or smartphone
• Stabilizing your tablet or smartphone
• Shooting with a DSLR or DILC
• Choosing capturing software
• Choosing editing software

3. Building a Scene

• Setting up the surface
• Lighting your environment
• Positioning the cameras

4. Shooting Stop Motion on iOS

• An introduction to iStopMotion for iPad
• Essential animation techniques for beginners
• Previewing the animation
• The iStopMotion Remote Camera app
• Improving your animation techniques
• Export options

5. Shooting Stop Motion on a Computer

• Connecting and adjusting the camera
• An introduction to iStopMotion for desktop
• Directing the animation
• Working with filters and color
• Shooting in reverse
• Export options

6. Assembling the Stop Motion on the Desktop

• Importing from the Camera Roll
• Sending to iMovie
• Assembling shots in iMovie
• Exporting the final project from iMovie

Conclusion

• Goodbye