But if you don't save, the crashed file will not open properly in QuickTime! Despite the bugs, it's still fun to play with, and it really will get you thinking about all the fun things you could do with your camera and a little bit of time. ![]() Just make sure you hit Command-S regularly to save your in-progress movie, and if/when iStopMotion does crash, you can just start a new film, and then combine the resulting files in QuickTime. The program crashed repeatedly on me, but you can work around that a bit. IStopMotion scores only a '4' here because it's quite buggy (but it is only a preview release, and the problems are acknowledged on their site). In short, it makes the process much less tedious and reduces the number of re-shoots that you'll have to do to get the effect you wanted. In addition, "onion skinning" lets you see the last few shots in sequence before you take the next. IStopMotion improves this by giving you a live preview window, showing a semi-transparent overlay of the current shot on top of the last shot. ![]() It's very hard to do because you generally can't see the result of your animation until after you've shot the whole thing, and there's no easy way to go back and edit just one piece of it. If you've got a QuickTime compatible video camera and some free time, iStopMotion can help turn you into the next Will Vinton.įor those unfamiliar with the concept, stop-action films are created by placing an object, taking a picture of it, moving the object, taking another picture, and then repeating that process about 2.8 million times. ![]() What does it do? iStopMotion makes the tedious task of creating stop-motion animated films much easier. Price: Free preview editionA pick of the week that only scores a '4' on the scale? Yes, because this is such a cool little app with great potential.Developer: GeBE Computer & Peripherie GmbH.
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