How Do You Create A Stop Motion Animation?
If you were wondering how they create movies such as Wallace and Gromit or those groovy Lego shorts on YouTube, your search is over! Although creating stop motion animation is not difficult, it is time-consuming, repetitive and requires patience. As long as you’re forewarned and keen, this makes a fantastic hobby and sometimes even grows into a career. • Make sure you have a digital camera with lots of memory and a computer that is capable of running some form of multimedia construction software. For example, Windows 2000 or later with Windows Movie Maker, a Mac with iMovie, or a Linux or BSD operating system with Gimp. (Logitech webcams also come with stop motion animation software.) Virtual Dub is also a good free, easy to use program suitable for stop motion. If you have other similar movie making software, these will also be suitable, provided that you know how to use them. • Example of a cloth, clay and rope figure that is flexible and strong Get objects and figures to use in your
