I want to start a stop motion short film. I love the medium but don't know where to start. I am looking for a good stop motion software. I don't have a Mac so that rules out the I-stopmotion, and all those types of programs. There is like a frame thing, but i heard that it was really complicated to get into. A friend told me about one called Xipster. She said that she got a demo and tried it out. She loved it, but that's just one person's review. Anyone else tried it?

you can do this with any NLE. Just take a digital camera and use it to shoot all the various poses. Then import the files as a sequence into and NLE.

Here's a list of links to stuff like that:

http://www.stopmotionworks.com/shoptalk2.htm#filmcap

The rest of that site seems to have quite a good bit of stop motion info and such..

Here's another link:
www.stopmotionanimation.com

There are a couple of free software packages for stop mo. Think there is one at animateclay.com

When you have shot something go to www.stopmoshorts.com and show it to the world.

1) Super 8 camera with single-frame.
2) cable release.

:)

ah yes, Super 8! That's what I started with....and the two week anxious wait for the film to return.

I used Xipster & it was pretty damn cool. here's an animation I did w/ it... http://zanimonster.tripod.com/KickAss.mov

Hunter, I've tried the others you mentioned but this is the best bang for your buck.

Hello warmcarrots, welcome.

Nice little clip you've done there.

That didn't work for me.. got a page saying that it's "hosted by Tripod, and not available for download"

Ahh, nm.. it works but you have to open it with quicktime.

not bad warm carrots. You did that with Xipster? Was it hard to use? I went to their website and checked out their demo. It looked pretty easy, and seeing what someone can make with it is pretty inspiring. The price is good too.

and the two week anxious wait for the film to return.

Whatever happened to those portable processors? The whole thing was no bigger than a suitcase and you could take it right onsite?

Whatever happened to those portable processors? The whole thing was no bigger than a suitcase and you could take it right onsite?
Didn't know they exsited to be honest. I was a young teenager at the time, and was more intrested in shooting things. The films went all the way to France to be processed, which is why it took 2 weeks i guess. It did add to the excitment and sense of anticipation though, waiting for the little yellow packet to drop back through the letterbox.

I used Xipster & it was pretty damn cool. here's an animation I did w/ it... http://zanimonster.tripod.com/KickAss.mov

Hunter, I've tried the others you mentioned but this is the best bang for your buck.


that was pretty funny.

is Xipster a 3D software?

I am thinking about buying Animation Masters.