Cheap Software Tools Give New Life To Stop-Motion Animation

An anonymous reader writes "The NY Times reports that a wide variety of new stop motion animation tools are making it simpler to create stop-motion movies. The new tools are helping animators run more than three times faster than they did just a few years ago. Some even say that stop motion is cheaper than computer generated animation. Tools like Dragon Stop Motion, Stop Motion Pro and iKitMovie are just a few of the tools that are reinvigorating the space."

Comments

Finally

[Stregano]

I can finish my glorious recreation of the California Raisins singing "Heard it to the Grapevine"

Re:How can it be cheaper?

[Hognoxious]

Um, yes. That's the idea behind setting keyframes: you only specify where things are at certain points, and the computer interpolates for you.

Speaking as someone who's heard of Ray Harryhausen, that's not stop-motion. That's some kind of half-assed CGI mashup.

Now get, in a slightly jerky fashion, off my lawn.

Whoever Wins - We Lose

[Dogtanian]

First there was Alien vs. Predator. Then there was Freddy vs. Jason. But it was clear that the crossover fad had gone too far when they announced...

Robots vs. Corpse Bride

Re:Stop Motion Ken Raping Barbie

[Rip Dick]

EvenIfSheSaysNo,Don't-Stop-Motion is a good app

Re:Attack of the Clones wasn't stop motion???

[ScrewMaster]

Some even say that stop motion is cheaper than computer generated animation

Cut out the director's and actors' Salaries from the movies, and guess which one had a higher budget: Rudolph the Rednose Reindeer or Star Wars Episode 2: Attack of the Clones.

I'm confused. I thought Attack of the Clones was stop motion.

It was. It stopped the motion of my hand reaching for my wallet to buy tickets.