You are familiar with stop motion animations, whether you realize it or not. Without it we wouldn’t have had Gumby, Mr. Bill or Wallace & Grommit. The cinema technique requires careful planning and attention to detail with your scene being photographed or illustrated, each cell capturing a single moment. A subtle change and another quick capture. Eventually you have a series of stills that you can string together into a fully animated scene that gives the impression of true storytelling and movement.iStopMotion puts you in the director’s seat, allowing you to create masterpieces without a Hollywood budget. As they proudly (and accurately) say, “a bit of clay or a toy can be the star of your animated masterpiece.” Imagine the joy your children will feel when a favorite doll or action figure is brought to life by their own hands.
The basic technology behind this app is really straightforward; at the core you are taking little more than a series of photographs that are viewed together as a slideshow in the end. The beauty of this app is what you find beyond the basics, like the ability to take your photographs with the front and back cameras of your iPad 2 or using the remote camera option to take advantage the improved camera inside your iPhone 4S.
When your directorial masterpiece is completed you can share it with the world by saving it to your camera roll, emailing from within the app or uploading to YouTube.
What I liked: Children love to create and craft things, especially when it is something that can be done together. Using iStopMotion you can make this easy with the kind of instant review and feedback that children require to stay engaged and interested.
What I didn’t like: If you are using the front camera on your iPad 2, the on-screen control to take a photograph is perfectly positioned to give you lovely images of your hand.
To buy or not to buy: Whether you are nostalgic for a little claymation or you want something to entertain your kids over the holidays, iStopMotion is a high-quality app with nothing but potential.
- App Name: iStopMotion
- Version Reviewed: 1.0.2
- Category: Photo & Video
- Developer: Boinx Software
- Price: $4.99
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- via : Padgadget
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