Shoot and animate your own stop-motion films with an iPad, smartphone, or DSLR camera and the iStopMotion app for Mac OS and iOS devices.
Overview
Syllabus
Introduction
- Welcome
- What is stop motion, and how does it work?
- Differences between stop motion and time lapse
- Choosing a shooting subject
- Shooting with a tablet or smartphone
- Stabilizing your tablet or smartphone
- Shooting with a DSLR or DILC
- Choosing capturing software
- Choosing editing software
- Setting up the surface
- Lighting your environment
- Positioning the cameras
- An introduction to iStopMotion for iPad
- Essential animation techniques for beginners
- Previewing the animation
- The iStopMotion Remote Camera app
- Improving your animation techniques
- Export options
- Connecting and adjusting the camera
- An introduction to iStopMotion for desktop
- Directing the animation
- Working with filters and color
- Shooting in reverse
- Export options
- Importing from the Camera Roll
- Sending to iMovie
- Assembling shots in iMovie
- Exporting the final project from iMovie
- Goodbye
Taught by
Richard Harrington
