![]() With it, you can set the app to take shots automatically from once per second, to once every hour. It also isn’t possible to break your project down into scenes, to make the creation of more complex projects easier. You also have the option of deleting or duplicating a shot, but there’s no way to reorder them. It helps immensely when figuring out which parts of your scene needs to be moved for the next shot and as a result, is toggled on by default. With it, you can see a semi-transparent copy of the last shot you took. ![]() This last feature is possibly the best one. You can set the focus and exposure individually – as long as the camera you’re using supports that feature – choose how many frames per second you want to work with (you can actually change this at any time, to make your entire project play back either faster or slower) and toggle visual aids on or off, like grid lines (to help you obey the rule of thirds) and an overlay option. The main interface contains a big record button on the right, and a playback button on the left. Sadly, even if you wanted to rely solely on a remote camera, you can’t operate iStopMotion for iPad on the first iPad, due to RAM and processor limitations. You’ll end up with much better quality shots that way, especially if you own an iPhone 4 or 4S. You can choose to work with either the front or back cameras, or connect to an iPhone or iPod touch to take photos remotely from those devices instead, thanks to the free iStopCamera companion app. The gallery contains a short demo animation, but tap on the + button to create your own. Thankfully, Boinx has completely redesigned its app and ported it to the iPad, dropping many complex features and, in the process, made the whole experience easier, cheaper and more approachable than ever before. But there’s always the inconvenience of having to use a bulky computer to get the job done. There are many apps available that help you create your own animations on a regular computer – iStopMotion for the Mac by Boinx Software being one of the best. We don’t know about you, but we always feel like we’re witnessing magic happen when we watch stop-motion animation, the process of filming objects slowly over time to give the illusion that they’re actually moving of their own accord. Stop-motion animation is a lot easier and faster to achieve than you might think… especially on the iPad. ![]()
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