It’s no secret that I love stopmotion animation (See my website resource for teachers: Making Stopmotion Movies).
I love watching it as magic on the screen and I enjoy trying to make my own, too. I’ve always often brought stopmotion animation into the classroom. So I was intrigued by this app called Animation Desk, which is available for the iPod and iPad. I have it on the iPad, where the canvas is larger and easier to use. Essentially, it is a fairly intuitive program to use that allows you to draw, frame by frame, and then create a simple movie that can be exported to YouTube and other sites. I liked the relative simplicity of the design of the App, and while I am still trying out some of the bells and whistles, I had made a short video (Bouncy) in minutes and when my son joied me, we worked together on another one (Dognose). It was a lot of fun.
There is a free version of the app but I shelled out the $4.99 because I wanted all of the features. I think the free version is a good place to start, though.
Check out our short videos:
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Of course, now I realize that I had better do some app updating on my stopmotion website resource. I don’t even have an App area there.
Peace (in the stopmotion),
Kevin