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Tools exist to make stop-motion animation fairly easy ... at least some of the technical aspects of the sport.

We've mentioned iStopMotion for OS X. I used it for a small project shortly after getting an iSight camera for my Mac. I tried a few tests with the current version yesterday and can report it is greatly improved.

A friend spends about half his time at a remote company location. The place has become very boring to him and he decided to make stop motion videos using his PowerBook, iSight and iStopMotion. He has a plywood board that is used as a stage, mounted lights and a camera mount that slides around the board. Some of his work is remarkable ... not at the level of Aardman Studios, but much better than Gumby.

A great tool for being creative and learning the ropes of something that few do. If you become skilled there are higher end versions to support dSLRs.

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[Oliver Breidenbach]

Hi there,

thanks for noting iStopMotion. I am glad that you find it worthy of your time.

If you have any material you created with it online, we would be happy to link to it from news.boinx.com.

Also, I'd love to know who this friend of yours is and see some of his work. Sounds really great.

Please contact us at pr at boinx dot com

Best wishes,

Oliver Breidenbach
Boinx Software.