Topic: New Stopmotion Software (free!)
Hey all,
By way of introduction, I'm Nate Eckerson, author of Stopmotion Explosion. I was a longtime lurker on the Brickfilms.com site, and after the BricksInMotion.com community was created, I started coming here for news, but haven't posted until now.
Lately I've been programming a new stop motion application for Windows from scratch. It's targeted at beginning / intermediate animators, and the interface is loosely based on good 'ole Anasazi Stop Motion Animator (SMA).
In the hopes of collecting some feedback and bug stomping, I'm offering the 1.0 version of Stopmotion Explosion Animator as a free download.
Stopmotion Explosion Animator is built around the idea that animators want to save the frames of their animation along with a video file when the animation is finished. You have the option to either keep, or discard your frames when exporting a video.
Download Link (Updated 08/07/104 Version 1.2):
https://www.dropbox.com/s/34xof3ik9h1oo %201.2.zip
Screenshot:
FEATURES
NEW: Import existing frames
HD webcam support
Basic timeline
Adjustable onion-skinning
Flip between live video / last frame
Resizable video window
Delete frames
Save frames as .BMP / .PNG / .JPG
Export .AVI / .MP4 video files
Multiple codec options
Adjustable export bitrate
FYI, there is no support for DSLRs at this time, only USB & FireWire video inputs.
If you click "About" in the application, you'll see a link to my help desk. You can contact me via the support form there, or post questions here.
I'd love to hear your feedback, particularly if you think the application needs more features, or have ideas about the interface. And please report bugs! I want to stomp on them ASAP.
Thanks,
Nate
Last edited by Stopmotion Explosion (August 7, 2014 (06:06pm))