"Stop Motion Studio" that can shoot stop motion animation with just a smartphone

A shooting method to shoot one frame at a time while moving still objects or figures little by little, and then join thousands of images together to make one imageStop motion animationIt is called a famous movie "Nightmare Before Christmas"Or"Wallace and Gromit",Stop motion movie of mysterious dish which breaks grenade and takes out pulpAnd in the world of games people who know it "Clayman Clayman"Such as works have been created. Although it is a stop motion animation that has many persistent fans around the world with its unique world feeling, an application that can easily shoot such a movie simply by using a smartphone is "Stop Motion Studio"is.

Stop Motion Studio - Creativity at your fingertips.
http://www.cateater.com/stopmotionstudio/

A movie that I actually shot with using the application is here. You can see how it has a unique atmosphere that can not be obtained with normal movie shooting.

Stop motion movie taken using the application "Stop Motion Studio" - YouTube


You can start making such stop motion animation just by installing the application on the smartphone. The iOS version and the Windows Phone version of the application are released.

Stop motion studio for iPhone, iPod touch, iPad currently on the iTunes App Store
https://itunes.apple.com/jp/app/stop-motion-studio/id441651297

Stop Motion Studio | Windows Phone Apps + Games Store (United States)
http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/store/app/stop-motion-studio/668c3ef4-9295-44d9-9706-c2a117814ced

In the following procedure, I tried exporting movies and movies from actual installation using iPhone 5s. First of allApp StoreAccess ", and tap" Get "to install the application.


When installation is completed and you launch the application, you will be asked to use the camera only at the first launch, so tap "OK".


When the application launches, the following screen will be displayed. To start movie shooting, tap the "+" icon in the center of the screen.


Tap the camera icon at the top right of the screen.


The camera started up and the shooting is ready to start. Each time you tap the red shutter on the right of the screen, a new frame is taken.


When you tap the icon under the shutter, the setting menu is displayed at the top of the screen and you can set each function on / off. From the left "Sound function" "Auto white balance" "Auto exposure" "Auto focus" "Camera switch" "Composite function / High image quality mode (In-app charges required)" "Screen grid display".


◆ Set the smartphone on a tripod and shoot it
Then let's actually take a picture. Since stop-motion shooting is a long-time shooting, it is essential to fix the smartphone to a tripod or other base. This time I prepared an aluminum tripod mount "Bluevision SuperMount F Long".


Screw holes are drilled in two places on the aluminum body.


In this way, it is possible to fix the main body to a general tripod.


When turning the steering wheel, the mount part moves forward and backward and can be fixed so as to pinch the smartphone.


Mount the iPhone like this and ready to shoot. If you fix the center part of the screen, malfunction of touch operation may occur. In that case, if you mount it by shifting to the left and right within the range where the balance does not collapse like the following picture OK.


With the smartphone set on a tripod, shoot one frame at a time while gradually changing the angle of the dumbbell - mini.


When shooting is completed, tap the "×" icon at the top of the shutter button.


Then, all the images taken were displayed side by side. Here, you can delete unnecessary images while sliding the image left or right, or you can add images to arbitrary places, so you can rework after shooting. By tapping the playback button at the bottom right of the screen, you can preview the stop motion movie with the captured image.


You can see the actual shot and the completed stop motion movie in the YouTube movie below. With a shooting time of only 10 minutes, I was able to shoot a simple stop motion movie.

Stop Motion movie shooting using application 'Stop Motion Studio' - YouTube


In the confirmation screen after shooting, it is possible to freely set the repeat setting, the playback speed, and the number of frames per second.


Stop Motion Studio is an application that makes it easy to create a stop motion movie by yourself easily, but you can purchase 8 kinds of functions that enable more advanced editing and expression with in-app purchase.


In addition, packs that all the 8 kinds of functions can be purchased for 500 yen were prepared.


◆ Share the created movies
Select the movie you want to share on the application's home screen and tap the share button at the bottom center of the screen.


I was able to choose file attachment, email attachment, uploading to YouTube, uploading to Dropbox and iCloud.


Also, if you export and save the movie from "Save to Camera Roll", you can watch and share the movie without having to launch the application.


Specify the size when exporting the movie and tap "Send" to start exporting. Since the approximate file size is displayed at the bottom of the screen, it can be used as a guide when selecting the size.


After a while the processing was completed and the stop motion movie was saved in the camera roll.


In this way, Stop Motion Studio is an application that makes it easy to create stop motion movies in spite of being free. When taking a picture with the waist carefully in the time of a long holiday etc, work that I did not think might be made by myself.

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