Turn Your iPhone Into an Animation Studio With the StopMotion App [IphoneApps]

We know the way good the iPhone 4′s camera is, but what else can it do besides snap pics? With the StopMotion app, makes some pretty kickass amateur stop motion movies. My own attempt was sad, but the app is strong.

StopMotion works by laying out a viewfinder grid, allowing you to control, bit by bit, whatever objects you’re working with, keeping them kind of aligned. The app can either snap frames automatically (at adjustable intervals), or capture with a little instead. (The app’s dev told us a clap-activated feature is inside the works, which sounds fantastic).

After capturing each frame, you’re left with a ‘ghosted’ image of the previous one overlaid, making it easy to look how much or how little you want to deviate, for varying smoothness of animation. Whenever you mess up a frame, don’t worry-you’ll be able of rotating or deleting it altogether once you’re doing capturing. Whenever you’re satisfied, send the video on its way through an outstanding number of export options: email, YouTube, Twitter, or to only your camera roll.

The animation below-a commentary on mortality, love, and what it truly means to grow up in this crazy modern world of ours-took me just some pathetic minutes of kneeling on the Gizmodo office floor fiddling with action figures. But I’m sure with some practice, you may string together some pretty neat flicks.

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