Helps you capture images for your stop motion films, and easily preview/delete frames.

This code was written for Adventures in Animation, a children's workshop at Anderson Ranch Arts Center.

To make a silent .mov

• Download and install Processing
• Put this repo into Processing/Sketchbook folder
• Import Video library
• Run StopMotionHelper.pde
• Create your stop motion frames
  • C to switch camera
  • SPACE to snap a picture
  • ENTER to preview frames
  • O to toggle onion skin
  • E to toggle edit mode
    • LEFT/RIGHT arrow keys to scrub through frames
    • DELETE to delete a selected frame
  • L to load a project, or start a new movie
• Use Tools/Movie Maker to export frames into .mov file
  • Choose ../Processing/StopMotionHelper/data/..filmname../frames
  • Select desired framerate
  • Compression, JPEG
  • Check Same size as originals
  • Create Movie
• Add sound with software of choice, I use iMovie on Mac

July 2018