Animation Capture Software

To create handmade animation, you need software to capture the individual images that will make up your animation. This is called animation capture software. It lets you grab each frame of animation and then it strings the frames together to form animation. Any animation capture software will work with our ReadyANIMATOR stop-motion animation equipment. Here are the major brands. All are reasonably priced.

• I Can Animate: www.kudlian.net/products/icananimate (PC, Mac)
• Stop Motion Pro: www.stopmotionpro.com (PC)
• Frames 4: www.tech4learning.com/frames (PC, Mac, Linux)
• i-StopMotion: www.boinx.com/istopmotion (PC, Mac)

Each of these has a trial version. It's a good idea to test the software with your camera and computer before you buy.