Here are some of the ways you can make full use of the pliability of clay. If you’re going to go through the trouble of animating the stuff, you might was well have some fun with the effects you an create with it. This includes squash and stretch, replacement animation, and transformations.
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Please see my other tutorials on how to make an armature for a puppet, as well as other stop motion subjects.
Software: Dragonframe. iStopmotion (Mac and mobile) is a good frame-capturing app for the price. I understand iKITmovie is a good free option for Windows. Stop Motion Studio is a good mobile app. If you have a favorite stop motion app, please tell us about it in the comments.
Effects compositing in After Effects and editing in Adobe Premiere Pro. I have not had the opportunity to try out free or inexpensive alternatives for Windows.
Camera: I’m using a DSLR. But if y