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Features at a glance
iStopMotion's rich feature set focuses on the needs of the animators, allowing them to be as productive and creative as possible.
Animation Tools
- Transparent Preview for perfect animation
- Onion Skinning to make motion visible
- Blinking for those who prefer it
- Rearrange Frames for interesting effects
- Duplicate Frames reduce workload
- Delete Frames when you messed up
- Title/Action Safe Area overlay to keep your stuff in focus
- Aspect Ratio overlay for when you want to animate for different screens
Flipbook Printing
- Print good old flip books from your animation
Capture
- Very fast capture from Video Source makes you work faster
- Remote Capture Support for PTP compatible Still Cameras2
- Take Multiple Frames at once to adjust to quirky frame rates
- Take Frames from multiple sources alteratively
- Flip/Rotate incoming source so you can use your camera upside down to get closer to the objects
- Speech Support lets you command your Mac from a distance
- AppleScript Support to integrate remote control devices
Image Quality
- Uncompressed Frames are stored in the movie to preserve maximum quality
- Noise Reduction (aka Frame Averaging) helps to get rid of video CCD color specles.1
- High Res video camera support for high resolution capture1
High Resolution Support
- High Resolution output to support upcoming video standards and large screens1
- Support for High Resolution Video cameras as input source
- Compressed Preview for smooth preview instant replay at high resolutions or with less powerful Macs
- Preview Zoom to fit large resolutions on your computer screen
Time Lapse
- Support for Still Camera time lapse for great image quality2
- Sound on/off for unattended time lapse recordings
- AppleScript Support lets you schedule start and stop as well as time lapse frequency of time lapse recording sessions
Universal Application
- Runs natively on PowerPC and Intel-based Macs
Localisation
- Application and documentation available in English, French, and German
Sound Support1
- Import Sound Track
- Sound Track is displayed as waveform to help animating
Still Camera Support2
- Built in Still Image Camera assistent to test for camera compatibility (See submitted results)
- Support for PTP compatible cameras
- Import Images from many cameras
- RAW image support (requires Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger)
Post Production
- Export Frames as images for further processing
- Edit Frames in External Application to quickly remove supports, correct colors or retouch other things
- Export to DV for burning on DVD
- Export to QuickTime for use on websites or postproduction in any QuickTime application
- Integration with iMovie for quick and easy cutting, adding of sound and titles
- Integration with Final Cut Pro for professional postproduction, compositing and other.
General
- Automatically check for updates periodically
- Supports Network Licenses for easy deployment in Classroom/Lab settings
- Requires iStopMotion HR license
- Requires optional Still Camera Plugin (included with iStopMotion HR)
