The more frames per second (fps) your animation has, the smoother it will look. Many editing programs default to low frame rates, which can make stop motion appear choppy.

Want to make your own stop motion animations just like the professionals? Model maker and animator Jim Parkyn gives his top tips to help you try it at home.

Software As stop-motion animation is little more than still images pieced together in a sequence, you can create a movie with any video application you like.

How to Stop-Motion With a Webcam. Stop-motion videos take several pictures and animate them in a movie format to show a progression from one moment to the next. Small business owners looking to ...

Marquise Meda learns the science behind stop motion animation at the Orlando Science Center.

IN 1999, when director Nick Park was in production on his stop-motion animated feature "Chicken Run," the conventional wisdom in Hollywood held that computer-generated films such as "Toy Story ...