Learn the basics of stop-motion animation through Animation-ish’s clever three-level process. Animation-ish ($60, free demo) is a very simple, intuitive, sensibly progressive tool to learn stop-frame ...

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This week, the pioneering studio Laika returns with “Missing Link,” the stop-motion animated family film starring Hugh Jackman and Zach Galifianakis. With “Missing Link” landing in theaters on Friday, ...

A stop-motion animator can spend a week manipulating a small puppet around, frame by frame, for a total of just three seconds of footage. Why would anyone want to do that? The truth is, fewer and ...

The magic of stop-motion animation has enthralled audiences for over a century. The magic of stop-motion animation has enthralled audiences for over a century, but with the advent of CGI, many thought ...

In a sense, every film is a work of stop-motion animation. Think of it: Alfred Hitchcock tells Cary Grant to walk across the set. The camera exposes the film frame-by-frame, 24 still shots per second.

Check out this 2-minute masterpiece of the Star Wars Trilogy created using stop frame animation and paper. Watch the 2 min video after the jump. Enjoy. Created by Eric Power Up, this 2-minute paper ...

In a box office climate where CGI animated films dominate, “Shaun the Sheep’s” directors find greener pastures in stop-motion animation. Manipulating real-life figures and models in front of a camera, ...

The Pirate Captain, the lead swashbuckler voiced by Hugh Grant in the new stop-motion animated film”The Pirates! Band of Misfits,” possesses an overweening sense of optimism and some spectacular ...