- 'Bride' Stripped Bare
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"Corpse Bride" is a major stop motion film which extensively used digital SLR still cameras to capture each animated image. In the past, stop motion was single frame shot using motion picture film camera. This article describes the general workflow of using digital technology in stop motion applications.
http://www.editorsguild.com/newsletter/JulAug05/julaug05_bride.html
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- Animation Express: Stop Motion Animations
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Examples submitted by beginning and amateur stop motion animators. Requires QuickTime player.
http://www.wired.com/animation/stopmotion.html
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- Animation Toolworks
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This company offers the LunchBox Sync which is a dedicated frame/image capturing device to provide instant feedback for animators. Many uses include syncing for pencil tests or stop motion, also for demo reels, previews, animatics, reference tests, student projects, festival entries, and web animation.
http://www.animationtoolworks.com
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- Animation und Puppenbau - Juergen Kling
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Studio in Germany offering stop motion animation production services, ball-socket armatures, puppetmaking, sets, props, and modelmaking. There is also English version of this site.
http://www.juergenkling.de
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- Armaverse
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Stop motion animation armature parts and kits for building a variety of jointed armatures such as humans, elephants, and grasshoppers. Affordable prices for those starting in puppet animation.
http://www.armaverse.com
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- At Last, Foam Puppet Fabrication Explained!
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Article from Animation World Magazine. An overview of the general methods used in stop motion puppet fabrication starting from design, then machining jointed armature, sculpting, molding, and foam latex rubber casting.
http://www.awn.com/mag/issue2.11/2.11pages/2.11briertonani.html
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- Bricks In Motion
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This site is about the specialty area of using the Lego building brick components of this modular build-it-yourself toy system and bringing them to animated life using stop motion animation methods. Includes how-to information and tutorials.
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/tomfoote3/BIM/index.htm
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- Building Ball-Socket Armatures
Description and photos showing the construction of stop motion animation puppet armature joints using common tools and basic metalworking methods.
http://www.montereymotiongraphics.com/armatures/
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- Burman Industries
Special effects make-up, mold and model making, puppetry and animatronics.
http://www.burmanfoam.com
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- Clay Animation & Sculpture
Stop motion animation movies and pictures created with clay. [Some pages from this site not viewable with some browsers]
http://members.tripod.com/~dragomir.n
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- Clay Animation How-To Page
A brief tutorial on how to make clay puppets and animate/film them. Many links to stop motion/puppet animation related web sites.
http://www.animateclay.com/
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- Clay Animation Made Easy
Example of clay and stop motion animation used in an elementary school curriculum. Educators using this tactile animation medium to help encourage language, mathematical, logical, spatial, collaborative and creativity skills.
http://education.wichita.edu/claymation
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- Darkstrider: Explorations in the Art of Stop Motion Animation
Information about the European style of puppet animation in the more purer form where characters are stylized, surreal (as puppets), and are not represented as photo realistic. Site also includes ongoing diary of experimentations with stop motion methods.
http://www.darkstrider.net/main.html
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- Do it Yourself Foam Latex Puppet Making 101
This video or dvd tutorial is available for purchase which shows the general basics of constructing a stop motion animation puppet using the clay sculpting & molding method, foam rubber latex casting, seaming, and final painting of the puppet.
http://www.angelfire.com/anime4/zungstudio/
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- FrameThief
This is an inexpensive shareware stop motion animation program for the Apple/Macintosh platform, that enables the users, from novices to professionals, to capture and create animation.
http://www.framethief.com
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- From Art to Finished Puppet
An Interview with head of the puppet department on Tim Burton's "Corpse Bride". Provides general overview descriptions and some photos about the creation of the animation puppets used in this 2005 Academy Award nominated stop motion feature film.
http://www.animationartconservation.com/corpse_bride.html
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- iStopMotion
Easy to use Stop Motion animation software for Mac OS X. Allows you to use your computer and DV camcorder or USB webcams to capture single frames for stop motion or time lapse applications.
http://www.istopmotion.com
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- John Wright Modelmaking
A special effects shop in England that designs and fabricates miniature models for use in puppet animation, offers ball and socket joint parts for do-it-yourself armature fabrication, and they also engineer custom stop motion animation armatures.
http://www.jwmm.co.uk/frame.htm
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- La Pate à Modeler Animée
A clay animation site using digital still camera to record the animation and includes basic, finished animations. Includes some tutorials showing how it was done. The site is in French and has English translation.
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/vallin/animation/clayanimation/
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- Lima SMA Website
Stop motion animation personal website page that also includes informational tips for those who want to make their own stop motion movies.
http://www.limanima.com/
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- Loose Moose Animation
Award winning stop motion animation company using puppets, clay animation and CGI. Best known for their Brisk Iced Tea television commercials.
http://www.loosemoose.net/
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- Magpie
A shareware program that helps in the analysis of a recorded voice for lip-sync. Applicable to a variety of animation methods including stop motion. It provides a set of tools for the precise timing of the character's mouth movements and suggests how it should look at each frame of the animation.
http://www.thirdwishsoftware.com/magpie.html
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- Menagerie Productions
Fantasy and paleo sculpture, one-of-a-kind commissions, character design and maquette creation for special projects. Also experienced in stop motion model fabrication, covering the entire process from design through armature construction, molding, foam casting and finishing.
http://www.menagerieproductions.com
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- Michael Davy Film & TV
Distributor-supplier of a more user friendly 3 part foam latex system. M.D. Foam Latex can be used for casting stop motion animation puppets. Listed under "products" then go to "latex products".
http://www.michaeldavy.com/
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- Miles and Jules Studio
Independent studio in Australia utilizing stop motion animation techniques. Included are many behind the scenes photos and general overview description of methods used in producing their stop motion projects which is outlined in their online journal.
http://www.wombokforest.com.au
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