Stop Motion Animation: Frame-by-Frame Camera

An online tool for frame-by-frame shooting: the camera of a phone or a laptop shows the live picture, and the previous frame shows through it — you can see how far to move the figure. Every press adds a frame to the strip; frames can be held longer, moved and re-shot, and the finished film is saved as MP4, GIF or a set of frames.

How to shoot a stop motion film

4 steps
1
Turn the camera on

Fix the phone or laptop so the shot does not move.

2
Take a frame and move the figure

Use the ghost of the last frame as a guide — and press the shutter again.

3
Watch the motion

The play button shows the film where the camera was.

4
Save the film

An MP4 video, a GIF or the frames in one archive.

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Shoot a film of clay, bricks or drawings one frame at a time

Fix the phone or laptop so the shot does not move: the film is made of pictures of one and the same scene.

Add ready-made photos — they become frames
In the order of their file names; they can be mixed with frames from the camera
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Features

Onion skin of the previous frame
The last frame lies half-transparent over the live picture: the figure is moved until it sits one step off its own ghost. Opacity goes from 0 to 80%.
A frame by button, Space or timer
The shutter works by button and by the Space key, and timed capture every 2–30 seconds with a beep leaves both hands free.
Re-shooting in place
A new frame goes after the one selected in the strip, so a bad pose is re-shot where it was, not at the end of the film. A deleted frame comes back with one button.
Holds instead of duplicates
A frame is given a duration of 1 to 48 ticks: a character pausing is one frame shown longer, not ten identical pictures.
Flicker evened out
A camera re-meters the light between frames, and the film pulses. The brightness of each frame is checked against its neighbors: jumps up to 12% are smoothed, while a lamp switched on in the scene stays on.
MP4, GIF and frames
A 720p or 1080p video with an even pace at 24 frames a second or more, a GIF up to 640 px for messengers, or the original frames in one archive — for an editing program.

Questions about stop motion shooting

How many frames does a second of animation need?

Usually 8–12. At 12 frames a second the motion is smooth; at 8 it looks distinctly puppet-like, but there is a third less to shoot. The speed is changed with a slider after shooting, and the film is recalculated at once.

Why does the picture flicker and how can it be avoided?

A camera adjusts its exposure for every frame, and daylight from a window changes while you shoot. Shoot under a lamp, close the curtains and lock the exposure if the camera supports it; the remaining jumps are removed by evening out flicker when the film is saved.

Can I take the frames with a camera and build the film here?

Yes. Drop the photos into the zone under the strip: they become frames in the order of their file names. Frames from the camera and uploaded photos can be mixed in one film.

What happens to the film if the tab closes?

The film is written to the browser storage after every frame and opens on the next visit. Earlier work is kept in the "My films" list too — any of it can be reopened and continued.

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