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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This week, the pioneering studio Laika returns with “Missing Link,” the stop-motion animated family film starring Hugh Jackman and ...

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 ...

Boinx Software recently updated iStopMotion, to version 3, making its stop motion animation tool for Mac OS X, even better The new version adds the ability to create HD movies using an iPhone, iPad or ...

Editor's Note: This is the debut post by Kevin Kelly, who will be offering his expertise in geekdom in a new /Film daily blog feature called GeekBomb. Welcome Kevin to /Film! If you want to get down ...

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, ...

Those who’ve spent much time watching jittering Lego blocks on YouTube, Wallace and Gromit shorts on an iPod, or recent Tim Burton animated films in the theater know that stop-motion movie-making is a ...

When Isle of Dogs animation director Mark Waring asked Wes Anderson what kind of film the director wanted to make, he says Anderson told him he “wanted to make sure you were definitely watching a stop ...

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 ...

Step into the world of handmade animation in this fun, hands-on workshop. Using your own smartphone (just make sure you’ve got a bit of free space!), you’ll learn how to bring objects to life frame-by ...