Stop motion animation in the US classroom is now easier than ever with Stop Motion Pro.

Sunderland, VT, May 17, 2011 - Tool Factory announced today that it is now offering Stop Motion Pro animation software for classroom use. Stop Motion Pro, used by Aardman Animations in the production of the Wallace & Gromit films, provides learners with an intuitive user interface that allows them create powerful cross-curricular animated projects with ease.    

Using a video camera, digital still camera or webcam, a Windows PC and Stop Motion Pro, learners create digital stories and animated projects by capturing one frame of their character or subject, making a small change, and then capturing another frame to build the illusion of movement. The frames are stored on the computer, and sophisticated tools like Onionskin make it easy to compare the current frame with the one previously taken, while Chroma key (blue / greenscreen) ...