| 1. | 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.
www.animateclay.com |
| 2. | Stop Motion Pro | | | For Windows PCs, a mid-priced frame capturing program for professional level stop motion animation, clay animation, pixillation, and cut out animation techniques.
www.stopmotionpro.com |
| 3. | The Puppetry Home Page | | | Lists information and resources; covering traditional puppetry, animatronics, and stop motion puppet animation.
www.sagecraft.com |
| 4. | Loose Moose Animation | | | Award winning stop motion animation company using puppets, clay animation and CGI. Best known for their Brisk Iced Tea television commercials.
www.loosemoose.net |
| 5. | 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.
www.framethief.com |
| 6. | The Art of Stop Motion Animation | | | Overview about stop motion animation and general how-to aspects. Covers films and television shows using stop motion. Also, behind the scene photos of professional animator's work.
pharosproductions.com |
| 7. | The Ray Harryhausen Creature List | | | complete source of information about Ray Harryhausen's brilliant stop motion animation. An overview of his career and many images of his classic stop motion puppet creatures.
www.hilux.com |
| 8. | The Clay Animation Home Page | | | supplies links, and other information for those wanting to learn about stop motion clay animation.
clay.s5.com |
| 9. | The Clay Animation Station | | | For beginners/students, general information about getting started in clay animation. Includes tips, tricks, and resources.
library.thinkquest.org |
| 10. | Ray Harryhausen | | | The life and career of the special effects, stop-motion animator.
lavender.fortunecity.com |
| 11. | 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.
www.jwmm.co.uk |
| 12. | Stop-Motion Filmography | | | A website reviewing this detailed book about stop motion animation in motion pictures or television, specifically, where the stop motion puppets were used to interact with live action/people.
www.aboyd.com |
| 13. | Burman Industries, Inc. | | | This company offers materials, supplies, how-to videos and books for prosthetic/animatronic special effects, which use many similar fabrication techniques to create stop motion animation puppets.
www.burmanfoam.com |
| 14. | At Last, Foam Puppet Fabrication Explained! | | | 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.
www.awn.com |
| 15. | BTV - Mac Animation | | | Video software with frame capture features specifically for animation applications, such as stop motion, clay, and drawn. Also features timelapse and motion detection.
www.bensoftware.com |
| 16. | Building Ball-Socket Armatures | | | Description and photos showing the construction of stop motion animation puppet armature joints using common tools and basic metalworking methods.
www.montereymotiongraphics.com |
| 17. | MovieStuff Transfers | | | For those shooting stop motion using Super 8 film format, this company offers low cost film-to-digital transfers of your Super 8 animation. Film is transferred to miniDV tape format and ready for downloading to your computer.
moviestuff.tv |
| 18. | Animation Toolworks | | | 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.
www.animationtoolworks.com |
| 20. | VideoBlender | | | This is an animation software for the use in stop motion and clay animation. Offered by Tech4Learning which has extensive online documentation and training manuals about VideoBlender. It can be used on the PC or Mac platform.
www.tech4learning.com |
| 22. | Stop Motion Film | | | A resource and informational website from Germany about stop motion animation. Also, there is an English version of this site.
www.stopmotionfilm.de |
| 23. | Armaverse | | | 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.
www.armaverse.com |
| 24. | AnimatorDV | | | Computer based stop-motion software for the PC platform. Allows recording of your stop motion animations with added features to check the animation quality and progress. Trial version available for try out.
animatordv.wmmedia.com |
| 25. | Stop Motion Studio | | | Stop motion, claymation and time-lapse software for Macs. A simple user interface and with online instructions and documentation. A free demo is available for download.
www.loudmotion.com |
| 26. | Stop Motion Works | | | Information and how-to technical tips on animated puppetry. Dedicated web site for hobbyists and professionals practicing the unique art and craft of stop motion animation.
www.stopmotionworks.com |
| 27. | 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.
www.istopmotion.com |
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www.michaeldavy.com |
| 29. | The Seventh Voyage | | | Dedicated to the stop motion animation of Ray Harryhausen.
www.thevoyage.netfirms.com |
| 30. | Paint Specialties Laboratory | | | Manufacturer of a concentrated water based, flexible and durable paint, that can be used on foam rubber materials for stop motion animation puppets and prosthetic make-up special effects.
www.stopmotionworks.com |
| 31. | Animation und Puppenbau - Juergen Kling | | | 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.
www.juergenkling.de |
| 33. | La Pate à Modeler Animée | | | Clay animation site using digital still camera and includes some basic, finished animations. Also, has some tutorials showing how it was done. The site is in French and has English translation.
perso.wanadoo.fr |
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