iStopMotion 2.0.3
by Florian - Monday, January 28, 2008 - Permalink
Another small but important update to iStopMotion makes it even more solid. Please run Software Update or get it from the Downloads page.
See the full release notes...
Samos, Greece
by Oliver - Tuesday, January 22, 2008 - Permalink

This collection of beautiful videos to promote the island of Samos, Greece, as a vacation place made with FotoMagico, created by Dr. Peter Molz of Samos-Media.
Suspense
by Oliver - Tuesday, January 22, 2008 - Permalink
Funny, with an unexpected twist is this study project on the topic of suspense by a group of students.
Playing For The Planet
by Oliver - Tuesday, January 22, 2008 - Permalink
Made by Artillery Design, a british Design and Animation studio, for the Disney PlayHouse Channel, educating about recycling in a way that can be grasped by 1-4year olds.
Foraminifer with Dinoflagellates
by Oliver - Friday, January 18, 2008 - Permalink
This time lapse (~90x real-time) video-microscopy shows the interaction between two marine microorganisms, a foraminifer and dinoflagellate algae. The large disc-shaped thing is the foraminifer, it is collecting the dinoflagellates around it. These dinoflagellates are the same algae that live inside corals, and these foraminifera have a similar symbiotic relationship with their algae as do corals. Scientists can use this kind of time-lapse video to compress processes that happen on a longer time scale into a few seconds, increasing our understanding of the dynamic nature of the living world. Scott Fay of the UC Berkeley used a Nikon inverted phase contrast scope and a Nikon D80 camera.
Hermann: A bag of tricks
by Oliver - Tuesday, January 15, 2008 - Permalink

Copyright 2004-2007 by Karl A. Bihlmeier. Hermann in German at Mac Essentials. Follow Hermann's life using his personal RSS feed.
HDV Support for iStopMotion coming
by Oliver - Friday, January 11, 2008 - Permalink

A quick teaser: As you can see from this screen shot, capturing from an HD camera connected through HDV is working in the labs. When it is released, this means you will be able to take your Laptop into the field with your HDV camera and shoot HD timelapses or stop motion videos... (Click image to enlarge!)
Javan Ivey: My Paper Mind
by Oliver - Friday, January 11, 2008 - Permalink
Made by Javan Ivey who has a lot of cool tips for doing stop motion animation. This animation is a very cool technique he calls "stratastencil" where there seems to be an infinite number of layers of cardboard cut outs. Very cool.
FotoMagico 2.2b8
by Florian - Thursday, January 10, 2008 - Permalink
Another FotoMagico 2.2 public beta (b8) is out. We fixed most issues reported so far and brought down movie sizes for web export to about one fifth of the last version. Please give it a try and report your findings using the built-in Feedback Assistant.
Download via Software Update or from the Beta page, see the release notes...
Animal Hospital Animation
by Oliver - Thursday, January 10, 2008 - Permalink
Watch a 3-year-old girl make a stop motion animation with iStopMotion, a PowerBook and an iSight. The making of comes just after the main feature.
