The unique look and feel of stop-motion animation is what gives movies like A Nightmare Before Christmas and the Wallace and Gromit series their charm. Mac users have been bringing ordinary objects to life with this technique for years now thanks to iStopMotion from Boinx Software. Now iPad users can also have the power to create and share their own stop-motion animations with the release of the iStopMotion for iPad app.

Like any form of animation, stop-motion works by playing a series of frames so fast that they appear to be moving. What sets stop-motion apart is that its frames are pictures of real things that have been carefully re-positioned numerous times instead of drawings. iStopMotion for iPad allows users to capture these frames, edit them into movies and share them online all through an iPad. It’s a cheap way to make movies and learn about the animation process while doing it.

Also available is the iStopMotion Remote Camera app which allows users to capture frames with their iPhones and sync them with their iPads via W-Fi. That way movies can look the best they can thanks to the superior cameras of the latest iPhones.

iStopMotion for iPad is $4.99, iStopMotion Remote Camera is free and both are available now. Why not celebrate the holidays by making some homemade Rankin/Bass specials?

$4.99

iStopMotion for iPad

iPad Only App - Designed for the iPad
Released: 2011-12-15 :: Category: Photography

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iStopMotion Remote Camera

+ Universal App - Designed for iPhone and iPad
Released: 2011-12-15 :: Category: Photography

Loved across the globe by kids and adults alike, animated dog and master, Wallace & Gromit are heading to the App Store for the their latest adventure. Wallace & Gromit: The Last Resort! sees a merging of traditional animation and iPad gaming as users attempt to solve the mystery within the narrative. The app has been created by Telltale Games, a company seemingly harboring an obsession with cartoon canines, having also brought Sam & Max: The Penal Zone to the iPad.

“Each Telltale Wallace & Gromit game is like an interactive film for players to immerse themselves in and guide the on-screen action, solving conundrums and experiencing the story,” said Dan Connors, CEO of Telltale Games. The app will sell for a reasonable $4.99 and will be released “in the near future” according to the company.

With Sam & Max already popular on the iPad despite some performance issues noted in our review, let’s hope the next episodic iPad game from Telltale makes the most of the most of this Oscar-winning British animation.