How to save your Stop Motion Animation
● Open Stop Motion app ● Touch + to create a new movie ● Take pictures of your animation scene. (small changes per image; bigger changes for quicker animation). Playing with the slider bar on the left hand side can help you keep track of your last image compared to your current image. Touch one an image frame at the bottom of the screen to - delete it - copy it - hold it for x seconds (especially good if you have words you want your viewer to be able to read) - change speed (12 fps vs. 3 fps, where fps means frames per second) - Some options (like draw, merge, erase) aren’t available on this free app. Adding sound is an option here, but you’ll have more control if you wait to do this later in iMovie when you’re done filming.
When you’re finished with ALL your animation: ● Touch the arrow on the left side of the screen to bring up the title screen of your movie ● If you want, you can give it a new name by touching the title--please choose something that is memorable to you (this name will not transfer, but having a memorable name is the best way to find your movie again if the upload is unsuccessful)
If you DON’T want to add sound and are DONE with your movie:
● Choose the box with the arrow coming out of it to save to Dropbox (NEW iOS) or save to camera roll and then upload to Dropbox (OLD iOS). See the next page for information about the Dropbox folder to use
If you want to add sound, upload your movie to iMovie:
● Choose the box with the arrow coming out of it OLD iOS: ○ Select save to camera roll, export format HD-1090p will auto-select, press Share ○ Press iPad button to return to its home screen ○ Open iMovie ○ Choose Projects at the top of the screen ○ Touch + to create a new project ○ Choose Movie ○ Your video should be at the top of the screen (most recently added), touch it to select it ○ Touch Create Movie at bottom of the screen
NEW iOS ● Select export to iMovie, iMovie will open automatically, touch Create
In iMovie app ● Add music and sound effects from the audio option as you like (touching a sound once will play it), hit the Use button to bring it down to the editable payne under your video - can overlap music and sounds, shorten them, etc., line up the video to where you want to add sound effects
ALL done? ● Hit Done to go to the app’s main screen ● You can touch the title of the movie to rename it--please choose something that is memorable to you. You can enter an email address but will need to type out “at” and “dot” (this name will not transfer to Dropbox, but having a memorable name is the best way to find your movie again if the upload is unsuccessful)
● Choose the box with the arrow coming out of it to find Dropbox (perhaps in Other Application folder) ● Export / save to / open in DropBox.
(Which should open the Dropbox app.)
Find the folder for today’s session: Select folder Videos Then MAD YS then 2018 TOCTWD
Touch your file to rename it with your correct email address--this is how we will know how to send your movie to you via Dropbox (movies are usually too large to email) Be sure that your file ends with .mov (that means it’s a movie file)
How to email links from Dropbox: DropBox Uploading:
When using the animation station, you may find that you need to add a file to the Bubbler Dropbox in order for a patron to be able to access the completed project on their own device. The following is a list of instructions for using Dropbox to share a project as well as how to email a completed project to the patron’s personal email address.
1. When a video is complete, use the back arrow on the Stop Motion Studio interface to access the main menu.
2. Press the share button - it is a square with an up pointing arrow: .
3. If the video is small enough to mail directly, select the 'MAIL' option. Select Medium Quality and hit Share. If the video is small enough to email, have the patron complete the "To:" section on the email form that opens and press 'SEND'. If the file is too large you will receive a warning, select NO and press CANCEL to back out of the mail menu. Press the share button again.
4. Select 'Save to Camera Roll'
5. Select HD - 1080p
6. Press 'Share'. The video will now be saved on the Camera Roll.
7. Press the home key on the iPad.
8. Open the Extras Folder and open the Dropbox app.
9. Open the 'VIDEOS' folder.
10. Open the applicable folder.
11. Open the current year folder.
12. Open the folder with the current date. If there is not a folder for the current date, create one by pressing the three small circles at the top of the screen and selecting 'CREATE FOLDER'. Name the folder with the current date (yyyy-mm-dd).
13. In the current date folder, create a new folder with the patrons email address as the folder name.
14. In the folder with the patrons email address as the folder name, upload the video by pressing the three small circles at the top of the screen and selecting 'ADD FILES' then selecting the 'PHOTOS' option followed by the 'CAMERA ROLL' option.
15. Select the clips to be added to the folder. Note - the clips at the bottom of the list will always be the most recently uploaded. If you saved four videos to the camera roll they will be the four clips at the bottom of the camera roll menu.
16. With the clips selected, press the 'UPLOAD' button at the top of the menu.
17. Once the selected videos have uploaded into the folder, press the back arrow in the top left of the screen to access the current days folder.
18. Swipe the patrons folder to the right to reveal the folder options and press the share button - it is a square with an up pointing arrow.
19. Select the 'Send a Link' option.
20. Select the 'Mail' option.
21. An email form will pop up. Ask the patron to enter their email address in the 'TO' section. They may mail it to anyone they like as well as cc anyone. Do not allow the patron to edit the body of the email.Once complete, hit 'SEND'.
22. The patron will now have a link in their email to download the video from our dropbox.
23. Press the home key on the iPad. Reopen the Stop Motion App.
SHOW EXAMPLES MADE ON MPL ANIMATION STATIONS: https://vimeo.com/126741608