About iKITMovie Stop Motion animation maker software

ABOUT IKITMOVIE STOP MOTION ANIMATION MAKER SOFTWARE

CLAYMATION - WHAT IS IT?

Claymation  or  clay animation is essentially stop motion animation using clay. The word claymation is a joining of the words clay and animation, that is to say clay-animation to form claymation. Claymation software can be used to make these stop motion animation movies by combining lots of individual images of clay characters or clay forms.

Think of Gumby or Wallace and Gromit. Both arguably the best and most successful examples of clay animation.

It’s worth noting that claymation is very popular for animation in education as it is a inexpensive way to introduce students to the art form.

Here we have given you some examples of claymation from some talented clay animators on youtube. We’ve also included the very first episode of Gumby S1 – E1 – Moon Trip. The third animation video is of Wallace and Gromit – with a nod to the Gumby moon landing.

Clay to be specific is better known as  plasticine in the animation world.  Plasticine is actually a brand of putty like modelling material made out of calcium salts, aliphatic acids and petroleum jelly. Its a trademark of Flair Leisure products PLC. 

Gumby - Moon Trip

iKITMovie is a unique piece of stop motion animation maker software for use on Windows PC’s. It’s a favorite LEGO Animation Creator and CLAYMATION  maker amongst schools and hobbyist around the world. No other animation stop motion  software has 2, 200 sound effects built in for you to use in your stop motion movies.  The 2,200 sounds have been listed alphabetically and grouped according to category. Such as Animals, Weather, Vehicles, Aircraft and so forth.  This means you can add whatever sound you want to your action right there in the application.  You can also add more sounds to the library at any time. All the sound effects are high quality digital stereo mp3 format. No need anymore to search all over the internet just to find the sound you need.  Read more here about our sounds 

iKITMovie is perfect stop motion software  for Animation in School

STOP MOTION ANIMATION IN SCHOOL AND THE CURRICULUM.

Using Animation in School such as claymation  is a meaningful way to introduce technology into the curriculum be it mainstream, special needs etc. With stop motion animation for kids integrated into the curriculum the number of student enhancing outcomes grows beyond just creative and artistic expression. The various steps involved in completing a movie ensures the growth and development of every child irrespective of their attainment level. There are 5 steps involved in making a movie. Let’s look at each of these steps and show how various learning outcomes can be achieved with this form of animation.

Check out these great examples of School Claymation Ideas

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STEP 1: BRAINSTORMING:

  • Problem Solving
  • Improved fluency of language
  • Collaboration and Cooperation
  • Research
The brainstorming process encourages all students to actively engage in asking questions, researching and discussing. Students discuss various themes/story ideas for animation and reach agreement on a particular project.At this stage they learn to problem solve, promoting fluency of language and flexibility of ideas. 
 
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Students learn to use language effectively to elaborate on their own ideas and reach consensus on the final project, encouraging collaboration and cooperation

STOP MOTION SOFTWARE FEATURES VIDEO

 

STOP MOTION TUTORIALS VIDEOS

WHAT DO I NEED TO RUN IKITMOVIE STOP MOTION?

 

  • Windows PC – Windows 7, 8, 10
  • 2 GB of RAM
  • A Webcam
  • or Import any images from any camera!
 
You can download and try iKITMovie on your PC or Laptop today. Just click on the download button below and save the file to disk. Once it has downloaded open it and run the install. Enjoy.
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stop motion

Stop Motion (or Stop-frame Animation) is a 2D or 3D animation technique to make any object appear to move on its own. The 3D or 2D object in question be it a ball, an apple or a clay character or a flat image or paper cutout is moved by small increments between individual photographs or frames, giving the illusion of movement when the sequence of photographs or frames are played back to the observer. The technique has been around for over 100 years and has given rise to some of the most popular movies not just stop motion animation movies of all time. Read more..

What is Stop Motion - Think Wallace and Gromit
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