I Stop Motion Manual

Copyright 2007 Boinx Software Mac and the Mac logo are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries. Apple and the Apple logo are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries, used with permission. System Requirements: PowerPC or Intel Mac with Mac OS X 10.4 or higher; Supported Video camera; Webcam, i.e. iSight (internal or external) or Digital Still Camera. 10/2007 2 CONTENTS WHAT IS iStopMotion?................................................................. 5 What is Stop Motion Animation? .................................................. 5 WHAT IS NEW IN iStopMotion 2?................................................. 5 INSTALLING YOUR LICENSE ........................................................ 6 THE USER INTERFACE.................................................................. 7 The document window ................................................................. 7 Sidebar....................................................................................... 8 Recording...........................................................................................8 View...................................................................................................9 Compositing.....................................................................................11 Timeline.................................................................................... 12 Tool bar: ................................................................................... 13 YOUR FIRST ANIMATION .......................................................... 13 TIMELAPSE RECORDING ........................................................... 16 REFERENCE .............................................................................. 18 Menu........................................................................................ 18 iStopMotion ......................................................................................18 File ..................................................................................................19 Edit ..................................................................................................20 Source .............................................................................................20 Movie...............................................................................................21 View.................................................................................................21 Preferences ............................................................................... 21 General ...........................................................................................21 Movie Presets..................................................…