What is the best program for lego stop-motion that is for Windows XP?

I have Windows XP, and i need to know the best program for lego stop motion.What is the best program for lego stop-motion that is for Windows XP?Don't use windows movie Maker to actually shoot or compile your animation together. You should use a program specifically designed for stop-motion animation purposes to actually compile your movie, then edit your larger clips afterwards in a video editing program like Windows Movie Maker. An animation program will make it easier to arrange, re-arrange, add and delete single frames. Typically, playing around with multiple single frames is kind of difficult and bothersome in video editors since they weren't designed with frame by frame animation as a primary function in mind.





To actually frame-grab and compile the movie, I'd suggest using Monkeyjam if you're on a PC. It's free.



http://www.giantscreamingrobotmonkeys.co鈥?/a>



AnimatorDV: Simple+ became freeware.



http://www.animatordv.com/download7





If you're on a Mac, you could try Framethief or FramebyFrame.



http://www.framethief.com/



http://web.mac.com/philipp.brendel/Softw鈥?/a>



You should check out http://www.brickfilms.com It's webpage where other stop motion Lego animators help each other out with questions or problems. It also has animation tutorials and lists of resources for video editing, sound editing, etc.





Here are some online resources about the basic principles of animation. These principles can and should be applied to any genre or medium you choose to work in, whether that be drawn, CGI, or stop motion animation.



http://www.idleworm.com/how/index.shtml

http://www.awn.com/tooninstitute/lessonp鈥?/a>

http://www.animationarena.com/principles鈥?/a>

http://www.animationmeat.com/notes/notes鈥?/a>



If you need more help or info, let me know.What is the best program for lego stop-motion that is for Windows XP?You can do it in Moviemaker - you just need to size down your photoclips to something really small.



You could also download Photostory from M$, the only draw back is that you will need to stop it from using automatic animation over your photo.



If you want to spend $$$ try Premier Elements.