What is the best program to make stop motion video?

I want to make stop motion toys i have laying around, but windows movie maker doesnt cut it , which would be the best program to do this?What is the best program to make stop motion video?Windows Movie Maker is pretty shitty. You should use a program that's specifically made for stop motion, it'll make it easier to arrange and re-arrange your images, duplicate and edit frames.



The majority of the Lego animators at http://www.brickfilms.com use MonkeyJam. 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, both of which are free



http://www.framethief.com/



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



You can also check out this website for other stop motion animation programs. I haven't used them so I couldn't tell you if the rest of these programs are any good or not, but both Stop Motion Pro and Stop Motionmaker seem to come highly recommended. Stop Motion Pro is pretty pricey though.



http://www.stopmotionworks.com/stopmosof鈥?/a>



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.