Learn the basics of stop-motion animation through Animation-ish’s clever three-level process. Animation-ish ($60, free demo) is a very simple, intuitive, sensibly progressive tool to learn stop-frame ...

This week, the pioneering studio Laika returns with “Missing Link,” the stop-motion animated family film starring Hugh Jackman and Zach Galifianakis. With “Missing Link” landing in theaters on Friday, ...

As far as Tim Burton’s concerned, you can’t keep a good dog down. And you can’t keep a good, old-fashioned form of animation down, either. Burton’s boy-and-his-dead-dog tale “Frankenweenie” is ...

Boinx Software recently updated iStopMotion, to version 3, making its stop motion animation tool for Mac OS X, even better The new version adds the ability to create HD movies using an iPhone, iPad or ...

Travis Knight is sitting in the back of Laika Experience, an exhibition at Comic-Con in San Diego, next to an interior set from his film Kubo and the Two Strings, one of several film sets stationed ...

Origami artist Ross Symons uses Digital Anarchy's Flicker Free to create high end stop-motion animations for Pixar, Samsung, Red Bull and others. This story came in to us from the Digital Anarchy ...

In a box office climate where CGI animated films dominate, “Shaun the Sheep’s” directors find greener pastures in stop-motion animation. Manipulating real-life figures and models in front of a camera, ...

The magic of stop-motion animation has enthralled audiences for over a century. The magic of stop-motion animation has enthralled audiences for over a century, but with the advent of CGI, many thought ...

Those who’ve spent much time watching jittering Lego blocks on YouTube, Wallace and Gromit shorts on an iPod, or recent Tim Burton animated films in the theater know that stop-motion movie-making is a ...

Chris Butler, Oscar-nominated for the 2012 animated “ParaNorman,” is back in the race again with Laika’s “Missing Link,” a beautiful and sweet tale of friendship told in stop-motion. Butler says: ...