I first came across the Stop Motion Studio app a couple of years ago when my son wanted to create his very own stop-motion Lego video. After browsing the options, I quickly discovered the app from ...

The best stop motion animated films bring something purely imagined to vivid life in a way that other animation techniques can’t. While stop-motion animation is regarded as the easiest way into ...

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 ...

Meanwhile, digital compositing techniques help in placing stop-motion characters shot separately together in frame and filling in green screens and removing puppet supports and wires.

But as both stop-motion animation techniques and computer technology continued to improve over the years, the line between puppets and pixels began to blur even more.

While stop motion is at the heart of its work, the trio evolved to develop a distinctive style. Graphic and 2D animation sensibilities — along with doses of visual effects and the newest exploration, ...

The basic Stop Motion Studio app is free for iOS and Android, but there are in-app purchases for additional features.

Several modeling techniques were used to marvelous effect in the directorial debut of Travis Knight, the head of Portland, Ore.-based Laika studios. By Carolyn Giardina Tech Editor Stop-motion ...

Inside Laika studios, where stop-motion animation goes high-tech The studio’s upcoming epic Kubo and the Two Strings is their most ambitious yet ...