best software for stop motion captue and editing?

[stickyman]

I have been using istopmotion software (which is perfect) and imovie 06 very happily with a club at the school I teach in until now. When we aquired new Macs we made the mistake of upgrading to imovie o9; This seems to be hopeless as an editing tool for stop motion frames and films. Other than going back in time what is the best option; Final Cut Express? We want something that can handle individual frames when editing. imovie seems to be geared towards well, movies and limited as a creative tool unless you stick to the script. Any thoughts and advice much appreciated.

 

[iZach]

Check out FrameByFrame

 

[Nethfel]

FramebyFrame looks pretty cool and very easy to use.

If you already have all of the photos, you can use Final Cut Express, it will allow you to set a single image to as little as a single frame. FCE gives you a lot of power as it is a stripped down version of FCP but still maintains a significant amount of capability. If you need more advanced extra editing options (audio, video, multiple video tracks, filters, effects, etc) it's a good tool to look at.

of course there is a significant cost difference - $free (framebyframe) vs $199 (FCE unless they've changed the price)

 

[stickyman]

Thanks I'll check out frambyframe.