Happy New Year!

AnimaShooter team wishes you a Happy New Year 2020! May all dreams come true in the new year!

Christmas 2019 sale -15%

AnimaShooter Christmas 2019 sale -15%. Deal expires on January 3th 2020 http://www.animashooter.com

AnimaShooter Christmas 2019 Sale

Our Christmas 2019 sale has started! From December 22th 2019 to January 3th 2020 enjoy 15% OFF on all our products: http://www.animashooter.com

AnimaShooter for Education

Check out our new licensing option available to educational institutions: www.animashooter.com

News from vktoons studio

At 6.00 m. M., the premiere for the first video on our children's Youtube Channel (Vktoons for kids) with the first part of the presentation of AnimaShooter (Version Junior) for parents and children! Check it out and subscribe to our channel! You can watch the premiere at the following link. https://youtu.be/gy4L7yah-eg

Upgrade your AnimaShooter Pioneer to AnimaShooter Capture

Note, AnimaShooter Pioneer can be upgraded to AnimaShooter Capture - simply pay the difference between Pioneer and Capture product. AnimaShooter Pioneer license remains valid! Click here to upgrade your license.

More good news from the Vktoons Studio

The kids’ channel of vktoons, vktoons for kids is reactivated and has a new schedule! Read more.

News from VKtoons Studio

VKtoons Studio teaches animation to pupils and junior high students using AnimaShooter. Learn more about their activity:

AnimaShooter 3.8.12 is available for download

We are happy to announce that the new release of AnimaShooter 3.8.12 is available for download!

This version introduces a new and long-awaited feature – initial support for vector paths that could be used as motion paths or guides. AnimaShooter Capture 3.8.12 also brings broader support for the latest Canon cameras such as EOS 90D, EOS M6 Mark II, EOS M200, PowerShot G5 X Mark II / PowerShot G7 X Mark III.

Since this version, AnimaShooter has a new Layers panel, useful to control the appearance of overlays. New option to import frames by drag-n-drop from a file browser window or by normal copy and paste operations.

Recent Projects dialog now has a small thumbnail preview image, which represents project contents. Another new option – first crop and then scale images on export – should help you with your crop and scale routine.

Now AnimaShooter have even more useful improvements: an option to set any color for your Lightbox window, an option to set up the FPS with a slider and an option to undo frame deletion with normal Ctrl + Z. Plus, more control over the Timeline with normal Copy, Paste, Cut, Undo, Redo actions.

You can download the new version from our website: www.animashooter.com

VKtoons: Teaching animation to pupils in Athens

vktoons has started a collaboration with PTA’s in a district of Athens. We have already started teaching children animation in two schools. The first lessons are challenging: kids are coming to find out if they are really interested. 

Read more at vktoons.com

Photo (c) Vaggelis Karadimas

Animationalerts: An Interview With Greek Animator – Vaggelis Karadimas From VK Toons

Hello to all readers of Animationalerts. Today is the day on which we are publishing our very first interview and starting out Animationalerts Interview Series.

Today we have Vaggelis Karadimas as our guest. Vaggelis is a self-taught animator from Greece and has worked very hard in the Animation industry. He is running a company in Greece with the name VKTOONS where he is providing animation and graphics solutions to clients.

Read more at animationalerts.com.

AnimaShooter Capture Beta 3.8.10.10

Newest AnimaShooter Capture Beta 3.8.10.10 is available for download. Introducing support for newest Canon cameras EOS 90D, EOS M6 Mark II and EOS M200 http://www.animashooter.com/beta/

AnimaShooter Junior 3.8.10.8 Beta is available

This beta has a new vector paths layer and corresponding drawing tool. Now you can draw paths that could be used as motion paths or guides. http://www.animashooter.com/beta/

AnimaShooter Pioneer 3.8.10.8 Beta is available

This beta has a new vector paths layer and corresponding drawing tool. Now you can draw paths that could be used as a motion paths or guides. http://www.animashooter.com/beta/

AnimaShooter Capture 3.8.10.6 Beta

AnimaShooter Capture 3.8.10.6 Beta is now available. Introducing initial support for vector paths that could be used as a motion path or guides. Get it here: http://animashooter.com/beta/

Shot with AnimaShooter: DragonBall Super Gogeta

Very nice stop motion test DragonBallSuper Gogeta.

AnimaShooter Explained. Episode III

Grecian animator Vangelis Karadimas (aka VKtoons) continues his youtube series about AnimaShooter software.

Meet AnimaShooter friends

Meet our friends Studio “DA”. Since its foundation in 2008, Studio “DA”, has been engaged in socially oriented work, creating cartoons with children in crisis situations and children with special needs. Photo: © Studio “DA”. http://www.studio-da.info/en_studio

QuanteStorie Animation Lab: Puppet animation tutorial

Puppet animation tutorial from the Italian team QuanteStorie Animation Lab. Removing the rig.

(c) QuanteStorie Animation Lab

Making a simple short animation with AnimaShooter

Grecian animator Vangelis Karadimas aka VKtoons, continues his youtube series about stop-motion animation and AnimaShooter.

AnimaShooter Beta 3.8.10.3: Copy and Paste Frames

AnimaShooter Beta 3.8.10.3: How to easily copy files from disk and paste them into the Timeline. http://www.animashooter.com/beta/

AnimaShooter Explained by VKtoons

Grecian animator Vangelis Karadimas aka VKtoons, start a youtube series in which he will present AnimaShooter software.

AnimaShooter Beta 3.8.10.3: Add frames to the Timeline

Watch how to add frames to the Timeline with the simple drag-and-drop operation:

AnimaShooter Junior Beta 3.8.10.2

Newest FREE stop-motion software AnimaShooter Junior Beta 3.8.10.2 is available for download. Now you can import images from the clipboard or by drag-n-drop. Press Ctrl+I to open the Import dialog. http://www.animashooter.com/beta/

AnimaShooter Pioneer Beta 3.8.10.2

Newest AnimaShooter Pioneer Beta 3.8.10.2 is available for download. Now you can import images from the clipboard or by drag-n-drop. Press Ctrl+I to open the Import dialog. http://www.animashooter.com/beta/

AnimaShooter Capture 3.8.10.2 Beta

Newest AnimaShooter Capture Beta is now available for download. With this version, you can import images from the clipboard or by drag-n-drop. Press Ctrl I to open the Import dialog. http://www.animashooter.com/beta/

AnimaShooter Capture 3.8.10.0 Beta available for download

We’re happy to announce that the new development release of AnimaShooter Capture (version 3.8.10.0 Beta) is now available for download. Check out the list of new features:

• New option to set up the FPS with a slider.
  
• A new export option “Crop to… Scale to…” which can greatly simplify your crop and scale routine.
• Now you have more control over the Timeline with common Copy (Ctrl + C), Paste (Ctrl + V), Cut (Ctrl + X), and even Undo and Redo (Ctrl + Z, Ctrl + R). Accordingly, the Timeline Context Menu has been extended with Copy, Paste, Cut menu commands.
• Support for new PowerShot series cameras: PowerShot G5 X Mark II / PowerShot G7 X Mark III.

AnimaShooter Tutorials Updated

AnimaShooter Tutorials has been updated with info on how to set the Lightbox window color: http://www.animashooter.com/tutorials/set-the-lightbox-color.html

Also updated 'Using AnimaShooter' PDF UserGuide with more info on how to set the Lightbox window color: animashooter.com/tutorials/Using-AnimaShooter-3.8.9.27-2019-EN.pdf

Access to our Activation service fully restored

On July 4, 2019, at 12:30 PM EST, a partial interruption of the access to our Activation service had occurred. This was resolved quickly and access fully restored. During this time, Activations may have been partially interrupted in certain geographical areas. If you had an error message, please try to activate or evaluate again - this time everything should be fine. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Video: copy a sequence of frames

Short How-to video: copy a sequence of frames.

AnimaShooter 3.8.9.30 introduces a new feature which simplifies cropping and scaling routine

With AnimaShooter it's easy to crop your output or scale it, but what if you need to crop your frames and then scale it to a particular size? AnimaShooter 3.8.9.30 introduces a new feature which simplifies cropping and scaling routine. http://www.animashooter.com/beta/

AnimaShooter 3.8.9.30 for Linux

Newest Linux versions of AnimaShooter Pioneer and AnimaShooter Junior are now available for download. This version introduces new Crop & Scale feature, minor UI changes and multiple bugfixes. Get it now: animashooter.com/unix/

Hulk Vs DC stopmotion

New awesome animation shot with AnimaShooter by DUBEFILMG
Studio.

Updated 'Using AnimaShooter' User Guide

Updated 'Using AnimaShooter' User Guide, with more info on setting up your camera focus, is now available for download: www.animashooter.com/tutorials/Using-AnimaShooter-3.8.9.27-2019-EN.pdf

AnimaShooter Online Docs Updated

New detailed how-to activate AnimaShooter for our Japanese users. プログラムの利用を開始するためのアクティベーション（日本の方へ）

3.8.9.27 Hotfix

The 3.8.9.27 hotfix release addresses a performance/stability issues. Available for download. We encourege our users to upgrade: http://www.animashooter.com/

AnimaShooter for Linux 3.8.9.27

AnimaShooter for Linux 3.8.9.27 released, containing latest fixes and improvements from the windows branch. Get it now: animashooter.com/unix

AnimaShooter 3.8.9.26 has been released

We are pleased to announce that a new version of the AnimaShooter 3.8.9.26 has been released, incorporating a bunch of new features and bug fixes. Here is whats new. With this version you can apply a non-integer frame rates for your video output. New option to crop captured RAW image — a long awaited feature — option to crop captured RAW image if it is larger than it should be. More control over RAW image data that comes from your camera. First, now you can tell AnimaShooter to preserve highlights when it lightening the image. Second, you can choose whether to apply your camera White Balance to your shot. With AnimaShooter 3.8.9.26 you can import CRW or CR2 image files as any other images — you can simply add these images to your timeline. Now you have more control over the incoming video signal — thanks to new Live View Scopes window containing a professional oscilloscopes. In addition to histogram now AnimaShooter is able to show Y Waveform, RGB Parade and Vectorscope in real time. Live View Scopes work both with Canon DSLRs and web cameras. Now you can scale up or down your reference images to desired size, to meet your project frame size. Added support for the EOS Kiss X10 / EOS Rebel SL3 / EOS 250D / EOS 200D II.

You can get it here: animashooter.com

AnimaShooter Junior 3.8.9.24 Beta for Linux

Linux version of free stopmotion software AnimaShooter Junior 3.8.9.24 Beta available for download. Fixed RAW (CRW, CR2) import. Get it here: animashooter.com/unix

AnimaShooter Pioneer 3.8.9.24 Beta for Linux

Linux version of AnimaShooter Pioneer 3.8.9.24 Beta available for download. Fixed RAW (CRW, CR2) import. Get it here: animashooter.com/unix

AnimaShooter Junior 3.8.9.20 Beta for Linux

100% Free stop motion software AnimaShooter Junior 3.8.9.20 Beta for Linux containing latest fixes and features in now available for download! Get it: http://www.animashooter.com/unix/

AnimaShooter Pioneer 3.8.9.20 Beta for Linux

Newest version of AnimaShooter Pioneer 3.8.9.20 Beta for Linux is now available for download. Bundled with all latest features. Feel free to share your feedback via our online form here or by email (support@animashooter.com). Join our testing routine and request a free 60 day evaluation codes for AnimaShooter Pioneer. Get it: http://www.animashooter.com/unix/

AnimaShooter 3.8.9.17 Beta

Release of AnimaShooter 3.8.9 is coming closer and here is the latest Beta 17 with most recent set of new features, bug fixes and a short description related to each feature.

Live View Scopes window 

With AnimaShooter 3.8.9.17 now you have more control over the incoming video signal - thanks to new Live View Scopes window containing a professional oscilloscopes. In addition to histogram now AnimaShooter is able to show Y Waveform, RGB Parade and Vectorscope in real time. Live View Scopes work both with Canon DSLRs and web cameras.

All of the flavours of AnimaShooter - Capture, Pioneer and free Junior now have this feature. Like the histogram, the waveform shows the intensity of both the luminance (brightness) and chrominance (color) levels of an image, depending on the waveform you choose. Unlike the histogram, however, the waveform displays the levels of each pixel in its location on the image. The vectorscopes display the hue and the amount of color in an image. You can easily choose which type of waveform you’d like to see: the RGB waveform (shows the RGB signals separated); the luma waveform (displays the brightness of shots) and the chrominance (shows you all three red, green, and blue channel levels as a composite).

Greater support for Canon RAW files

With this Beta you can import CRW or CR2 image files as any other images - you can simply add these images to your timeline. Plus now you have more control over RAW image data that comes from your camera. First, you can tell AnimaShooter to preserve highlights when it lightening the image. Second, you can choose whether to apply your camera White Balance to your shot. Previously AnimaShooter has been performing such operation by default, assuming your camera White Balance is set to meet your scene lighting conditions. Now you free to choose.

Non-integer frame rates

With this version you can apply a non-integer frame rates for your video output.

Option to crop captured RAW image

Version 3.8.9 also delivers new long awaited feature – an option to crop captured RAW image if it is larger than it should. Many cameras which can shot RAW has a kind a feature: they can capture and save RAW image that is slightly bigger than it supposed to be according to camera settings. For example, EOS 600D with Image Quality set to RAW produces 5202px by 3465px image which exceeds L (Large) image size (5184 x 3456). Previously AnimaShooter has been cropping captured image to a larger available image size (L) by default. Now with AnimaShooter Capture Beta 3.8.9 you free to choose whether your images should be cropped.

Scale your reference images

And the last but not least. Now you can scale up or down your reference images to desired size, to meet your project frame size, for example.

You can get AnimaShooter here: http://www.animashooter.com/beta/

AnimaShooter Capture Beta 3.8.9.14 in now available for download!

This version delivers a new feature: now you can scale up or down your reference images to desired size, to meet your project frame size, for example.

You can get new version here: http://www.animashooter.com/beta/

New AnimaShooter Capture Beta 3.8.9.12 in now available for download!

This version delivers new long awaited feature – an option to crop captured RAW image if it is larger than it should.

Many cameras which can shot RAW has a kind a feature: they can capture and save RAW image that is slightly bigger than it supposed to be according to camera settings. For example, EOS 600D with Image Quality set to RAW produces 5202px by 3465px image which exceeds L (Large) image size (5184 x 3456). Previously AnimaShooter has been cropping captured image to a larger available image size (L) by default. Now with AnimaShooter Capture Beta 3.8.9.12 you free to choose whether your images should be cropped.

You can get new version here: http://www.animashooter.com/beta/

AnimaShooter at JuniorMasters.Creative Championship, Moscow

AnimaShooter bundled with a layered downshooter stand is a best animation tool ever. Proved by gifted young animators who participated the First Open JuniorMasters.Creative Championship, Moscow.

Photo by mult-shkola.ru

Animation is a hard work. JuniorMasters.Creative Championship, Moscow. Working with downshooter stand made by mult-shkola.ru and powered by AnimaShooter software.

Photo by mult-shkola.ru

Young animators working with downshooter stand powered by AnimaShooter software.

Photo by mult-shkola.ru

Gifted young animator gives an interview to Channel One Russia, working on an animation to be shot with downshooter stand and AnimaShooter software.

Photo by mult-shkola.ru

Non-integer Frame Rates for Video Export

AnimaShooter Capture 3.8.9.10 Beta is now available for download. With this version (finally!) you can apply a non-integer frame rates for your video output. http://www.animashooter.com/beta/

AnimaShooter Capture Beta 3.8.9.9 is Here!

Check out the new Beta of AnimaShooter Capture which is now available to download.

The key improvement that should be mentioned is greater support for Canon RAW files. With this Beta you can import CRW or CR2 image files as any other images - you can simply add these images to your timeline.



Plus now you have more control over RAW image data that comes from your camera. First, you can tell AnimaShooter to preserve highlights when it lightening the image. Second, you can choose whether to apply your camera White Balance to your shot. Previously AnimaShooter has been performing such operation by default, assuming your camera White Balance is set to meet your scene lighting conditions. Now you free to choose.




And the last but not least - processing of RAW image data has become a bit faster. Get new Beta here: http://www.animashooter.com/beta/

AnimaShooter 3.8.9.3 Beta

AnimaShooter 3.8.9.3 Beta is now available for download. This version has several usability impovements and bugfixes. Try it now (http://www.animashooter.com/beta/) and tell us what you think!

Y Waveform, RGB Parade and Vectorscope in real time. New Beta 3.8.9 version is now available for download

This version delivers some new features, usability improvements and bug fixes: www.animashooter.com/beta/

Let me draw your attention to new features. The key feature of version 3.8.9 is Live View Scopes window containing a professional oscilloscopes. In addition to histogram now AnimaShooter is able to show Y Waveform, RGB Parade and Vectorscope in real time. Live View Scopes work both with Canon DSLRs and web cameras. All of the flavours of AnimaShooter - Capture, Pioneer and free Junior now have this feature.

Click this button to enable Live View Scopes 

Any time you’re adjusting camera settings you can control the camera Live View signal to avoid overexposure or underexposure of your shots.

Professional oscilloscopes window with RGB Waveform and Vectorscope

Like the histogram, the waveform shows the intensity of both the luminance (brightness) and chrominance (color) levels of an image, depending on the waveform you choose. Unlike the histogram, however, the waveform displays the levels of each pixel in its location on the image. The vectorscopes display the hue and the amount of color in an image. You can easily choose which type of waveform you’d like to see: the RGB waveform (shows the RGB signals separated); the luma waveform (displays the brightness of shots) and the chrominance (shows you all three red, green, and blue channel levels as a composite).

Try this new Betas! You can grab distros here: www.animashooter.com/beta/

AnimaShooter 3.8.8.16 Released

We are happy to announce that the new release of AnimaShooter 3.8.8.16 is now available for download! This version delivers some new features, as well as set of bug fixes.



Here is whats new

1. AnimaShooter gained a major update of its internal media functionality. Now it can produce most up-to-date WebM, WebP, OGV video files.
2. Another new option is zoom and pan the main view to capture and control your scene with more precise.
3. Now you can use number of presets to rapidly set key project settings such as frame width, height, fps.
4. This version also introduces Rule of Thirds grid - the compositional guideline that can improve the balance of your shots.
5. AnimaShooter Capture now has floating panel with focus controls to speedup and simplify focusing. Plus, Capture now has support for newest Canon camera - a new DSLR EOS R.
6. Now you can use a keypad to control the software with more efficency: press Ins (0) key to start playback (works on Video tab), cance deletion with (-) minus key (works on Capture and Timing tabs).
7. All versons (Capture, Pioneer, Junior) gained some performance optimizations, minor UI changes, bugfixes.

Get it here: www.animashooter.com

Post-processing animation shot with AnimaShooter

Check out some quite simple post-processing techniques for animation that was shot with AnimaShooter Capture software. Despite the latter has no built-in chromakey preview functionality it is  pretty good for shooting animation with a green screen.

One Punch Man Stop Motion- Saitama And His Coffee

Check out this really awesome stopmotion shot with AnimaShooter by YouTube user Danialdali.

DUBEFILMG Studio Presents

Great stopmotion animation made with AnimaShooter 3.8.8, Gimp and Powerdirector by DUBEFILMG Studio.

AnimaShooter Junior 3.8.8 Beta 9

AnimaShooter Junior 3.8.8 Beta 9 is now available for download! Key new features: zoom and pan the main view, use presets to rapidly set frame width, height, fps. Get it now: www.animashooter.com/beta

AnimaShooter Pioneer 3.8.8 Beta 9

AnimaShooter Pioneer 3.8.8 Beta 9 is now available for download! Key new features: zoom and pan the main view, use presets to rapidly set frame width, height, fps. Get it: www.animashooter.com/beta

AnimaShooter Capture 3.8.8 Beta 9

AnimaShooter Capture 3.8.8 Beta 9 is now available for download. You can get it here: www.animashooter.com/beta

AnimaShooter Capture 3.8.8.8 Beta

New 3.8.8.8 Beta release of AnimaShooter Capture is now available for download. Support for newest Canon cameras is introduced with this version - a new DSLR EOS R. AnimaShooter gained a major update of its internal media functionality so now it can produce most up-to-date WebM, WebP, OGV video files. Another new option is zoom and pan the main view to capture and control your scene with more precise. Plus now you can use number of presets to rapidly set key project settings such as frame width, height, fps.

The Laser Man

‘The Laser Man’ – A very nice LEGO stop motion animation film, shot with AnimaShooter by Madhav Rajesh and Myles Keeffe as part of their 2018 Media studies at All Saints’ College, Willetton, Australia. Read more...

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SALE -25% last days!

Deal expires on January 7th 2019. animashooter.com