Animation-ish ($60, free demo) is a very simple, intuitive, sensibly progressive tool to learn stop-frame animation based on author and illustrator Peter H. Reynolds’s children’s books.

Just before the ship fully sinks at 2:20 a.m., the animation depicts the Titanic breaking in half as passengers scream in the background. The ship was just four days into its maiden voyage when ...

Once your content is complete, turn off the layer visibility icons (circled) for everything except what you want visible on the first frame. This Layers panel shows all the animation content.

Using a tripod is great if you want to stage a stop-motion style animation, or you can use grab frames from a video to capture movement. Once you have your images ready, grab your PC or Mac ...

It shows a modelling clay character building a Blue Peter ship, who then takes it to the water to set sail. By our count, the animation is made up of 367 individual pictures, which must have taken ...