Make stop motion animations in minutes with nothing more than your iPad's camera and a touch of imagination
"Smoovie's ease of use makes stop-motion animation a joy and filmmakers and families alike should have fun bringing inanimate objects to life for hours on end."
Mac Life
Instant playback - just for fun!
Making a stop motion animation should be fun. You move your objects little by little, capturing each frame and, with growing anticipation, you press 'play' to see everything magically come to life. Smoovie instantly plays back what you've captured - without rendering. Rendering interrupts your creativity and wastes your time. We think you deserve better and we believe Smoovie is the fastest (and most fun) app for creating stop motion animations!
Scenes - tell a better story
Smoovie is the only stop motion app that lets you arrange your content in scenes. Each scene has an independently adjustable playback speed (from 1 to 30 frames per second) allowing you to vary the pace and mood of your animation.
Mix it up! You can add new scenes, cut unwanted scenes, capture new action into existing scenes and drag scenes around to change the running order - all with full undo support so you're safe to experiment!
Mix it up! You can add new scenes, cut unwanted scenes, capture new action into existing scenes and drag scenes around to change the running order - all with full undo support so you're safe to experiment!
Filmstrip - precision editing
With a quick swipe gesture across the list of scenes you gain access to a virtual filmstrip that shows all the frames in your project. The filmstrip is a very simple concept for kids to grasp to help them learn the basics of making movies. There's even a small piece of virtual tape joining each scene!
But there's a surprising amount of editing power hidden here that gives the more seasoned animator precise control over the content of their movies. You can cut, copy and paste individual frames - with full undo support of course. You can drag frames from one scene to another and even copy frames from other smoovies.
But there's a surprising amount of editing power hidden here that gives the more seasoned animator precise control over the content of their movies. You can cut, copy and paste individual frames - with full undo support of course. You can drag frames from one scene to another and even copy frames from other smoovies.
Loved by families
Families around the world have discovered how much fun it is to spend time together making animations with Smoovie. We are always receiving animations from our Smoovie families showing how they are getting on and we are constantly amazed at how much imagination and creativity our children have. Take a look in the Smoovie Animation Gallery.
Great for education
We believe that Smoovie is the ideal stop motion animation app for education. The art of stop motion animation as a creative storytelling tool has become widely recognised as a valuable teaching method. Because Smoovie is so effortless to use, students can explore their ideas without being hampered by the mechanics of the animation process.
Onion skinning
Onion Skinning is possibly the most important feature of a stop motion animation app, because it helps the animator to perfect the tiny adjustments required between frames that create the illusion of smooth motion in the finished movie.
It works by making the live video from the camera semi-transparent and superimposing it onto the previous frame, so it's easy to see how far objects need to be moved for the next shot.
It works by making the live video from the camera semi-transparent and superimposing it onto the previous frame, so it's easy to see how far objects need to be moved for the next shot.
Add a little music
The right piece of music can really help enhance the mood of your animation. Smoovie lets you browse the music library on your iPad so you can choose the perfect soundtrack for your masterpiece.
Share the magic
Once you've made a smoovie, you'll probably want to show it off for everyone to see. Smoovie lets you publish directly to YouTube so you can share your creations with the world.
You can also export your animations to the Camera Roll on your iPad where you can email them to friends or transfer them to your Mac or PC. And if you've got Apple TV, you can delight your friends and family by showing them your masterpieces on television with AirPlay Mirroring.
You can also export your animations to the Camera Roll on your iPad where you can email them to friends or transfer them to your Mac or PC. And if you've got Apple TV, you can delight your friends and family by showing them your masterpieces on television with AirPlay Mirroring.
Smoovie has been designed exclusively for iPad 2 and requires iOS 4.3 or later.
AirPlay requires iOS 5.0 or later.
Smoovie is also available for Mac. Learn more.