Heron Animation Alternatives

Heron Animation is described as 'Free stop motion animation program that lets you take pictures from a webcam and assembles them into an animation' and is an app. There are more than 10 alternatives to Heron Animation for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Linux, Windows, iPad and iPhone apps. The best Heron Animation alternative is qStopMotion, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Heron Animation are Dragonframe, Stop Motion Capture, Stop Motion and iTimeLapse.

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  1. qStopMotion icon
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    qStopMotion is a free application for creating stop-motion animation movies. The users will be able to create stop-motions from pictures imported from a camera or from the harddrive and export the animation to different video formats such as mpeg or avi.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  2. Dragonframe icon
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    Dragonframe is the next generation of image capture software for stop motion animation. New features include a visual timeline editor, integrated lip-sync, advanced DMX lighting, motion control and much more.

    12 Dragonframe alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  3. Stop Motion Capture animates a video from single frames. It uses your digi cam to capture these photos. Furthermore it contains various technologies, such as onion skin, bluescreen or export.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  4. Stop Motion icon
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    Stop Motion lets you make time-lapse videos from your photos. Create a sequence of images every few seconds or over longer periods then make a film or animation from them. You can then share your work with friends using Youtube, Facebook or email.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  5. iTimeLapse icon
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    iTimeLapse - Create stunning time lapse and stop motion videos straight from any iphone, iPod, or iPad 2! iTimeLapse lets you create as many sessions as you want, adding images to them at any time... No need to finish in one sitting.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  6. Sequence icon
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    Sequence is the ultimate tool for time lapse photographers. Painlessly assemble time lapse movies from your photos, deflicker and adjust the white balance using keyframes.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  7. Linux Stopmotion is a Free Open Source application to create stop-motion animations. It helps you capture and edit the frames of your animation and export them as a single file.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  8. iStopMotion is an award-winning software for stop motion animation and time lapse photography, available for macOS desktops and iPad.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPad
     
  9. A free and open-source animation software supported by Brick à Brack, the non-profit organization behind Brickfilms.com.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  10. Zeitrfaffer a time-lapse movie creator for Mac. It is a simple tool for creating a time-lapse movie from multiple images. Just select a directory containing image files (JPEG, TIFF, PNG, BMP or RAW), and press Export button to make a movie.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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