Smoovie: Stop Motion Animation

Master the magic of Stop Motion Animation and bring your stories to life!

Smoovie is a stop motion animation app with a unique design based on the fundamental building blocks of all movies - Scenes and Frames.

Designed to make it easy for kids of all ages to tell stories in a creative way, it's perfect for making fun movies at home or as a engaging tool in the classroom. Not sure where to start? Smoovie is packed with educational resources that include lesson plans, animation techniques, printable storyboard templates and much more.

"What an amazingly intuitive and simple app. My 7 year old came to me asking to learn about stop motion animation. With 10 minutes of looking over my shoulder she took over and is in love with your app. What a great tool for creation!"

- Canadian App Store Customer

"We love the app here in school! One of the most engaging and enjoyable apps out there!"

- Elementary School Teacher, Ireland

"Smoovie will help you to create a lesson that your children will remember, whatever your subject."

- Teacher Review, Educational App Store

KEY FEATURES AND BENEFITS

Instant Playback

No rendering means you can instantly play back your work each time you make a change to your project, without having to wait.

Green Screen

Set your movie against any background of your choice. You can make your characters fly or walk on the moon. Wherever your imagination takes you!

In-app Educational Resources

Download and print right from inside the app. Storyboard, scene script, character profile, set design and props list templates. Example cross-curriculum lesson plans and stop motion animation techniques all ensure you have enough resources to get kids planning their projects and animating in no time.

Onion Skinning

Possibly the most important feature of a stop motion animation app. It helps the animator perfect the tiny adjustments required between frames to create the illusion of smooth motion in the finished movie. The live camera feed is made semi-transparent and superimposed onto the previous frame taken, so it's easy to see where to place your objects for the next shot.

Record your own voiceover or import a soundtrack

Filmmakers can plan and record their own audio right into their project, or browse the iPad’s music library to choose the perfect soundtrack.

Scenes

Arranging content into scenes is a fundamental part of the professional film-making process, and Smoovie is the only stop motion app that lets you do this. 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. 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.

Frames Filmstrip

With a quick swipe gesture you move from the Scene List to the virtual filmstrip which contains all the individual frames of the project, arranged by scene. Another fundamental part of professional film-making is the ability to edit projects right down at individual frame level. Cut, copy and paste frames, drag frames from one scene to another and even copy frames from other Smoovie projects, all with full undo support.

Create, copy and paste from other apps

Open up a whole new world of creative possibilities for making content for your animations. Copy and paste content from the Photos app, create titles with Keynote or turn sketches from your favourite drawing app into cartoons.

Extend the creativity

Smoovie makes it easy to export your animations to be used as content for other apps. You could write your own soundtrack in GarageBand or add some opening effects in iMovie.

Share

Export your animations in HD to AirDrop, the Files and Photos apps or any other destination that accepts movie files. And if you've got Apple TV, you can display your masterpieces on television with AirPlay Mirroring.