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On their issue #20, (may 2011) the English publication features a full review of a project i have been working on for the last couple of years : Sketch Star
Their final verdict gives it a flattering final score and concludes:
“Kids and newbies to animation will have a blast with SketchStar, producing animation shorts with character”
Move aside Cesar Millan, there’s a new hispanic accent in town
We have just completed a way long over-due update of WEB CAM STOP MOTION THING based on the feedback and bug reports received. This update includes:
Thanks for your patience, it’s been a busy year!
Bob, 
Emily Walters 3:32 am on March 12, 2011 Permalink
Hi there, i use a mac laptop with a built in webcam and i used to be able to make animations but recently when i go to change my camera setting to DV-USB it is not an option, it only allows built in i-sight or google adapters 0 and 1 which do not work with my webcam. Is there a way i can change this so i can keep making animations on web cam stop motion?
Thanks
Emily
Piterwilson 8:08 am on March 12, 2011 Permalink
Emily, I am not sure what to tell you. Did you install something that caused the change in your drivers? Are you able to use your webcam with other programs, for example Skype?
Daisy 2:01 pm on May 22, 2011 Permalink
im using a mac computer and when im using your web-cam-stop-motion thing, the option to capture the frame is a light shade of grey, and i cant click on it. im not sure what i have to do for it to work? i have managed to connect my webcam and microphone to it.
Claudia 1:32 pm on July 10, 2011 Permalink
Saved it to my comp. Tried to upload the gif somewhere else, and it didn’t move, it was a still frame. :/ help.
Piterwilson 1:41 pm on July 10, 2011 Permalink
Which animation exactly? (link)
Ted 9:43 am on August 27, 2011 Permalink
PiterWilson. How i get flash-code to make own version of this thing?
Or i have to buy source from you? How much does that cost or do u have any tutorial how making similar as this with animating GIFS? I would be happy if i could get one sopy of this somehow but i wanna make animation longer than just 20 frames :S /Ted from sweden
Piterwilson 9:53 am on August 27, 2011 Permalink
Ted, the source code is not for sale, but making your own version is not too hard if you know Actionscript. All you will need is to get the camera’s input and create BitmapData objects from it. Then you’ll need a way to save those images either to jpg or an animated gif. For jpg encoding look at something like this http://henryjones.us/articles/using-the-as3-jpeg-encoder but if you want to encode directly to gif do something like this http://www.bytearray.org/?p=93 Good luck and happy coding!
Ross 3:39 am on August 28, 2011 Permalink
Hi Piter! I love the site, it’s loads of fun. My only request would be to make it compatible with XSplit somehow! I don’t know anything about flash webcam interfacing unfortunately, but I know sites like chatroulette are compatible with the program. This would enable neat features like adding my twitter name to the bottom of my GIFs or allowing my drawings to interact with me in the animation. Either way, this is an excellent website and thanks for all your work!
Ross 7:26 pm on September 13, 2011 Permalink
Whoops, nevermind. If anyone else is curious how to do this, just right click the box and go to settings. After you allow access to your camera, click on the little icon of the camera and you can choose your input right there (Be sure that Output to virtual camera is checked in Xsplit’s general settings). Cheers everyone!
Bob 9:10 pm on January 31, 2012 Permalink
I think you should be able to comment on animations. Also would you get in treble if you posted something inappropriate.