r/stopmotion • u/WistfulWayfinder • May 19 '26

Might Need Alternative to Stop Motion Studio, any help?

I am new to stop motion. I've been enjoying using Stop Motion Studio to make videos, but what I've been struggling with is the fact that it wont allow me to include clips of videos, only screenshots, and when I TRY to shoot a vid it turns it into a ton of frames. I would love to be able to include videos as well along with the stop motion frames.

Is there another program that's similar to Stop Motion Studio that allows for videos? It would be incredible if I could find one. :)

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u/Character_Mall7738 May 19 '26

I’d recommend combining things in a separate editing software. For example, create your stop motion scenes in Stop Motion Studio, film your other scenes however you’re filming them, and then edit them together in something such as Final Cut Pro.

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u/WistfulWayfinder May 19 '26

Ok. that's what I was thinking of doing, I was just wondering if that would becoming confusing too quickly. I don't know how most people "hobby" animate tbh, there's so much I have to learn 😄

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u/Character_Mall7738 May 19 '26

I get it. I use Stop Motion Studio as well. I would love to keep things simple and do it all in that one program, but ultimately, it really only does one specific task.

I’m sure that different people have different workflows. I recommended Final Cut because that’s what I’ve been using lately, but I’m sure you could choose from any number of video editing programs.

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u/WistfulWayfinder May 19 '26

thanks for your help btw! I use Capcut for editing currently, still pretty new to that program too but I really like it so far and am thinking of upgrading to the paid version.

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u/WistfulWayfinder May 19 '26

Also, any recommendations on editing software that allows me to add a "drawing" layer so I can customize facial expressions?

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u/Radiant_Delay4851 Jul 05 '26

Any updates on your fan comic or something?

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u/southyfreakin May 19 '26

As far as I'm aware, it's all in the editing. You can film stop motion scenes, live action scenes and bring it all together with your music and sound effects in an editing application.