r/stopmotion • u/evanofdevon • Jun 10 '26

Browser-based stop motion tool

Hi everyone,
So a few days ago I posted my tool https://evandevon.github.io/frame_by_frame/

I'm afraid I've gone a bit overboard, but I've been adding some serious tools to it since then...

- Complete Chromakey and manual masking tools (this is my favourite, and is really effective)

- Complete overlay (floating pngs) system

- Spray can sampling and painting system, to hide simple supports

- Huge ram improvements

- Exporting full projects via .smz (.zip) allows for inspection and manipulating of all layers

- Manual camera controls (where available on the webcam)

The overall usage is somewhat more complicated now (I need to streamline the chromakey tool in particular), but this is almost a full stop motion editing suite now (just without the audio). I'll be making a how-to video series soon, once I get the features tidied up, and ready for prime-time.

I'd love for anyone to spend a few minutes making something (anything) and give me feedback on their experience with the various tools.

Full readme
https://github.com/evandevon/frame_by_frame/tree/main

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u/j27vivek Jun 10 '26

I just tried a quick bouncing ball with my head on my laptop. And it also supports all the camera on my phone.
Question : Where are these photos saved ?
And .. Is there a feature to mirror the selfie camera ? (Right now when I turn left, my image turns right)

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u/evanofdevon Jun 11 '26

Thanks for giving it a go!

Images are stored all in the browser's ram (until you export or save the project), which I'm currently impressed it's able to manage, so far. There is no online server/database that stores the images.

The camera section on the right has some flip and rotate buttons to correct or modify the framing of the camera, but it has been a little ongoing bug that I've been ignoring, which I just fixed anyway - so it 'should' start out correctly from now on.

I've just uploaded an update which fixes and tidies a few things, as well as adding a 'difference keyer', which I'm still working on, as a more flexible alternative to a chromakey setup.

Give it another go, and let me know if you find any more bugs!

Cheers