From the course: Learning Stop Motion Animation

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The iStopMotion Remote Camera app

The iStopMotion Remote Camera app

From the course: Learning Stop Motion Animation

The iStopMotion Remote Camera app

So far we've been shooting using the built in camera on the iPad, and depending upon your model of the iPad, this may not be the best camera that you own. Oftentimes, things like the iPod Touches or the iPhones have really great cameras built in. Plus it's easier to reposition this camera, and move it around the scene. Because of this, iStopMotion has a companion app, that allows you to tether the two devices together. Let me show you how it works. Quite simply, make sure that iStopMotion is running on your iPad. Now by default, it's using the built in camera, either the front or the back facing camera, but you can download and install a free app, called iStopCamera Available from blank software. When you do this, it's going to want to connect the two cameras together. In order for this to work, you need to be on the same wi-fi network. So, easy enough. My devices are both connected to wi-fi. And what I can do here is switch the camera angle. Simply tap in the center of the screen to…

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