SAM Animation is software designed to give students the power of making stop-action movies to share their ideas and understanding. The software is easy to use and provides a unique experience for students to explore challenging problems in any subject through creating animations. The SAM Animation software is in development and thus feedback, discussion, and ideas are welcome.

Features:

• Snap images from a live web-cam feed or import pictures
• Add narration of import audio files
• Onion-skinning for easy frame-to-frame alignment
• Adjustable frame-rate
• Time-lapse functionality
• Add text and shape overlays to each frame
• Import movie files and parse them into frame-by-frame projects
• Export your project into a variety of movie formats

SAM Animation is available FREE to the public for MACs and PCs, as long as individuals are willing to register with us so that we may keep you updated with new beta versions, news, and classroom activities.