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The Dragonframe keypad The Dragonframe keypad is a small dedicated controller, sold by Dragonframe to licence holders and connected over Bluetooth or USB. It puts… Published 2026-09-28 Animated loops in stop motion An animated loop is a short stop-motion sequence built as a cycle, so that its final frame flows back into its first and the piece can… Published 2026-09-27 Surface gauge A surface gauge is a machinist's marking and measuring stand — a heavy base carrying an adjustable rod with a fine pointer — that… Published 2026-09-24 Animation director versus lead animator in stop motion In stop-motion production, "animation director," "lead animator" and "supervising animator" name points on one career path rather than… Published 2026-09-22 Director of photography (stop motion) A stop-motion director of photography (also credited as cinematographer) carries the same core responsibility as a live-action DP -- the… Published 2026-09-21 Strata-cut animation Strata-cut animation is a clay-animation technique in which a long, internally patterned “loaf” of clay -- built in advance from folded and… Published 2026-09-20 Pinscreen animation Pinscreen animation is a stop-motion technique in which each photographed frame is formed not by a puppet or a drawing but by an image… Published 2026-09-15 Editorial export and NLE handoff in Dragonframe The step where a stop-motion scene leaves Dragonframe's per-frame capture environment and becomes part of a cut assembled in a separate… Published 2026-09-12 Practical-reference matching for digital extensions Practical-reference matching for digital extensions is a stop-motion VFX workflow in which physical maquettes, puppets, painted models,… Published 2026-09-08 Specialized puppet variants Specialized puppet variants are multiple physical versions of the same stop-motion character built either so several stages can shoot the… Published 2026-09-08 Parallel-stage lighting coordination in stop motion Parallel-stage lighting coordination is the production system used when a stop-motion feature photographs many shots simultaneously on… Published 2026-09-08 Physical fixture lockdown for stop-motion lighting Physical fixture lockdown is the stop-motion lighting practice of mechanically fixing lamps, stands, grip equipment and other… Published 2026-09-08 Production-stage comparison in stop motion Production-stage comparison is a way of exposing how one stop-motion shot changes across planning, physical photography and post-production… Published 2026-09-08 Music scoring for stop-motion animation Music scoring for stop-motion animation is the process of composing and recording a film's score against footage that was itself… Published 2026-09-08 Costume as character storytelling in stop motion Costume character storytelling in stop motion is the design of a puppet's clothing as part of the character's psychology and narrative arc,… Published 2026-09-08 Multi-animator character continuity in stop motion Multi-animator character continuity is the production discipline of making one stop-motion character retain a coherent physical performance… Published 2026-09-08 Oversized puppet support systems Oversized puppet support systems are stage-scale mechanisms that carry the weight of a stop-motion puppet too large or heavy for a… Published 2026-09-08 Robot-assisted puppet animation Robot-assisted puppet animation uses a powered support or motion-control system to carry, position, or move a stop-motion subject that is… Published 2026-09-08 Miniature costume fabrication Miniature costume fabrication is the design and construction of clothing for stop-motion puppets at a scale where ordinary garment… Published 2026-09-07 Animatable hair and fur fabrication Animatable hair and fur fabrication is the construction of miniature hair systems that do more than look correct at puppet scale: they must… Published 2026-09-07 CG lighting integration in stop motion CG lighting integration in stop motion is the digital-lighting stage used to make CG additions, extensions and effects inhabit photographed… Published 2026-09-07 Miniature scenic painting Miniature scenic painting is the production painting of stop-motion sets, props and sculpted assets so that colour, texture, reflectance… Published 2026-09-07 Puppet scanning for game-engine integration Puppet scanning for game-engine integration is the practice of digitising a physical stop-motion puppet or set piece -- typically by 3D… Published 2026-09-07 Observation-to-performance in stop-motion animation Observation-to-performance is the stop-motion practice of studying real movement closely, selecting the small cues that make a subject feel… Published 2026-09-07 Quadruped puppet armature design Quadruped puppet armature design is the engineering of an internal stop-motion skeleton for four-legged characters whose joints,… Published 2026-09-07 Material substitution in miniature fabrication Material substitution in miniature fabrication is the practice of choosing or transforming a material because its shape, texture, scale and… Published 2026-09-07 Real-location-to-miniature adaptation Real-location-to-miniature adaptation is the production-design process of translating an existing full-scale place into a physical… Published 2026-09-07 Costume design as character storytelling Costume design as character storytelling is the use of a stop-motion puppet's clothing not only as surface decoration, but as a controlled… Published 2026-09-07 Shot tracking and stage-integrated production management Shot tracking and stage-integrated production management is the workflow that keeps each stop-motion shot, schedule, crew assignment and… Published 2026-09-07 Photomatic: a physical, in-camera bridge from storyboard to stop-motion fabrication A photomatic is a physical, in-camera stop-motion pre-production stage -- developed and named at Montreal's See Creature Animation -- in… Published 2026-09-06 Timing, spacing and arcs in stop-motion animation Timing is how many frames an action takes and where its holds fall; spacing is how the individual photographed poses within that action are… Published 2026-09-05 Foam-carved puppet bodies with a stitched fabric skin A budget- and student-tier method of building a puppet's soft body: two blocks of upholstery foam are glued around the front and back of a… Published 2026-09-03 Czech Puppet Animation Tradition The Czech puppet-animation tradition is the lineage of frame-by-frame puppet filmmaking that grew out of Bohemia and Moravia's… Published 2026-09-02 Compositing human eyes onto puppet faces Composited human eyes is a stop-motion visual-effects technique in which a live actor's own eyes are filmed separately and digitally… Published 2026-09-02 Kitbashing Kitbashing is the practice of cutting apart commercial model kits and grafting the salvaged parts onto a model, miniature or puppet to add… Published 2026-09-01 Mould-making and casting for stop-motion puppets The fabrication stage between sculpting and the finished puppet, where a one-off clay original is turned into a mould and then reproduced… Published 2026-08-28 Persistence of vision Persistence of vision is the historical theory that the eye briefly retains each image on the retina after it disappears, and that this… Published 2026-08-26 Model animation A sub-type of stop motion in which a rigid-armature miniature figure -- typically a creature or effects subject rather than a soft-bodied… Published 2026-08-25 Papercraft animation A sub-type of stop motion in which the animated figures, props and sets are built as three-dimensional paper constructions -- folded,… Published 2026-08-25 Digital sculpting in ZBrush for stop-motion puppet design Digital sculpting in ZBrush is the practice of authoring a stop-motion puppet's face, head, or body as a digital sculpt before it becomes a… Published 2026-08-24 CG-groomed fur and silicone-cast creature fabrication A hybrid stop-motion fabrication technique in which a creature's fur is designed first as a digital CG groom -- a VFX hair/fur simulation… Published 2026-08-23 Directing and making at once: the dual-role director-maker on a small stop-motion production On a small or independent stop-motion production, the director may also personally build puppets and sets, which forces one person to hold… Published 2026-08-22 Set dressing for stop motion Set dressing is the camera-facing preparation and maintenance of a stop-motion environment: assembling fabricated scenery, props and… Published 2026-08-19 Generative AI as an internal pipeline tool at a stop-motion/VFX studio At Tippett Studio -- Phil Tippett's practical-effects house, still shooting its own stop-motion features -- generative AI is not a… Published 2026-08-19 External puppet support rigs An external puppet support rig is a mechanical structure outside a stop-motion puppet that carries weight, constrains a pivot, or holds a… Published 2026-08-18 Animating wind in stop motion In stop motion, wind is usually not an object to animate but a pattern of secondary motion carried by visible matter: hair, cloth, fur,… Published 2026-08-18 Animating dust in stop motion Dust in stop motion is an effects-animation problem in which a cloud, puff, trail or suspended particulate must read at miniature scale… Published 2026-08-17 Improvised and substitute materials in stop-motion fabrication The practice of choosing an everyday or industrial material to solve a specific on-set problem — standing in for a substance that is… Published 2026-08-16 Animating smoke in stop motion Smoke in stop motion is not one fixed material effect but a design problem: the production chooses whether the audience should read the… Published 2026-08-16 Animating snow in stop motion Snow in stop motion is a family of separate image-making problems rather than one material recipe. Ground snow must hold footprints, tracks… Published 2026-08-16 Digital-to-physical puppet fabrication Digital-to-physical puppet fabrication is a stop-motion production workflow in which character or part design is developed, revised, or… Published 2026-08-16 Scale control for miniature water Scale control for miniature water is the deliberate manipulation of flow, droplet breakup, surface disturbance, gravity direction,… Published 2026-08-16 Smoke and fog in stop motion Smoke and fog in stop motion are atmosphere effects whose method should be chosen by the motion the shot needs: frame-by-frame physical… Published 2026-08-16 Animating fire in stop motion Fire in stop motion is best treated as a coordinated animation, lighting and compositing problem rather than as one flame material. A… Published 2026-08-14 Scaling physical effects for miniature stop motion Scaling physical effects for miniature stop motion means treating apparent scale as a designed interaction between model size, material… Published 2026-08-14 Stop-motion animation stage A stop-motion animation stage is the rigid, accessible platform and surrounding shooting space that supports a miniature set, puppet… Published 2026-08-14 Animator access in stop-motion set design Animator access in stop-motion set design is the deliberate engineering of miniature scenery so an animator, camera, rig and lighting crew… Published 2026-08-13 Stop-motion puppet maintenance and on-set repair Stop-motion puppet maintenance is the production discipline of inspecting, repairing, cleaning, retensioning and sometimes reconfiguring… Published 2026-08-13 Duplicate puppets and asset replication for parallel stages Duplicate puppets are camera-matched copies of an approved stop-motion character built so more than one stage can shoot that character at… Published 2026-08-13 Mixed-media stop motion: designing the boundary between physical and graphic techniques Mixed-media stop motion combines frame-by-frame photography of physical materials or objects with one or more other image-making… Published 2026-08-12 Ball-joint support rig A rigging system distinct from both the tie-down and the flying rig: an articulated arm of stainless-steel ball-and-socket joints, threaded… Published 2026-08-12 Stereoscopic 3D shooting and review tools in Dragonframe Dragonframe's built-in software toolset for shooting and checking stereoscopic (3D) stop motion: an automated "stereoscopic slider" that… Published 2026-08-12 Paper-built puppets for stop motion Paper-built stop-motion puppets use paper or card as the visible character material while retaining the three-dimensional construction,… Published 2026-08-12 Costume engineering for stop-motion puppets Costume engineering for stop-motion puppets is the design and fabrication of miniature clothing that must look correctly scaled on camera… Published 2026-08-12 Rehearsal and blocking in stop motion Rehearsal and blocking in stop motion are deliberately simplified test passes made before the final animation, using selected poses or… Published 2026-08-12 Dialogue Track Reading for Stop-Motion Animation Dialogue track reading is the frame-by-frame breakdown of recorded speech into words, phonetic events, accents, pauses and usable mouth or… Published 2026-08-11 Motion blur and smear techniques in stop motion Motion blur and smear techniques in stop motion are the range of methods animators and cinematographers use to reintroduce the blur that… Published 2026-08-11 Shanghai Puppet Animation Tradition The Shanghai puppet-animation tradition is the stop-motion branch developed within the institution that became Shanghai Animation Film… Published 2026-08-11 Flicker Control in Stop-Motion Capture Flicker control in stop motion is the discipline of keeping frame-to-frame exposure, illumination and optical response stable unless a… Published 2026-08-11 High-resolution RAW capture and video assist in stop motion High-resolution capture in stop motion separates the image used to animate from the image used to finish the shot. A low-resolution… Published 2026-08-11 Bluescreen and Chroma-Key Capture in Stop Motion Bluescreen or greenscreen capture photographs a stop-motion subject against a controlled chroma background so that the background can later… Published 2026-08-10 Motion-Control Camera Work in Stop Motion Motion control uses a programmable mechanical camera rig to move the camera through a repeatable path during frame-by-frame photography. In… Published 2026-08-10 Paint and costume as puppet finishing layers A cast or sculpted puppet skin is rarely camera-ready on its own. Paint and costume are the two finishing layers applied afterward, each… Published 2026-08-10 Multiple-exposure lighting passes in stop motion Multiple-exposure lighting passes are a stop-motion capture method in which the same animation increment is photographed more than once… Published 2026-08-10 Fluid-frame animation with sand, paint, clay, and carved material Fluid-frame animation is an under-camera stop-motion approach in which the photographed image is made from material that is continuously… Published 2026-08-10 Focus pulling in stop motion Focus pulling in stop motion is the planned change of lens focus during a frame-by-frame shot so that the intended subject remains sharp,… Published 2026-08-10 Rapid prototyping: 3D-printed replacement faces Rapid prototyping is the fabrication process, pioneered by LAIKA starting with Coraline (2009), of building a puppet's replacement-face… Published 2026-08-09 Performance reference for stop motion Performance reference for stop motion is recorded acting, movement or timing material used to communicate a shot's dramatic intention… Published 2026-08-09 Sound design for stop motion Sound design for stop motion is the planning, recording, editing and mixing of dialogue, Foley, effects, ambience and music around images… Published 2026-08-09 Mechanical facial controls Mechanical facial controls are miniature internal mechanisms that let an animator reshape a stop-motion puppet's face between exposures… Published 2026-08-08 Recording the voice track before the puppet moves In a scripted stop-motion feature, actors record their dialogue in a booth against the finished script before a single frame of the… Published 2026-08-08 Palestinian stop motion Palestinian stop motion is best understood not as a single studio style but as a distributed practice made by filmmakers and educators… Published 2026-08-08 Crochet and yarn as a puppet skin material Hand-crocheted wool or yarn used as the visible outer body of a stop-motion puppet, wrapped directly over a wire or metal armature so the… Published 2026-08-07 Camera movement in stop motion Camera movement in stop motion is the frame-by-frame design and execution of a changing camera position or orientation during an animated… Published 2026-08-07 Depth of field in miniature cinematography Depth of field in miniature cinematography is the controlled range of distance that appears acceptably sharp when photographing puppets and… Published 2026-08-07 Forced perspective for miniature sets Forced perspective is the deliberate arrangement of camera position, subject distance and set scale so that objects appear larger, smaller,… Published 2026-08-07 Lens breathing in stop-motion cinematography Lens breathing is the apparent change in image size or field of view that occurs when a lens changes focus. In stop motion it becomes… Published 2026-08-07 Lighting miniatures: motivation, movement and continuity Miniature lighting is the design of illumination for a frame-by-frame physical set where scale, long exposure, animator access and… Published 2026-08-07 Straight-ahead performance and key-pose planning in stop-motion How stop-motion animators plan a performance despite the medium's straight-ahead constraint: because each photographed physical state… Published 2026-08-06 Art-department scheduling for a stop-motion TV series Art-department scheduling in stop-motion television is the system that converts an episode order and shooting plan into timed deliveries of… Published 2026-08-06 Digital previsualization before a physical stop-motion build Digital previsualization, in a stop-motion context, is the practice of modelling a set, camera move, or rig entirely in software --… Published 2026-08-05 DMX lighting control in Dragonframe (DDMX-512) The DDMX-512 is Dragonframe's hardware interface for the DMX-512 lighting-control protocol: a USB-to-DMX bridge that lets the capture… Published 2026-08-03 Vox pop dialogue: animating to real, unscripted speech Vox pop dialogue is a stop-motion sound technique in which real, unscripted speech -- an interview, an overheard conversation, a member of… Published 2026-08-03 Practical fire effects in stop motion Practical fire effects are in-camera combustion events -- flames, sparks, embers, glowing trails -- photographed frame by frame in the same… Published 2026-08-02 Multiplane in stop motion Multiplane is a set-and-camera technique that separates artwork, cutouts or set elements onto distinct planes at different distances from… Published 2026-08-02 UV-ink tracking for CG face replacement A technique for driving a CG-generated mouth or face replacement on a stop-motion puppet without physically altering or marking it in any… Published 2026-08-01 Production notes and metadata in Dragonframe The set of Dragonframe tools -- the Notepad, and per-take/exposure/frame notes stored in a metadata text file -- that record why a take was… Published 2026-07-31 Storyboard and animatic A storyboard sequences a script into individual drawn shots before a single frame of animation is exposed; an animatic times those drawings… Published 2026-07-30 Light-source spectrum for stop-motion Light-source spectrum for stop-motion is the distribution of wavelengths a fixture sends onto puppets and sets, and therefore the range of… Published 2026-07-29 Camera-body selection for stop-motion Camera-body selection for stop-motion is risk management over a shot that may remain physically locked for weeks: the useful body is not… Published 2026-07-29 ABS as a brickfilm material Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) is the injection-moulded plastic that LEGO and other construction-brick systems are made from -- the… Published 2026-07-27 Guide layers: onion skin and reference footage in Dragonframe Dragonframe's Guide Layers panel blends the live camera feed against an already-captured frame (onion skin) or an external reference still… Published 2026-07-27 Cast clay over a floating armature: the Gumby method A cast-clay puppet-building method, distinct from the sculpt-clay-onto-a-rigid-skeleton approach used on most later ball-and-socket… Published 2026-07-25 Object animation A sub-type of stop motion in which everyday or found objects serve as the animated subject rather than a purpose-built puppet or clay… Published 2026-07-23 Dragonframe camera and lens support The bounded set of camera hardware Dragonframe can drive directly from its capture timeline, organised by connection type (USB-tethered… Published 2026-07-23 Colour management in Dragonframe (OCIO) Dragonframe's built-in colour management, added in software version 2024.05, uses OpenColorIO (OCIO) -- the open-source colour-pipeline… Published 2026-07-23 Dragonframe Industry-standard stop-motion animation software for Mac, Windows and Linux, widely used by major studios including LAIKA and Aardman… Published 2026-07-22 Animating water in stop motion Animating water in stop motion means designing the visible behaviour of liquid for frame-by-frame photography rather than assuming real… Published 2026-07-22 Stop Motion Studio (Cateater) Stop Motion Studio is a consumer and education-market stop-motion app from the US developer Cateater LLC (founded 2010; app first released… Published 2026-07-18 Dialogue and lip-sync planning in Dragonframe's X-Sheet The workflow, built into Dragonframe's Audio Workspace and X-Sheet, for breaking a pre-recorded dialogue track into per-frame phonemes… Published 2026-07-17 Brickfilm A brickfilm is stop motion shot with a mass-produced construction-brick system and its companion minifigures instead of a bespoke sculpted… Published 2026-07-15 Rig removal Rig removal is the post-production work of erasing every visible support a stop-motion puppet needed during the shoot -- tie-down points,… Published 2026-07-15 Silhouette animation A stop-motion sub-type in which figures are built and photographed as flat, fully opaque black shapes rather than visible line drawings or… Published 2026-07-12 Stereoscopic (3D) stop-motion capture Shooting a stop-motion frame twice from two known, fixed-offset camera positions -- one per eye -- so the finished film carries real,… Published 2026-07-12 "Two Lineages of Stop-Motion: Eastern European Puppet Cinema and American Creature Effects" Stop-motion history is best understood not as one technological ladder leading from crude puppets to digital effects, but as several… Published 2026-07-11 "A World Map of Stop-Motion Traditions" A global history of stop motion is not a ranking of countries or a single chain of inventions. It is a map of production systems that made… Published 2026-07-11 Go motion Go motion is a stop-motion variant in which a rod puppet, rigged to a motion-control system, is driven a small amount during the exposure… Published 2026-07-11 Wood as a puppet material Solid or carved wood used as the visible outer material of a stop-motion puppet -- distinct from the wire/metal armature and silicone or… Published 2026-07-11 Arc: motion control and robotic arms in Dragonframe Arc is Dragonframe's motion-control workspace: it maps external hardware -- stepper-driven sliders and pan/tilt heads, and now six-axis… Published 2026-07-08 Stylization versus craft convention in stop-motion cinematography Stop-motion cinematography carries an inherited convention -- harder, more sculptural, carefully motivated light that keeps a puppet… Published 2026-07-07 Lens selection for stop-motion capture Choosing a lens for stop-motion capture is governed by two constraints Dragonframe enforces rather than merely suggests: the lens must hold… Published 2026-07-06 Lighting miniature interiors Lighting a miniature interior means fitting a working lighting rig inside a set built at puppet scale, often fully enclosed on some or all… Published 2026-07-06 Cutout animation A sub-type of stop motion in which flat figures and set pieces -- cut from paper, card, fabric or photographs, then jointed at pivot points… Published 2026-07-05 Miniature cinematography Miniature cinematography is the discipline of photographing small physical subjects so that they read as intentional screen space rather… Published 2026-07-04 Claymation: Clokey, Vinton, and the Road to Laika "Claymation" is not a generic synonym for clay stop motion -- it is a trademarked name Will Vinton coined for his own studio's process in… Published 2026-07-04 Foley and sound design for stop-motion puppets Foley for stop-motion is the performed recording of footsteps, handling, cloth, body movement, props and other physical sounds,… Published 2026-07-03 Dynamation: from Willis O'Brien to Ray Harryhausen Dynamation is the composite-photography process Ray Harryhausen developed out of Willis O'Brien's stop-motion effects work, letting a… Published 2026-07-02 Flying rig A flying rig is a rigging system -- typically fine wire or a rod running to an overhead track or off-camera stand -- that suspends a… Published 2026-07-02 Replacement face systems A replacement face system is a fabrication and performance technique in which a puppet's face is built as an inventory of interchangeable… Published 2026-07-01 Exposure sheet An exposure sheet (X-sheet, or dope sheet) is a grid-format planning and record-keeping tool used by animators to map the timing of a scene… Published 2026-07-01 Puppet animation A sub-type of stop motion in which articulated puppet figures — typically built over a poseable armature — are moved incrementally between… Published 2026-06-30 Animating on twos Animating on twos means holding each distinct stop-motion pose for two frames of the finished timeline instead of creating a new pose for… Published 2026-06-30 Animation table An animation table is the raised work surface or shooting stage on which a stop-motion set, puppet, tie-down system and camera composition… Published 2026-06-30 Comparative production practice Comparative production practice describes how stop-motion working methods differ between countries, languages, studios and workshop… Published 2026-06-30 Stop-motion glossary The glossary is the expandable index of stop-motion terms, job names, tools, materials, workflows and regional expressions that are needed… Published 2026-06-30 Stop-motion production map A production map is the working table of contents for stop-motion craft: it follows the film from idea, research and design through puppet… Published 2026-06-30 Stop motion Stop motion is a capture method in which a physical subject is changed between individually photographed frames. When those frames are… Published 2026-06-29 Clay animation A sub-type of stop motion in which animated subjects are built from malleable materials — typically plasticine or oil-based modelling clay… Published 2026-06-29 Lighting continuity Lighting continuity is the practice of making the light in a stop-motion shot repeat frame after frame unless the shot deliberately changes… Published 2026-06-29 Pixilation A stop-motion technique in which live human actors are used as frame-by-frame subjects instead of purpose-built puppets or clay figures.… Published 2026-06-28 Miniature set A scaled-down physical environment built for stop-motion or special-effects photography. Miniature sets provide realistic lighting… Published 2026-06-28 After Effects compositing Adobe After Effects used as the primary compositing and finishing environment for stop-motion post-production: painting out in-frame rig… Published 2026-06-28 Tie-down A system for anchoring a stop-motion puppet to the animation set between frames, preventing the figure from falling or shifting during… Published 2026-06-27 Capture technique Capture technique is the umbrella term for how a stop-motion production actually records its frame-by-frame movement: which family of… Published 2026-06-17 What is being animated? In stop-motion, the subject is the physical thing whose position, shape or configuration is changed between exposures. The subject may be… Published 2026-06-17 Background A background in stop motion is the photographed environment around the animated subject: physical set architecture and dressing, practical… Published 2026-06-17 Materials The physical substances a stop-motion production builds with -- armature metal, skin silicone or foam latex, hair and fur, wood, oil-based… Published 2026-06-17 Puppet A poseable figure built for incremental movement, often with an armature, body padding, costume, surface skin, replacement face parts or… Published 2026-06-17 Clay Clay, in stop motion, means an oil-based, non-drying modelling compound -- plasticine, not ceramic clay -- sculpted, reshaped and… Published 2026-06-17 Replacement animation A technique where expression, mouth shape or body parts are swapped between frames instead of deforming a single continuous object. Published 2026-06-17 Mechanical puppet A puppet with internal mechanisms, linkages, paddles or controls that let animators adjust eyes, brows, mouths, fingers or other small… Published 2026-06-17 Skin materials The materials layered over a puppet's armature and core to give it a finished outer body -- usually not a single substance but a… Published 2026-06-17 Hair materials Materials and construction methods for hair, fur, feathers and other fine, individually-applied fiber surfaces on puppets or miniature… Published 2026-06-17 Armature An armature is the internal, poseable skeleton of a stop-motion puppet. It holds a pose between frames and gives the animator repeatable,… Published 2026-06-17 Lighting Lighting a stop-motion set means building a light rig that can hold its output dead steady across hundreds or thousands of individual… Published 2026-06-17