Snap Snap Motion

Snap Snap Motion

Stop motion animation for Windows. Frame by frame, snap by snap — with your DSLR or webcam.

Download for Windows Windows 10 / 11 · 64-bit · free No admin rights? Get the portable version (unzip and run).
Snap Snap Motion animate workspace with filmstrip, frame sheet and transport bar

Everything you need on set

Built for animators: shoot a frame, check it against the last one, play it back, keep going.

DSLR capture

Live view, full-resolution JPEG / RAW straight to your PC, exposure, white balance and focus — no extra drivers.

Onion skin

Fade the last frames over the live view, or compare against any frame, to place every move precisely.

Instant playback

Play, loop, ping-pong, short play and end on the live frame, at any frame rate from 6 to 60 fps.

Frame sheet & filmstrip

Scenes and takes, notes per frame, a filmstrip of thumbnails and a scrubber to jump anywhere.

Keypad control

Classic numeric-keypad shortcuts for shoot, play, step, loop and onion skin, plus a movable on-screen keypad.

H.264 export

Export MP4 video in HD, Full HD or 4K from your frames or the full-resolution photos.

Test shots & focus check

Histogram, test shots that stay out of the animation, and camera-side zoom you can drag around to nail focus.

Automatic updates

New versions are offered at start-up and install in one click. Your scene reopens right where you left it.

Cameras

Plug the camera in over USB and pick it as the video source. It connects through Windows' own camera driver, and reconnects automatically if the cable or battery drops out.

Canon EOS

EOS DSLRs with live view — tested on EOS 700D and EOS 250D. Most models from about 2008 on should work.

Nikon

Nikon DSLRs with USB live view — tested on D5300. Works without an SD card: shots go straight to the PC.

Webcams

Any USB webcam Windows recognises, for quick tests, classrooms and pencil tests.

Install

A single small installer. Nothing else to download.

  1. Download the installer with the button above.
  2. Run it. If Windows shows “Windows protected your PC”, click More info → Run anyway. The app is safe; this appears because it is new and not yet widely downloaded.
  3. Start Snap Snap Motion, create a scene and choose your camera under Capture → Video Source.
  4. For a DSLR: set the mode dial to M and close other camera software (EOS Utility, Nikon apps, Dragonframe) while you shoot.

Many PCs at once? Silent install: SnapSnapMotion-Setup.exe /VERYSILENT /SUPPRESSMSGBOXES /NORESTART /ALLUSERS

What's new

Latest version — see the app's update window for details.