HUE Animation Studio (Blue) + blue carry case

HUE Animation Studio contains everything a budding animator needs to make stop motion movies and time-lapse videos.

Remember the excitement of making up plays and using your own toys for puppet shows? HUE Animation Studio combines imagination with movie-making technology to create family memories forever. Your kit is covered by a 3-year warranty, with full customer support.

The HUE Animation Studio kit includes:

• HUE HD USB camera with integrated microphone.
• Stop Motion Studio for HUE (software for Windows and macOS) with time-lapse function included.
• HUE Book of Animation – 64-page full-color book of hints and tricks.
• Carry case (newer models only).
• The box unfolds to provide a mini stage with background and ‘green screen’.
• Download printable backgrounds and cut-outs, together with sound effects.

Whether you’re making a LEGO brickfilm with lasers and explosions, reshaping reality in a claymation movie, or watching a flower bloom using time-lapse photography, you can bring any object to life in minutes with this easy-to-use software. 

Stop motion animation is an educational pastime that can be enjoyed by kids aged 7 and beyond, for school projects or at home. It’s a hobby where children can develop new skills over time for unlimited play possibilities.

All HUE products come with multilingual after-sales customer support.

Stop Motion Studio for HUE (software for Windows and macOS)

Get animating in 5 easy steps

1. SET UP. Install the HUE Animation software and plug in your HUE HD camera.
2. TAKE PICTURES. Capture each frame as you move your character. The Onion Skin feature will show you a ‘ghost’ of the previous frame to ensure continuity and make sure your movie looks the way you want it.
3. ADD SOUND. Record your own voice or import sound effects and music. The software allows you to play music and voice-overs at the same time. It’s easy to move, trim and control the volume of your audio clips.
4. EDIT FRAMES. Add text and special effects to specific frames. Copy, edit, move and delete images; group and reverse the frame order. Use the Green Screen (Chroma Key) tools to add background images and create special effects such as flight.
5. PLAY YOUR MOVIE. Watch your finished creation directly in the animation timeline and then upload it to YouTube or other video sharing sites.

The HUE Book of Animation

The book is bursting with ideas on how to bring everyday objects to life thanks to the magic of stop motion and time-lapse photography. It includes 64 full-color pages featuring step-by-step instructions for recreating 20 hilarious stop motion movies – and ideas for even more.

Uses

STEAM

HUE Animation Studio is a STEM.org approved educational toy which is popular with children but also with parents and teachers.

Special Educational Needs (SEN/SEND)

Children develop a range of multi-sensory skills when they’re creating stop motion videos.

Social-Emotional Learning (SEL)

Creating animated movies offers children a wide range of activities that support the development of social and emotional skills, including responsible decision making, self-management and social awareness.

Technical Specification

Software features

• Play your movie back at any time
• Import music and sounds, or record your own
• Add text and special effects
• Copy, edit, move and delete animation frames
• Onion skinning
• Time-lapse
• Reverse videos
• Green screening (Chroma Key)
• Share your finished videos on YouTube
• Support for 17 languages

Package contents

• HUE HD USB camera, camera base, USB to mini-USB cable.
• The HUE Book of Animation.
• Carry case (newer models only).
• Stop Motion Studio software for newer versions of Windows and macOS (perpetual single user license).
• HUE Animation software for older versions of Windows and Mac OS X.
• Downloadable videos, templates, backdrops and cut-outs to print.