qStopMotion

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in Stop Motion Software

Runs on Linux, Mac, Windows.

qStopMotion is ranked #6 of 29 in stop motion software on The Geeks Club. It runs on Linux, macOS, Windows. There is a free plan.

qStopMotion plans and pricing

qStopMotion Free free application · open source · no warranty qstopmotion.org · 1 Oct 2026

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Purpose: qStopMotion creates stop-motion animation movies from pictures imported from a camera or a hard drive.
Project structure: Projects are organized into scenes, takes and individual frames.
Live view: The application can display the camera’s live picture when the camera supports it.
Capture devices: It can capture pictures from webcams, digital cameras and cameras.
Image import: Existing frames captured without qStopMotion can be imported into a stop-motion project.
Video export: Projects can be exported as video clips with selectable video formats and frame rates.
Camera pipeline: qStopMotion uses GStreamer to buffer camera images and FFmpeg to generate video clips.
GIMP integration: The manual describes launching GIMP to add effects to frames, with qStopMotion detecting saved changes automatically.
Camera control: On Linux, qStopMotion uses the gphoto2 standard interface to control supported SLR cameras.
Linux packages: Download packages are listed for Debian, Ubuntu LTS, Fedora, CentOS and RaspberryOS.
Windows formats: Windows downloads include a 64-bit installer and a 64-bit portable ZIP application.
Dependencies: Building on Linux requires Qt 5.2.1 or newer, video4linux2, gphoto2, FFmpeg and guvcview.
License: The software is licensed under the GNU General Public License.
Warranty: The site states that qStopMotion is under development and comes with no warranty to the extent permitted by law.
Price from: Free

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