Frame-by-frame animation. You shoot hundreds of stills, and FrameFluss keeps them consistent while you do it.

1. 1

   Create a stop-motion project

   From Home, tap + and pick Stop motion. You can keep as many projects going as your storage allows, and rename, duplicate or delete any of them later from the project list.

2. 2

   Frame the shot and lock the camera

   Open Pro controls to set zoom and exposure by hand, and switch on the framing grid to keep your composition square. Locking exposure before the first frame is the single biggest thing you can do to stop the finished animation flickering.

3. 3

   Shoot, with the last frames showing through

   Turn on onion skin and set its strength — 30% is the default and a sensible starting point. Your previous frames appear ghosted under the live viewfinder, so you can see exactly how far you moved things. Nudge the subject, tap the shutter, repeat.

4. 4

   Tidy the filmstrip, then dress the piece

   The filmstrip along the capture screen lets you select, reorder and delete frames without leaving the viewfinder. When the shooting is done, move through the Titles, Audio and Filters stages to add title cards, lay music or a voiceover underneath, and apply a look.

5. 5

   Preview the whole thing, then export

   The export panel is where everything comes together — you get a real composited preview with titles, filters and audio playing, plus controls for format, resolution, frame rate and quality. Render it, then save to your gallery or share it.

Ordinary video capture, cut and dressed with the same editor. Useful on its own, or for mixing live footage into an animation.

1. 1

   Switch to Video and create a project

   Home has two modes. Tap the mode icon in the header or swipe across to Video, then create your project there — the mode you are in decides which capture screen you get.

2. 2

   Record

   You get a live preview with a status row showing what is happening, and a live look you can apply while recording. Quick settings sit behind the ⋯ button for anything you need to change mid-shoot.

3. 3

   Trim to the good part

   After you stop, the clip loops in a real player with a range slider across it. Drag the handles, or use the Start and End steppers when you need the edges frame-accurate. Your original recording is never modified.

4. 4

   Add titles, audio and a look

   The same Titles, Audio and Filters stages the animation side uses. Filters on video are applied at export rather than baked into the clip, so your recording always stays untouched and you can change your mind.

5. 5

   Preview and export

   The export panel composites the clip with your titles, filters and audio so you can watch it before committing, then renders it out at the format, resolution and quality you choose.