Boinx Software has updated iStopMotion, its stop motion animation tool for Mac OS X, to version 3.5. The new version adds support for live view with Canon DSLR cameras, including the Canon EOS 5D Mark II, 5D Mark III, 40D, 60D, 60Da, Rebel XSi (aka the 450D in Europe / Kiss X2 in Japan), Rebel T2i (aka 550D / Kiss X4), and Rebel T5i (aka 700D / Kiss X7i).
It also adds support for animated GIF export; you can save any sequence of up to 200 frames as an animated GIF right to a hard drive. Version 3.5 also adds: the ability to capture anything on your screen and turn it into an animation or time lapse movie; onion skinning; a rotoscope feature, a tilt shift filter, and chroma keying.
iStopMotion 3.5 is available for US$49.99. It’s a free update for registered 3.x users. Go to http://www.boinx.com/ for more info.