Stop-motion films are incredibly difficult to make, requiring animators to take thousands upon thousands of pictures as they pose and barely move figures and set-pieces in order create a film.

Discover the hidden gem of paper stop motion animation plugins for Adobe After Effects in this tutorial. Learn how to create unique, hand-crafted animation effects that bring your projects to life.

Stop-motion animation has been made popular by the likes of Aardman’s Wallace and Gromit films but they’re not the only ones ...