Patent ID: 8325192

Claim:
An animation creation apparatus comprising: a multi-touch panel display; a processor arranged to control the multi-touch panel display; an image capture device in communication with the processor and arranged to capture images of animation components; a memory arranged to store animation components; a microphone in communication with the processor and arranged to capture sound during an animation narration; a user interface engine arranged to control the multi-touch panel display such that, during the animation narration, user input received from a plurality of users via the multi-touch panel display is used to manipulate presentation of at least one of the animation components at the multi-touch panel display; the processor being arranged to store in the memory an animation comprising the sound captured during an animation narration and the display of animation components at the multi-touch panel display during that animation narration; a hand-held view-finding frame arranged to support the image capture device using a fixing arranged to detachably fix the image capture device to the frame, the frame comprising: a view-finding aperture; and an identifier, wherein the image capture device is arranged to associate the identifier with the images of animation components.