The User Interface
While working with iStopMotion you will mostly interact with the document window, shown here.

- Title bar: In the title bar of the main window you will find (next to the standard items) the file name in the middle with the zoom value next to it.
- Preview area: Here you can see, depending to the overlay slider below, the live video, the last recent frame of your movie or an overlay of both. Additional information can be displayed in this region. The Sidebar view help page offers a more detailed insight of all the functions that influence the display in the preview area.
- Sidebar: In the sidebar you can define settings for recording, view and compositing if neccesary. The chapters Recording, View and Compositing of the Reference section describe these settings in detail.
- Control bar: Next to the overlay slider this area contains the transport controls and buttons for switching the sidebar.
- Timeline: The lower part of the windows contains the timeline that primarily displays the recorded movie as well as other types of used media. The chapter Timeline of the reference describes this in detail.
- Status bar: The statusbar gives information about the current position, the selection as well as further status information.