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Overview of Program:
Dragon Stop Motion is the leading stop motion animation software for Mac OS X and Windows (PC) computers. Designed specifically to meet the needs of feature film, commercial, broadcast television and independent film, it continues to be embraced by working professionals.
Features
Dragons User Interface Was Built for the Art of Stop-Motion Animation:
In the middle of a shoot, you’re focused on pulling off a fantastic performance, not hunting around with the mouse. So all of the Dragons essential features are just at your fingertips on the keypad. It was designed under the stress of real production, and world-class feature animators have used Dragon and helped shape it.
Dragon Stop Motion Features:
- Canon DSLR support
- Nikon DSLR support
- Olympus DSLR support
- Video (HD/SD) support
- 3D Stereo Shooting
- Multi-Exposure for HDR/effects
- X-Sheet
- Onionskin & Chroma Key
- Difference Mode
- Time-lapse
- Audio track reading
Cost: $275.00
Overview of Program:
Stop Motion Pro is a Stop Motion Animation Software for production. For this software like most stop motion software all you require is a video camera, your digital slr or a web cam, The software is compatible with Windows XP or Vista.
The software was developed with input of Aardam Animations the makers of Wallace and Gromit. So you know this software has some real production background.
Features:
- Timelapse producers
- Educational institutions
- Animation studios
- Creative experts
- Home users
- Multilingual - switch between English, French, Spanish and German.
- Improved playback - new rendering engine give even smoother playback.
- More cameras - outstandinger connectivity to cameras and capture cards
- HD Edu (Education) Edition - full resolution and extra functionality for under $400!
- Open existing projects faster
- HDV support (contact us for information)
- Extra functionality in HD studio version
- Bundled with over 20 soundtracks and images for chromakey and rotoscope tools
- Audio recorder* New easy-to-use editor, with preview player.
- Browse projects with a thumbnail image and preview player. Find your projects fast.
- MSI rollout for easy network distribution.
- WMV export options - share and edit films easily
- Nikon DSLR support (SMP SD, HD and HD Studio only).
- Support for Canon "Live View" DSLR cameras (100D, 450D, 40D, 1D MkIII and 1Ds MkIII), the ultimate video assist.
- Support for BlackMagic HD video capture cards (Intensity and Extreme).
- New looping modes for more precise feedback.
- HDR (High Dynamic Range) image capture compatibility for film-like latitude.
- Checkerboarding for difficult lighting, 3D films and effects shots.
- RAW image processing tools with import/export abilities.
Cost: Varies From $70 up to $1800
Overview of Program:
This Stop Motion Software is aimed at making stop motion capturing easy to use. The software was developed by I Kit Systems Limited in Ireland and if you visit their site they include tutorials that will explain their software. The developers approach to the software was of a plug and play, meaning that once you start the program you can almost start capturing right away and make your focus your animation, instead of trying to understand the software.
Features
- Sound effects library built-in
- Live preview
- Onionskinning
- Capture in 320x240, 640x480, 800x600 ,960x720
- Export to - YouTube or your iPOD MP4 portable player ( MP4 (MPEG-4) - WMV (Windows Media)
- Use a Digital Still Camera to import images or USB Webcam or USB Streaming Capable camcorder
- Play your animations on your iPod™, iPhone™, XBox 360™, PSP™ or PS3™
- Webcam Plug & Play
- Time Counter & Frame Counter
- Intuitive Linear Editing with Timeline
- Frame Editing ( Cut, Paste, Insert )
- Autosave
- AutoSnap
- Audio - Voiceover recording
- Audio - Mood music
- Audio – Unlimited
Cost: $79 - $100
Overview of Program:
AnimatorHD - (formerly AnimatorDV) Windows based software, frame grabber, for creating stop motion and time lapse animation. Allows to create stereoscopic 3D movies taking advantage of motion control systems. Can be also used on film set as a previsualization tool.
Animator HD can be used by amateurs just making movies for fun, or by professionals using this software for full blown production. The software seems robust and capable to handle from the casual user expectations to professional demands. If you choose to purchase this software you will be very happy to know that the updates are free for life.
Features
Source:
- up to 4 live video sources and/or 4 digital still cameras as source - 8 (4 paired) sources by one click!
- The Real 3D Stereography
- 35 mm and 16 mm source with video assist output
- HD, HDV and HDMI
- Betacam SP/SDI
- DV camcorder and VCR support with live preview and live mix with stored images and rotoscopes
- NonDV Devices Support: Analog WDM, ViVo cards and webcams
- Graphics application, e.g. Adobe Photoshop - linetester
- Split preview for sources
Live preview:
- Canon and Nikon Live View - full support, incl. remote focus pulling and hardware zoom
- 3D Anaglyph Live Preview
- EVF Gain Control - the Live View enhancer for low lighting conditions or high AV value
- Difference Key - live! - you can see only what you move and camera accuracy
- Chroma Key - live! - bluescreen (or any other) camera image with sequence, rotoscope or background
- upto 100 real levels of the Onion Skin with selected blend mode + camera (live!)
- Onion Skin blending modes: Normal, Darken, Lighten, Overlay, Soft Light, Additive, Subtractive
- Zoom Tool with color picker - support for video and digital cameras (also 1:1 preview for e.g focus check out)
- Histogram (levels, tonal range) - illustrates how pixels in the image are distributed
- Background Mode - for film set FX crew (e.g. setting actors in virtual 3D scenery)
- Rotoscope Mode
- 16:9 and 4:3 preview mode
- Mask preview - 16:9 and main cine formats
- Frame Averaging - improves quality of grabbed frame (noise reduction) - 100 levels
- Motion blur - for video source (go motion)
- Fully customizable Markers and Grid
Edit:
- X-Sequencer (TM) - advanced sequence editor with many usable functions, incl. e.g. reversed order paste
- Variants - each sequence can have any number of variants
- Unlimited undo/redo history - for each sequence separately, available even after exiting AnimatorHD
- None destructive Multi Frames Grabbing, Duplicating, Deleting and Inserting option
- None destructive Frame Replacing
- Advanced solution for managing huge resolution pictures in the fast and easy way
- Filmstrip optional view
- RAM Player (audio playback synchronized with audioscope)
- Instant Playback with loop action for selected number of frames and live camera as the last frame
- Audioscope- display wav file divided to frames and BPM. Simply add comment or phonem to each frame
- Lipsync Module - advanced face settings and comments, synchronized to Audioscope
- Frame accurate audio scrubbing incl. post roll (if Caps Lock turned on)
- Multi Sequence Management
- Copy/paste to/from other GFX applications via Clipboard (append, replace, insert mode
- Project History
- Joined Storage (TM) - for order of projects and data stored on many drives, viewed in one Open Project window
- Project Container (TM) - for storing all version of the project
- Each Step Save (TM) - for saving each step you do, prevents data at unexpected power loss
- Custom shortcuts
Remote:
- Integrated remote control for Canon and Nikon DSLRs - multiple cameras support
- Multi-exposure and auto bracketing
- DV VCR Remote Control with Time Code seeking
- Serial Port Motion Control and Remote Control - any function can send or recieve custom COM message
- Time Lapse tool - system shoots for you growing flower, flying clouds or sunrise (or what you want)
Cost: Starts from $76.41
Overview of Program:
This stop motion software is made by Bionix. This application is for both, casual users and professionals. It can run either on a Mac or a PC. With 3 different version inclouding Home, Express and Pro this software means to target a full range of users.
Features
- Immediate Feedback.
- Instant Playback.
- Get a Cue.
- WYSIWYG.
- Remote Control
- Remote Integration
- High Definition
- Connect an HD camcorder to iStopMotion 2 Pro via HDMI with the help of the BlackMagic Intensity card. The live preview helps you to animate. Capture pristine frames in 1080p.
- Fits into Your Workflow
- iStopMotion uses lossless compression to save individual frames into a QuickTime movie file. Use these files with the tools you already know, for example Final Cut Pro, for further editing in pristine quality.
- Easily retouch single frames in an external image editing app such as Photoshop. When you save the image, iStopMotion automatically puts it back where it belongs.
- Build your own control station by freely mapping the keyboard keys to any functionality you want.
- Working with Multiple Cameras
- Connect a DV cam for controlling your animation and a digital still camera for high image quality. Or connect two cameras to take the same shot from two perspectives.
Cost: $49
Overview of Program:
Designed as a professional framegrabber and is also due to it’s simple layout excellent for beginners to stop motion.
After numerous request to produce a basic framegrabber which had all the required tools used by professional animators, without any ‘extras’ to get in their way, a new product has been produced, which will not only support the current USB Webcams, firewire and analog capture card video interfaces, but also the new high definition (1920 x 1080) HDMI video interface (which is now available on some video and still cameras) via a ‘Blackmagic’ interface card in the computer
Features
- Variable size live/playback display
- Hot keys for main functions (changes are saved)
- Go to Frame edit box
- Frame averaging
- Time lapse
- Playback to live
- Playback last 15, 24, 25, 30, 50, 60, 90 or 100 frames to live.
- Onionskin
- Loop (flip) live/last frame
- Sound synchronisation (can play past captured frames and track playback area to last frame)
- Instant Preview Playback at selected framerate (even at HD sizes)
- Produce AVIs or use compatible compression codecs when available (HD - DivX)
- Record live video
- Play back video Window (also handy to play back a reference video. Eg a person walking etc).
- Save project in JPG or BMP image format, and export in jpg or png image format.
- Export JPG or PNG at different HD size 1280 x 720. - New ‘Xsheet’ function. Use to keep track of lipsync or other information during a movie scene
Cost: Starts From $63 USD
Overview of Program:
MonkeyJam is a digital penciltest program. It is designed to let you capture images from a webcam, camcorder, or scanner and assemble them as separate frames of an animation. You can also import images and sound files already on your computer. Although it is designed for pencil and paper, MonkeyJam can also be used for StopMotion animation and has several features just for that. Movies created in MonkeyJam can be exported as AVI files.
Features
X-Sheet.
- Exposure Sheet driven interface.
- Save and reload X-sheets.
- Up to ten levels of drawings.
- Click and Drag interface to reposition drawings and change their duration.
- Instant preview of currently selected drawing.
- Import WAV or MP3 audio files.
- Waveform display with audio scrubbing and dialog markup.
- Import previously captured or scanned images in BMP, Jpeg or PNG format.
- Export as an AVI movie.
- Adjustable FPS rate (30,24,25,15,12,any).
- Support for standard NTSC and PAL resolutions.
- Editable Layer names and colors for clarity.
- Visibility control for each layer.
- Open image in external editor from within MonkeyJam.
- Multi-language support.
Capture.
- Capture using Webcam, vfw capture card or firewire.
- Capture images as BMP, Jpeg or lossless PNG in color or black and white.
- Automated X-sheet logging.
- Automated number generation with a choice of Frame or Sequential numbering.
- Adjustable duration at time of capture.
- Frame averaging for cameras with fluxuating auto-exposure.
- Automatically rotate images on capture.
- Option to adjust for non-square pixels when using a DV camera and aren't playing back to DV tape.
- Scanner interface with automatic resolution adjustment to match output size.
Preview
- Three methods of compositing to choose from for best results.
- Preview entire movie or a specific range of frames.
- Run preview with or without sound, or scrub manually.
- Preview at different sizes.
- Forward and Reverse playback.
- Keyboard and slider control for frame by frame viewing.
- Save Preview as AVI movie.
StopMotion Mode.
- Uses X-Sheet to save and re-open project to continue working.
- Capture in Color or Black and White.
- All images saved individually to allow editing of frames in graphics programs.
- Preview last 24 frames in Capture window.
- Re-Shoot specific frames.
- All the advantages of the Xsheet.
Cost: Starts From $63 USD
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