Can I import images/stills to animate them?

Dragonframe 3+ Dragonframe can import an image sequence. Look in File | Import | Image Sequence… NOTE: Dragonframe is not video editing software. It is primarily for capturing stop motion animation, not stitching together frames. If you always capture frames away from Dragonframe, there are cheaper and better ways to convert them into a sequence. … Read more

Windows mp4 movie export has strange blurring/artifacts

If your mp4 has strange crossover between frames, you may have run into a bug with the Windows mp4 exporter. This sometimes happens when the frame rate is 15fps or slower. To resolve the issue, in the Export Movie dialog, check the box to “Convert frame rate in output”, and set the output frame rate … Read more

How do I review my digital stills?

You can check the focus, color, and lighting of your high-resolution digital stills using the Cinematography window. This is available under the Window menu and can also be accessed using Command-E/Ctrl-E. You can play back proxies of your high-resolution stills in the animation window. To do this, press the button that has four small diamonds … Read more

Can I get the xsd definition of the take.xml format?

Dragonframe stores all of the scene metadata (everything besides the images) in a file called ‘take.xml’. The format of the file is defined in ‘scene.xsd’. The format changes with new versions of Dragonframe: scene-3.7.3.xsd scene-4.0.0.xsd scene-4.1.0.xsd scene-4.2.0.xsd scene-5.0.xsd scene-5.1.xsd

How do I launch Dragonframe from the command line?

You can launch Dragonframe from the command line. This includes launching a scene or take. Dragonframe 5 Windows Open a command prompt Navigate to Dragonframe folder (usually C:\Program Files\DZED\Dragonframe 5) Run Dragonframe.exe macOS Open a Terminal (Applications : Utilities) Navigate to Dragonframe 5 folder (usually /Applications/Dragonframe 5) Run ./Dragonframe\ 5.app/Contents/MacOS/Dragonframe Linux (Ubuntu/Fedora) Open a Console … Read more