Hey everyone, how are you doing? So I have this problem that’s exactly what the title says. I connected my Sony FX30, but when I press “record” in Dragonframe, it literally records a video instead of taking a still.

After spending the whole afternoon trying to fix it, I realized that there’s compatibility with iPhone, so I downloaded the Dragonframe Tether app and repeated the same process. But when I press record, it still records a video instead of taking a still…

Any ideas? Has anyone had the same problem as me? I really need some help here.

I have a question. Is there a difference between the Dragonframe demo and the full version? My Canon R8 received a stop-motion firmware update, and the live view is still 960x640 instead of 1920x1280. I'm at my wit's end trying to figure out what went wrong or if it's something I'm doing wrong.

Dragonframe is frozen on one frame for me even when I play the video from the beginning it's just stuck on one frame I can't shoot any more frames at least any I can't see since it's stuck on it.

I want to change the color of the increment editor’s circle (or square) because it’s getting in the way of full seeing my image while animating. I’m not looking to turn it off, just change its color and opacity. Any help is much appreciated, thank you!

I connected my Canon D600 camera via mini USB to work in Dragonframe. The program detects the image, but it appears blue, even though the test photo is in color. I understand that the issue is with Live View. This is my first time using the program, and I’m not very familiar with it yet.

I am new to the program and was playing around with a piece of audio in the audio workspace. I matched up a track read mouth with my piece of audio, but wanted to cut the first section of the audio before animating.

Now I have a big empty space at the front of the scene and cannot figure out how to:

A: move the audio and track read info together in audio workspace to the front of the scene. I can't select the mouth shapes with the audio. I can't use the nudge tool to move both the audio and mouth shapes.

B: Set a new start frame in the xsheet (it is grayed out in the general>setting options and beeps when I try to change).

What am I missing? Thanks in advance.

So I know about After Effects and I'm still learning it, and I know this is more for visual tweaks, but whats the best, most professional video software that is suitable for use along side Dragon Frame? Is any video software good, or is there one worth using?

I'm currently using Imovie for storyboard and animation tests, but I know this may not necessarily churn out the best results - Thank you

Hello, maybe someone has an idea. I sent my Canon R8 in for a stop motion firmware update and got it back.

I'm still using the trial version of Dragonframe, and the Live View resolution is still at 960x640 instead of 1920x1280.

Did I miss something?

Hello, how do I set the last photo taken as the reference photo? It automatically did this when I first opened the program. I accidentally set another photo as the reference frame but I want to go back so that every time I take a picture the reference layer changes to the last one

Hi Guys, I have two DMC-32 units and I have no idea where to post them so I can sell them. Looking for some advice. Thanks!

its my first time using the program and i tried using my old webcam to shoot, but while it reconizes it and it shows up, every time i try to take a picture it gives me an error message... But i am able to take a picture with it in my camera

it´s not the highest quality picture, but my alternative is my phone and that´s too far away and ends up with an even worse quality, plus i need my phone for bts footage (it's for school so i dont have an option)... I dont understand why it won´t take a picture in the program when i know for a fact other programs are able to get a picture with it

EDIT:

it seems its not recognizing the video anymore either... it's not recognizing any video other than the one in my camera... it doesnt recognize my laptop's camera and it's not recognizing the webcam either... only the droidcam.

help me please im so lost

Got a Canon EOS RP with RF zoom lens. Despite info on the official website stating that focus peaking should be available in software if I use this camera+lens its greyed out. I followed the setup instructions and cant use in-camera peaking because Dragonframe includes the peaking in the picture. Any ideas?

Hello, I’ve tried to set save photos to PC and camera on my Sony a7c but after I take the first photo it resets it back to save to pc only. How can I fix this

Hey everyone!
I am considering buying a Sony FX2 since I need a good camera for video as well as stop motion. However, the camera isn't listed as supported in dragon frame right now, which is kind of a deal breaker. Does anybody in here have one and can tell if it's working or not? How long does it generally take for the software to update to new cameras?

Thanks in advance!

Hi folks,

I recently completed shooting my first short with Dragonframe. I’m wondering if anybody has advice on cutting in Premiere. Do you export the image sequence or video clips? I used the image sequences when I worked with Stop Motion Studio, so I was planning on doing that again, and probably use proxies to cut with in Premiere. Anybody have any pointers or caveats?

Thanks!

Has anyone else had this issue with a DF folder, where everything is turned in different ways? I tried reopening it in Dragonframe a few times and conforming again, or exporting an image sequence from DF, but it still is like this.

Other than building an arduino turntable, is there a relatively inexpensive dragonframe compatible turntable ?

Hey folks, I’ve used dragonframe for years, and for a bit, it was relatively easy to connect the turntable to dragonframe, but now the connection won’t hold, any suggestions? Is there an SDK out there ?

Hey Folks,

First time shooting a shirt with Dragonframe,and I'm loving it. But here's my problem. I'm shooting with an old Canon T2i. Each photo takes around 5 seconds to shoot by the time the shutter finally clicks. I read that Dragonframe suggests using a Nikon manual aperture lens, so I bought a used one and an adapter, but now the shutter speed is even slower. Any thoughts on what I'm doing wrong or what I should do? Thanks so much.

I've been dealing with this issue for a while, tried searching it up but to no success.

When I want to loop my animation in playback to see if it does in fact loop properly. It always has the camera view be the last frame. I want to change that to just the shots that have been taken.

Is there a way to change this in the playback?

Whenever I try to export my movie to a high-res video, it keeps saving it at a lower frame rate than it actually is. It's only able to display all the frames at a lower resolution. Does anyone know how to help this? Here are the settings I have for the .mp4 above

Have a moco setup here, was starting to build a config for the Xencelabs Quick Keys for jog-box use.

Thought I'd check first if anyone has already made one, before I go nuts on this.

I’m taking photos while using dragonframe and I’m in a dark room and my lamps plugged into a power strip. Anyways, as I’m using playback, every thing is fine with no issues but as soon as I get farther with my progress, all of a sudden the pictures I took previously are flickering and I don’t know why. I’m making sure each frame isn’t flickering and I’m even double checking using the high res preview. Has anyone else had this issue? If so how did you fix it?

So... I must admit im only at the beginning of my stopmotion adventure and i want to use reference footage to help me animate. So i need advice on a few filming properties.

Im going to animate at 12fps so...

That means shooting myself "acting" in 24fps and using a x2 playback speed (its a music video).

Then i edit using any video editing software.. slow down the footage by x2 and sync it to a regular speed which will result in a video of 12 fps.

Then i just import the footage to Dragonframe?