Dragonframe is
stop motion animation software. It has been used to make several full-length motion picture films, including Disney's ''
Frankenweenie'' and Laika's ''
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'', ''
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'', and ''
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'', as well as the stop motion television show ''
Shaun the Sheep
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''. It has also been used to shoot stop motion scenes in live action movies, including the holochess scene in ''
Star Wars: The Force Awakens'', and numerous stop motion shorts.
History
Dragonframe was initially developed by brothers
Jamie
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and Dyami Caliri while they were creating a commercial for
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In 2014 Dragonframe won an
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award at the annual
Annie Awards.
Features
To create basic stop motion animations, the software controls a digital camera. Additional hardware add-ons can be connected for controlling lighting and camera movement. The software allows the user to manipulate the camera and the scene, and then to combine the frames into a sequence of animated frames. Animators can view several individual frames overlaid for comparison,
and they can preview sequences of frames overlaid on a moving background.
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''Wired'', K.M. McFarland, 01.22.2016.
References
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External links
Dragonframe by DZED Systems
Animation software
Stop motion
Stop-motion software for Linux