StopMotion Station

StopMotion Station turns a PC and an image source into a single frame movie camera and movie viewer. Shoot classic animation in all styles, shoot and view motion tests, and see any suitable series of images as a movie - instantly, at any speed.

Program Information

Version : 1.2	Release Date : 2004-03-22
Cost : US$ 50.00	Type : Demo
Release Status : New Release	Install Support : Install and Uninstall
Install Support : Install and Uninstall	OS Support : Win98,WinME,WinXP
Language : English

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StopMotion Station turns a PC and an image source into a single frame movie camera and movie viewer. Shoot classic animation in all styles, shoot and view motion tests, invent new media and new styles, and see any suitable series of images as a movie - instantly, at any speed. You operate StopMotion Station using the keyboard. It requires DirectX 8 or above for connecting to a camera and capturing frames. The Help file is a complete reference.

Company

Name : Supervideo Systems	Address : 945 Erin Woods Drive SE Calgary, Alberta, T2B 2X1, Canada
URL : http://www.stopmotion-software.com	Author Name : Andrew Jaremko
General Phone : 403 273 8836	Contact Name : Andrew Jaremko

StopMotion Station turns a PC and an image source into a single frame movie camera and versatile movie viewer. Shoot classic animation in all styles, shoot and view motion tests, invent new media and new styles, and see any suitable series of images as a movie - all instantly, at any speed. You operate StopMotion Station using the keyboard. The Enter key is the camera's shutter release button and the Spacebar controls playback. The Up Arrow and Down Arrow keys set the movie's speed, from 1 to 30 frames per second. The monitor becomes either the camera's viewfinder or the movie screen. StopMotion Station stores the frames you shoot as sequentially numbered JPEG files. It Plays the movie by showing the frames in sequence, forward or reverse, at the speed you set. You can Play any folder or a sequence of folders containing JPEG images as a movie, though it works best if all the images are the same pixel size and fit a VGA (640 x 480) screen. You can cut, copy, paste, and delete frames, and rearrange folders to edit your movie. When StopMotion Station starts, it changes the display to VGA (640 x 480) and attempts to connect to an image source. It requires DirectX 8 or above for connecting to a camera and capturing frames. You use the Setup dialog to choose a folder for Shooting or Viewing, to select and configure a camera, to set options for scaling and cropping the frames, or to set up Timelapse shooting. Open the Setup dialog by right-clicking the mouse or pressing function key F2. Left-clicking the mouse opens a Mode/Play dialog that gives you some options via a conventional dialog, but everything you can do through the dialog - and much more - can be done directly from the keyboard. Please read the Help file for a complete reference and description of what StopMotion Station does. You can view some Demo (Sample) movies by choosing "View demo movies" on the Setup dialog's Main menu or pressing the F12 key in either Shoot or View modes.

Other Program Information

Long filename : StopMotionStation1.2Setup.exe	Size : 8176 KB
Change Info : Support WDM (DirectX) capture for 1394 cameras	Category Class : Graphic Apps::Animation Tools
Specific Category : Graphics	Categories :
System Requirements : Celeron 600, PIII 550 or faster. 24 bit VGA graphics.

Distribution Permissions
This program may not be redistributed on the Web, or on CD, or in any other way without the permission of the author. Send queries to ajaremko@stopmotion-software.com.

EULA
StopMotion Station Copyright (C) 2001 - 2003 Andrew Jaremko. All Rights Reserved LICENSE AGREEMENT READ CAREFULLY THE FOLLOWING TERMS & CONDITIONS: Use of this software product (the "Software") constitutes your acceptance of these terms and conditions and your agreement to abide by them. "Software" includes all updates, tutorials, training or instructional programs provided by ANDREW JAREMKO (the "Author") with respect thereto. This is a legal agreement (the "Agreement") between you, the end user, and the Author. BY INSTALLING, COPYING, DOWNLOADING, ACCESSING OR OTHERWISE USING THE SOFTWARE, YOU ARE AGREEING TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT, then do not use, copy, transmit, distribute, or install the Software. 1. LICENSE. You, the original user, are granted a nonexclusive license to use the Software under the terms stated in this Agreement. This license allows you to evaluate the Software for a period of thirty (30) days without charge on as many computers as you wish. Use of the Software after the 30 day period requires payment of the registration fee. Unregistered use of the Software after the evaluation period is in violation of Canadian and international copyright laws. 2. USE. One registered copy of the Software may either be used by a single person who uses the Software personally and nonsimultaneously on one or more computers, or installed on a single workstation used nonsimultaneously by multiple people, but not both. You may access the registered version of the Software through a network, provided that you have obtained individual licenses for the software covering all workstations that will access the registered Software through the network. 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