DragonFramer

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DragonFramer is a tool which helps you to create a dynamic Background for your Stop-Motion project using a screen.
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Connection:

• Make sure DragonFramer is running.

• Open a Dragon Frame Scene

• In the header menu bar go to: Scene > Connections

• Add a new Connection and choose: Simple Interface / TCP

• Enter the target address: 127.0.0.1:8000

• Click connect. The Button turns green when the connection is established.

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Exposure:

• You can set a Background per Exposure Set. This is helpful if you need an additional Green Screen or Black Screen

• In the header menu bar go to: Scene > Exposure

• Add one Exposure set per Background and name them accordingly

• The Delay setting becomes important when you have additional DMX Lights

Setting the Delay to at least 1 second helps to avoid misstakes

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Images:

• To use your Image Sequence create a Base Folder.

• In here create one folder per Exposure Set and use the same Name as in Dragon Frame

• In the Folder you should have your Images as JPG Sequence

• name them as follows: 0001.jpg 0002.jpg ... 0999.jpg

• If DragonFramer does not find a Sequence it searches for a Fall Back Image "default.jpg" in the Background Folder if it does not find that either DragonFramer searches for a default.jpg in the Base Folder

• In the Header Menu from DragonFramer go to Edit > File Path and set the Base Folder

• Place the Image Viewer on your Background Screen and toggle Full Screen Mode

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Test:

• If everything is set up correctly you should see your Exposures in the Frame Bar.

• When you take a Photo DragonFramer will take one Image per Exposure Set and sets the desired background