Dragonframe is a stop-motion solution created by professional animators—for professional animators. It's designed to complement how the pros animate. We hope this manual helps you get up to speed with Dragonframe quickly.

• Animation
  Bring your animation to life. Professional on-screen tools for precise movements. Step, play, capture, repeat.
• Cinematography
  Compose and light the perfect shot with camera controls, test shots and advanced image review tools.
• Audio
  Import and edit multiple audio tracks. Perform dialogue track reading for multiple characters.
• DMX Lighting
  Program animated lighting with simple keyframes. Automate work lights for the animator. Simple front light / back light programming.
• Motion Control
  Use the intuitive graphical interface to program advanced camera moves.

NEW IN DRAGONFRAME 2024.05

• Basic color management via OCIO, for converting sRGB source to monitor color profiles.
  - Open Preferences|Color Management.
  - Assign monitor color profiles.

• Live view magnification views each get their own grid

• Added sort options in Cinematography Test and References areas

• Added camera notes pop-out window

• Arc – Added group lock to lock entire group of axes.

• Arc – See and change indexed exposure assignments directly.

• Arc – Added ‘Extend Curves’ option to extrapolate past last keyframe.

• Added ‘burst mode’ for some cameras.
  - Open Preferences | Hot Keys and assign a key for Shoot Burst.
  - Works with most Canon, Sony, Olympus and Nikon cameras.
  - Nikon cameras require you to set the burst count in Camera Settings.
  - Other cameras fire while you hold the hot key, and stop when you release it.
  - You can only have one active exposure, and any moco or DMX changes will be ignored while bursting.

• Capture blackout can now be set on a per-screen basis.

• The reference movie player can decode and render 10-bit color movies. Set in Preferences|Playback.

• The reference movie player can switch to a solid color block on a per-exposure basis. Right-click in the player and choose “Configure Exposure Mattes…”