Dragonframe 4, stop motion animation software REVIEW

[@MrFrisbeeGuy]

Growing up in the 1950's, I saw stop motion masters like Ray Harryhausen. Dragonframe has caught my eye. Thanks for introducing it to me!

[@edupuertasfruns]

My pleasure! Ray will be genius forever.

[@edupuertasfruns]

Amazing upgrade Dragonframe, they did a really good job!!! Thanks to keep pushing the limits!!!

[@delusiongaming2506]

edu puertas what computer you need for this?

[@bobbyneal9947]

studios like Laika uses a Mac to make movies. Aardman uses Windows. I don't believe nobody used dragonframe for Linux though. Information can be found here (www.dragonframe.com/downloads/)

[@keegs12ds]

how to remove support rig from the background?

[@GEETBHAKTISARGAM1176]

@@bobbyneal9947 it's for all

[@LeoBrickFilms]

Really nice video! It seems you're the first one to review the new version of Dragonframe!

[@edupuertasfruns]

LeoBrickFilms yes it is, as I was a betatester I knew already the new tools and was waiting the moment to do it

[@CarnageCounts]

Great review! Thank you!

[@edupuertasfruns]

Thanks

[@salarycat]

Oh nice, finally extended camera support. Thanks for the review!

[@fernandoandaluz7705]

That was a great walk trough on Dragonframe, I like the upgrades a lot. Keep up the good work sir!

[@edupuertasfruns]

+Fernando Andaluz apreciate it😀

[@BrickCorner]

Wow, great stop motion! You should make more. Dragonframe rocks!

[@paullindqvist4560]

Nice review Edu! Thanx for sharing your work!

[@edupuertasfruns]

+Paul Lindqvist a pleasure!

[@stopframestudios9443]

Very nice review man

[@ConnecticutEmporium]

All roads lead back to edu puertas

[@го́пник-в2щ]

Beautiful puppet!

[@edupuertasfruns]

Yes, we have great ideas we want to animate with it!!

[@rattusrattus5257]

The astronaut is a legend in stop motion puppets

[@kaimotion9354]

Please upload some of your work!

[@jfresquito]

Hola Edu! Enhorabuena por tu trabajo, además se nota que te encanta lo que haces y eso es genial. Podrías hacer un tutorial sobre Dragon Frame para principiantes en español? No hay muchos en KZbin y creo que tú lo explicarías muy bien. Muchas gracias y sigue haciendo videos por favor!!!!!!! Saludos

[@edupuertasfruns]

+Jorge Espejo gracias, si voy haciendo vídeos aunque me cueste encontrar tiempo. Seguro que seria interesante el tema, lo tendre en cuenta. Saludos!!!

[@karlosmrez]

Acabo de ver la película de Kubo, me ha dejado tan flipado el Making Off y la película que he decidido ponerme a buscar un poco para aprender sobre stop motion animation, y boom! He encontrado tu canal. Por favor, sigue haciendo más vídeos porque enseñas un montón de cosas, así puedo aplicarlas a mis vídeos. Mil saludos.

[@edupuertasfruns]

+TodosSomosGuiris me alegro que te sean utiles.

[@erikek4661]

Habla Español tambien???

[@AfterlifeAn]

Obviamente habla español, ¿Acaso no notas el pedazo de acento español que tiene?, gracias por el vídeo.

[@erikek4661]

I already knew dude

[@AfterlifeAn]

Ademas lo delato el "Hi, *spanish pronunciation* Internet ". xD

[@MindChamber]

Hello I have Dragonframe3.. is there any function in 3 that allows me to load up a reference video, like you did at 3:30 ? great work btw, love your rigs.

[@edupuertasfruns]

Yes you can. But it will stay on top of your animation. You can scale it move or change opacity. It is on the tool window, in the load image or movie tab.

[@MindChamber]

@@edupuertasfruns thanks so much

[@paulchavez5951]

Nice work bro

[@wyattverhill8543]

I love everything you do on this channel Edu! This video has single-handedly moved me to buy a copy of Dragonframe for my own amateur stop motion movies. In the future, would it be possible for you to do do a video on the lighting in stop motion and the lighting setups you use as a creator?

[@edupuertasfruns]

Sure I will talk about lighting

[@tekken999999]

Hi, great work. Do You have any tutorial about this 3-axis head? Please, please ;)

[@edupuertasfruns]

+tekken999999 not yet, do you want it? First I need to finish my K-2SO puppet. It's something personal I need to.

[@tekken999999]

Thanks for fast responese. It would be great :). K-2SO it's very nice project.

[@kentvandervelden]

Really great video, the software looks great too. The company should give you a kick back :) Best wishes

[@parkerwonser]

Where do you get your music?? Or do you make it? I love it

[@edupuertasfruns]

I help some musicians at patreon and use epidemic sound as well

[@heeheetube]

THANKS

[@FigureHunterX]

sir, you are truly a master of stop motion. 04:40 may I ask the model of the machine with the trails that can help camera sliding side by side ?

[@No_Plastic]

Great setup. Are you using one Arduino and driver to control both tilting, rotation and slider or do you use big driver? Also what screen protector are you using for LCD display of 5D mark II? :) thanks

[@ipadize]

I like that it supports my A7iii unlike other software

[@polarspalace]

I use stop motion studio would you say that dragon frame is worth it for the price as stop motion studio has been working good but I’m not sure if dragon frame would be a huge upgrade

[@edupuertasfruns]

If you work in the industry it is worth. If it is for hobby, you are OK with this software, it works

[@nocturno4191]

edu te admiro, me gustaría saber todo lo que sabes, gracias por compartir tu trabajo y tus experiencias e inventos. eres El gran maestro del stop motion que hay en KZbin. 👍

[@edupuertasfruns]

+noc turno gracias, quiza siempre quise que alguien me mostrara todos estos secretos y por eso estoy aquí compartiendolos

[@nocturno4191]

edu puertas de verdad se agradece Master, algún día haré una animación en stop motion mejor que las que hago ahora y te la enviaré, para que me des tu opinión, ojalá nunca cierres este canal. se entiende que muchas veces no tengas tiempo para hacer y subir vídeos, pero no te preocupes aki estaremos los suscriptores fieles a tu canal esperando siempre, gracias bro

[@digitalcreativearts]

Nice video! I love Dragonframe as well!

[@Lbs3669]

Nice I learned a lot watching your video

[@8908025249089080252490]

*Спасибо за видео, где можно посмотреть как вы собирали 3х осевой слайдер*

[@SudipKhadka]

hello my friend, i like your channel and cool tutorials. I have a question for you. I downloaded the dragon frame trial version and i connected my Nikon D7000 and live view is working and i can change the iso and shutter speed on live view and the brightness changes but when i change my aperture on dragon frame the exposure is not changing at all? do you know why my aperture is not effecting the live mode? please let me know thank you

[@edupuertasfruns]

The lens you use are manual or atomatic in aperture? If manual you must do manual. Check that you have the hability to change the aperture in your camera, the pins in the lens or camera body could be dirty or something. You can verify all is manual in the camera. If all is right, I would suggest you the following, go help tab and execute the camera test. If you don't find the issue, then report an issue in the same tab. Their support is great and they have always helped me with that technical issues. Good luck

[@SudipKhadka]

edu puertas I can change the aperture manually while taking still shots on my camera but when I switch to Live mode even on camera I can't change the aperture unless I exit the Live mode, change the aperture and come back to live mode and it works. it must be Nikon DX crop sensor thing is it? I will try your advice anyways, thank you very much :)

[@edupuertasfruns]

I am more used to canon issues as I have all bodies from them. It never happened to me.

What´s the cable you use to connect the DSLR to the computer? Thank you.

[@edupuertasfruns]

A usb but when it is that long you must use one that can handle the data without loosing power

[@unknownpersonofinterest]

where did you get the astronaut armature?

[@edupuertasfruns]

I made it

[@unknownpersonofinterest]

@@edupuertasfruns that is unbelievable, if i paid you could you make me one?

[@jchicaiza]

Great work Edu, what software uses you to masking photos to remove rig. Dragon Frame can do it?

[@edupuertasfruns]

Dragonframe doesn't, you should use something like After effects

[@patrixiomadrid]

hay alguna manera de que no suene el obturador de mi canon? que use solo el pc

[@edupuertasfruns]

Si es una reflex no, a no ser que no dispares imágenes en alta definición

[@amaedesign]

Nice review - thanks for breaking the news about dragonframe 4! Is there any upgrade to the camera support? I shoot Nikon and feel really limited by the live view resolution. I would switch to canon but even then the preview resolution is limited. Would love to hear if they've added cameras (especially mirrorless) and if any of them support higher res preview

[@edupuertasfruns]

I am happy with the preview resolution on my 5D and 80D, by default 1024x680 pix. You can use magnification to see details in parts when animating and then you will see a closeup in good resolution. Now Dragon accepts some mirrorless but you need to buy a Blackmagic capture device to input hdmi from the camera. It accepts Sony Alpha A7 for example.

[@amaedesign]

Thanks for your reply! I've been struggling with the 640x426 live view resolution on my D800, especially for detail focusing. It's the worst when I'm trying to rack focus smoothly across many frames and I can't see my markers in the scene. Maybe you're right that Canon's live view resolution is good enough... it's 2.5x more pixels than the Nikon live view. I'm considering switching. Anyway, thanks for your great videos - really enjoy watching your content!

[@diyonhuixhoscircuit7965]

Hola Edu, Saludos de Chicago! I like your work and I recently subscribed to your channel. Your camera set up and software is very impressive. Perhaps I will try that software for some of my pending projects. I recently started a channel and its at a infant state but hope to soon post some documentation of my work. Un Saludo, Luis

[@edupuertasfruns]

Great, hope you find time, it's great to manage a channel! see you!!

[@lucalaferlita]

Greetings from Italy!

[@alexecheverria]

Hola! I saw in other videos that you use Arduino to control stepper motors to move camera one step at a time. I am curious about how you can connect to Arduino from Dragonframe software and make those great programmed movements using your selfmade equipment. Can you tell how you use Arduino and Dragonfram together? Gracias

[@edupuertasfruns]

+Alex Echeverría I think I have explained it but I will check and if not do it in the next one covering something of arduino

[@alexecheverria]

Yes but only we see that you connect Arduino to laptop and use Dragonframe to activate the motors and I wonder if Dragonframe can talk to Arduino with grbl on it as a CNC controller or if you made a special skerch. I am looking forward fro reply to buy via your link Dragonframe. Thanks

[@williamhuang5329]

Hanzhen harmonic drive gear, strain wave reducer, robot joint , over 30 years experience

[@jonypartos]

Hi Edu! Your projects are wonderful! I built a 3-axis slider based on your designs. My doubt is. Inside the Dragonframe can I make the movements in real time for video recording? I can only move the camera with all axes at the same time between 2 keyframes. I didn't find a button to perform the complete movement of all axes in all keyframes. I want to point out that I would like to shoot from the Dragonframe. At the moment I don't want to shoot stopmotion. I don't know if I was clear on my question? I read in the FAQ on the Dragonframe website that it is not possible to do REAL-TIME SHOOTING from arduino? Do you use REAL-TIME SHOOTING in your day to day? Thanks for your attention!

[@afromanga2]

how rig armatur is cleaned ? tutorial please

[@markjondavies]

So if i buy a motion control system for Dragonframe then I can do the animation and camera movement at the same time? meaning i can have pictures frame by frame with a dolly, pan or tilt like in the real movies Coraline etc. ? still find camera movement and motion control a little complicated for stop motion since i couldn’t find a good guide book on how to do it 😎

[@Wollnox]

Thank you for your video it is very good

[@napcnapcb7600]

Ola Edu tengo una SonyAlpha6000 y quería saber si es necesserio obligatoriamente el Live View Blackmagic captura? O si no tengo que compra lo obrigatoriamente?

[@edupuertasfruns]

Basicamente la salida de video de la camara creo que es por hdmi. Sin el Blackmagic quizá puedes disparar desde dragonframe pero no ver, por lo tanto lo necesitas. Te recomiendo que descargues la version de prueba de Dragonframe y lo intentes, así lo sabes.

[@animateclay]

I will probably need to upgrade Dragonframe once I get into animating on my current film project. Though I don't need to (it's already great), I imagine version 3 won't be upgraded for compatibility as the Mac OS is changed. So it may eventually become buggy.

[@edupuertasfruns]

You are right, 3 is ok to keep animating but provably it won't accept changes in the OS or new cameras. Anyway you have time. When are you planning to start animating it?

[@animateclay]

It will be in a few months, not too far away. I'm still making the little clay characters and some sets still. It will most likely be fine but I do believe everyone will eventually need to upgrade if they discontinue support for the previous version.

[@edupuertasfruns]

Great!! The puppets you are making in your show are for this film?

[@animateclay]

Yes! They will be 2-1/2-D clay puppets. Not completely 3-D, not completely 2-D. It's an old style they used a lot in the 1980's and 90's.

[@edupuertasfruns]

Yes its a great style, we made a TV series that way.

[@RichyVidal]

Hola! hi ha alguna manera d'importar imatges? es que tinc animacions que he fet directament amb la càmera i m'agradaria unir-les per fer una animació, i fer-hi alguns canvis tipus duplicar algun fotograma i coses així... de moment, uilitzo altres programes per unir-ho... però necessito un de millor.

[@edupuertasfruns]

Hola, ho he mirat i ara si que es pot importar una secuencia de fotos ja fetes a Dragon com si fossin fetes allí. Tot i així no és un programa pensat per això.

[@danjones3009]

Hello my friend.. Can I use Dragonframe 4 with my Canon 80D? Thank you very much

[@edupuertasfruns]

Yes I am using it with this camera

[@danjones3009]

@@edupuertasfruns Thank you my friend. I think I will purchase Dragonframe..

[@atindrabiswasDP]

What slider are you using dude , looks cool.

[@edupuertasfruns]

I made it with industrial parts

[@atindrabiswasDP]

Wow , great 👍

[@lgambis]

hola---tu ofreces un curso? Gracias.

[@AngryPepper1964]

Does DragonFrame have a rig removal app. in the software? And if not, how do you remove the rig. Thanks.

[@edupuertasfruns]

+Michael No, it is not a software for postproduction, I use after effects

[@Lol-wm1mr]

bon vídeo, tinc una camera nikon que no funciona amb stop motion pro, saps d'algun altre programa de stop motion que estiga a l'altura, o simplement estalviar comprar-me dragon frame?

[@edupuertasfruns]

Hola, no hi ha cap opció de software lliure o més econòmic que dragonframe i que permeti connectar una camera reflex. Pots en tot cas agafar un software tipus Frame by frame (mac) lliure i visualitzar l'animació fent servir una camera web, però haurás de disparar manualment la teva nikon.

[@ricardoguerrero6887]

Hola! todos tus videos están geniales, quisiera preguntarte si sabes donde conseguir el manual o guía de usuario del dragonframe 4 en español, te lo agradecería infinitamente, un abrazo

[@edupuertasfruns]

Creo que no esta traducida, nunca la he visto y como la van actualizando...

[@ricardoguerrero6887]

es una lastima que no se encuentre traducida, aprovechare para mejorar mi ingles, gracias!!!

[@edupuertasfruns]

ya, lo siento

[@lordofthebricksproductions4288]

What is that thing called that your camera is on at 0;20?

[@edupuertasfruns]

+Lord Of The Bricks Productions ohhh, a màgic arm I think I have a link on description

[@dastardly9195]

Espectacular

[@ВладиславОзеров-й4э]

Where did you get that motion control? And could you show more, how it works?

[@edupuertasfruns]

+Владислав Озеров I build it completely.

[@muliabab]

How to handphone be camera pc? And connect to software editing animasi?

[@MarvelAnimations]

The Astronaut figure you used, did you make it?

[@edupuertasfruns]

+MiniMix Animation we made in our studio

[@jeaniebustillo4681]

I want to use my phone as a camera. I plug it to the pc by usb and detects my phone. But it say"s *SM-J730G(Stills)* i click it and it the display said *No Live View*. Do i need to install an app on my phone that can make it as a camera for dragon frame?

[@edupuertasfruns]

Dragonframe only takes iphone as phone camera using its own app

[@varshamange3355]

Can we use phone camera instead of professional one

[@edupuertasfruns]

You can use whatever you have

[@Hyperlism]

this app is superior

[@khanbhai-em3yr]

Can u edit out rigs in dragonframe?

[@edupuertasfruns]

No, dragon assist you for grabbing frames. Editing should be done in other softwares

[@khanbhai-em3yr]

@@edupuertasfruns which softwares u suggest for editing?

[@adamtaylorart]

I think your video just cost me some moneys. Nice review. Dragon 4 looks amazing.

[@edupuertasfruns]

+Adam Taylor it was not my intention with the vídeo but I think it will a good investment

[@nioniostopmo]

hi, my webcam seems to turn on after i open dragon frame, how do i select my canon camara? thank you!

[@edupuertasfruns]

+Sebastian Conen it conects for default, you can change it in the of menú vídeo source

[@deweytann]

awesome software

[@anac.b.barbero4929]

Hello, your videos are amazing! I’m studing stopmotion in college here in São Paulo, I would like to know if the MacBook Air can suport this software and if You ever know about if the camera nikon 3300 can’t be connected with the MacBook Air, thank you very much.

[@edupuertasfruns]

The computer should work, I am not a nikon shooter so I don't know

[@tmoss017]

My computer isn't picking up my camera??

[@yashik]

OH, dragon4... that looks great... I've been always wanted multiple camera shoot at once, so i can use one animation and like 2-3cameras with different angels... is there any way how to achieve this with dragon, with 1pc and 1software, or you have to get 3pcs and 3softwares running at the same time to achieve something like multiple-camera shooting.. ?

[@edupuertasfruns]

The maximum I know, you can use 2 cameras on dragonframe, one for video input and other for capture imput, so, you will get only high images from one. But, you can take a manual shutter and trigger the other cameras manually storing the info in the cards. That's how I do that. It's tricky because you need to remember to shoot always but, I don't know another way. I will ask them if there is any option I don't know.

[@jamessims6516]

When you have all your scenes shot and ready to put those scenes together, what editing program do you use to put all scenes together on a timeline for a final product/movie? Awesome video by the way. I have learned so much from your videos in the short time I have used dragon frame.

[@blackjaguar5120]

I wish I have it too. 😢😢😢

[@ambrosio_pentu3626]

Great Video!!!

[@Mr.Squid23]

I don't know why but the digit keypad that appears isn't there. It might be because i'm using the trial version, can someone tell me why this is happening. Also I'm using Google Translate so sorry if the Spanish isn't translated right. No sé por qué, pero el teclado numérico que aparece no está allí. Puede ser porque estoy usando la versión de prueba, alguien puede decirme por qué esto está sucediendo. También estoy usando Google Translate lo siento si el español no se traduce bien.

[@edupuertasfruns]

+Confused Puzzle I don't understand what are you asking, could you explain better

[@Mr.Squid23]

edu puertas i have the thirty day trial of dragonframe, when I open the software to use it the digital keypad(you have the physical one) it isn't there so i cant take photos. Sorry if that's still bot a very good explanation

[@reybreneaux5331]

Can you edit the photos(frames)

[@edupuertasfruns]

What do you mean, you can copy paste frames but not fx on them

[@Victor-juarz]

¿Puedo usar dragonframe sin el keyboard?

[@edupuertasfruns]

Si

[@Victor-juarz]

Gracias amigo

[@Gioribbonmicrophones]

wowww!

[@Mango_sunconure03]

How to remove the rig in dragonframe

[@edupuertasfruns]

It does not have tools for it. You should use post prod soft as after effects

[@Mango_sunconure03]

@@edupuertasfruns thanks for queries

[@Micropoint.]

@@Mango_sunconure03 stop motion pro have rig removal *...*

[@Portz247]

wait, it's all dragonframe?

[@yarfaiazami9913]

very impressive, I learned a lot watching your video. but why is nothing english subtitle in all of your video?

[@edupuertasfruns]

+yarfai azami wish I could have more time

[@harrisonhaverly3516]

There are Spanish subtitles, if you want English or another language try using a video translation website (like votch.tv or look up a similar one).

[@MrDirectorDamo]

Hi, which MacBook Pro are you using?

[@edupuertasfruns]

The late 2011one

[@MrDirectorDamo]

edu puertas i7 processor? I’m just wondering what specs in a Mac I should get?

[@sealishproductions]

What camera do you use?

[@edupuertasfruns]

+Sealish Productions in the studio our rock solid canon 5dmk2

[@keegs12ds]

Is there any free or open source software like dragon frame ?

[@edupuertasfruns]

No at the same level

[@NeutronTV]

Good luck

[@srmaqui]

Hey se puede conectar al móvil como si este fuera la camara

[@srmaqui]

si podías yo del pasado.

[@themagicarcadetma1406]

How do you get this free

[@AdventureLandx]

great video

[@sfs2064]

Nice!

[@salvadoramador2705]

eres español verdad?

[@optimuspro6943]

Does this cost money

[@wtfiftypercent]

감사합니다

[@angelahouston9333]

go edu puertas

[@bryanrugo1452]

Do you speak castilian???

[@edupuertasfruns]

Yes

[@1luarluar1]

you can use my music for your videos if you need...:-)

[@julianferro1091]

300 dolars?! Pff I love Stalin

[@edupuertasfruns]

Love is free

[@thephoenixg8484]

Pues creo que a los españoles no les da bien el inglés,wey no mames no párese inglés

[@gunjanrahangdale3905]

Which app do you use to animate

[@mexicanboystudios2103]

It literally says on the title