Dragonframe is

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software. It has been used to make several full-length motion picture films, including Disney's '' Frankenweenie'' and Laika's '' Coraline'', '' The Boxtrolls'', and ''

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'', as well as the stop motion television show ''

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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

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and Dyami Caliri while they were creating a commercial for

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called "The Dragon". It was later developed into a commercial product, marketed by DZED Systems. In 2014 Dragonframe won an Ub Iwerks award at the annual

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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."The Untold Story Behind The Force Awakens’ Best Easter Egg"
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External links

Dragonframe by DZED Systems
Animation software Stop motion Stop-motion software for Linux