Located in Encinitas, California, DZED Systems LLC is a privately held company founded in 2007 by award-winning director Jamie Caliri and professional software engineer Dyami Caliri. A fully operational trial version is downloadable and valid for 30 days.

* Supported Canon or Nikon DSLR, Video Camera or Webcamĭragonframe 3.0 is priced at $295.00 (USD) for a single-user license, or $235 (USD) per license in quantities of five or more. Caliri and his brother, software engineer, Dyami Caliri, originally developed Dragonframe for Jamie’s personal use in creating the 2006 Annie Award-winning United Airlines commercial, “Dragon.” Dragonframe 3.0 truly delivers on that idea in exciting ways” said Jamie Caliri, Creative Director at DZED Systems. “Our goal is to make the experience of shooting stop motion as streamlined as possible. * Arc motion control system with multi-axis move editor for programming complex camera moves, and stepper motor control via the open-platform Arduino platform as well as the proprietary IOTA controller * Advanced DMX lighting automation with keyframe programming and custom exposure lighting * Vector-based drawing tools with increment editor to preview motion paths * Configurable x-sheet with easy export options * Tabbed workspaces and a highly customizable work environment * Multi-character track reading and lip-sync interface * Frame-based timeline with drag and drop frame editing

It offers a comprehensive set of animation and cinematography tools, and offers hardware integrations for advanced 3D stereoscopic capture, lighting automation, and motion control.ĭragonframe 3.0 is available for Mac OS X and Windows. Embraced by top studios and independent animators worldwide, Dragonframe is currently being used on three major stop motion feature films. The software, which was previously called Dragon Stop Motion, has been updated with a robust palette of new features including a frame-based timeline editor, lip-sync system and integrated motion control.ĭragonframe offers stop motion filmmakers, powerful, efficient software and hardware solutions to facilitate maximum productivity and unbridled creativity. Encinitas, California – DZED Systems LLC today is proud to announce the release of Dragonframe 3.0, a major update to their digital image capture software for stop motion animation, motion graphics and visual effects.

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