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October 29th, 2013, 08:41 AM
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Software to capture still pics from firewire
This seems like a simple enough application but after hours of searching the web I cannot find a single program that will do this easily.
I need to be able to capture still frames from a camera attached to my laptop via firewire. I need for it to work with just a single mouse click or keystroke. Capture the full resolution standard def frame and save it as a sequential bitmap, tiff or targa...any quality pic format. I will take those frames later and make a movie from them. I can do this in Premiere 6.5 (all I own) but it takes too much time and work. Capture, rename, save... and I have hundreds of these to do. Any suggestions for a way to do this will be greatly appreciated. BTW: I found two programs made only for the Mac that will do this, but I own PC's
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October 29th, 2013, 09:07 AM
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Re: Software to capture still pics from firewire
A search on Google for "stop frame animation software" returns many results, mac and PC.
Dragonframe looks awfully good, and specs include HDV input, which is firewire. Maybe it does SD/DV firewire too? I test-drove Stopmotion Pro... a long time ago. It also has firewire, and a version as low as $50.
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October 29th, 2013, 11:40 AM
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Re: Software to capture still pics from firewire
Seth:
Thanks for the tip! I found StopmotionPro... but seems overly confusing and expensive at $295. I also found a posting on another forum that mentioned StopMojo so I looked for that. A great, free, open license program that does exactly what I need. Captures from firewire. Allows you to select 1, 2, 3 or 4 frames. Select jpeg, bmp or tiff for the format and has a button to freeze (capture) the image you see the box. You can even play back what you have instantly. This will work great and you cannot beat the price : ) George
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October 29th, 2013, 11:47 AM
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