Edutainment! Great for education and school projects.
Claymation Studio™ combines the power of your PC and stop-motion animation to bring figures, objects or drawings to life.
Creating stop-motion animation not only encourages the development of story-telling, it also provides an opportunity for kids to use the PC as a movie production tool.
HD support
Resolution up to 1920 X 1080.
Requires HD webcam or camcorder.*
* Your PC must recognize the capture device as a video source.
Storyboard
View the frames in sequence for easy editing
Add onscreen text, subtitles, sound effect, voice, and background music.
Import your photos from digital camera or PC.
Display Screen
Capture images using webcam, camcorder, and more
Onionskin and rotoscope features help shaping or positioning a figure with ease.
Adjustable frame rate allows you to control the speed of your video
Preview your work before creating an output
Capture Tools
Auto capture makes capturing images easier and faster than ever.
Control brightness and other camera settings.
Flip your image vertically or horizontally (mirror image).
Grid and key drawing features help you adjust your subject more accurately.
USB 2.0 PC Camera included
Plug-n-Play device
Focus range: 1cm - infinity
Exposure: Auto
White balance: Auto
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Features
Onionskin
View previous frames in transparent overlay to help you capture or create the next frame/image.
Chroma key
Using a blue/green screen, you can easily change the background to create the best setting for your subject.
Audio Recording
Add your own sound effects, voice, and background music to your stop-motion video.
YouTube/Facebook
Upload your movie directly from the software with One-Click option.
iPhone/iPad
Convert created video into MPEG4/AVC format to watch on your portable device.
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System Requirements
Operating System : Windows 7 / Vista / XP (SP 2/3)
USB 2.0 Host Controller/Port
Processor : Pentium IV 1.8GHz or equivalent
Memory : 128MB of RAM (256MB or higher recommended)
Free Hard Disk Space : 50MB for program installation
Microsoft DirectX 9.0 or higher
Windows Media Format SDK 9 or higher
Windows Media Player 7 or higher
Input/Output Formats
Image input : JPEG, BMP, PNG, GIF
Audio input : MP3, WAV
Video Output : WMV, MPEG1, MPEG2, HD MPEG, iPad, iPhone, iPod, PSP, YouTube, Facebook
The Claymation software is a stop-motion animation software. It allows you to capture individual frames from digital/video cameras and/or your computer and stream them into one single movie. It is not a video compositing or video editing program that enables the manipulation of images. For that feature you may want to check out high end, professional video or image editing programs.
Operating system: Windows XP, Vista Processor: Pentium IV 1.8GHz or equivalent Memory: 128MB of RAM (256MB or higher recommended) Free Hard Disk Space: 50MB for program installation Other:
Microsoft DirectX 9.0 or higher
Windows Media Format SDK 9 or higher
Windows Media Player 7 or higher Image Input: JPEG, BMP, PNG, GIF Audio Input: MP3, WAV Video Output: WMV, MPEG Video Capture: Web Camera, DV-Camcorder Audio Capture: Microphone, etc…
Insert the installation CD into your CD/DVD drive on your computer. The installation should start automatically.
Note: If the installation does not start automatically, choose Run from the Windows Start menu. Then enter "d:\autorun" (assuming the installation CD is in D drive) in the run dialog box. You can also double-click on "Setup.exe" file on the installation CD to being the installation.
Then follow the on screen instructions from the installation wizard
Note: To optimize performance of the product and your computer, defragmenting the Hard Disk Drive (HDD) prior to installing honestech Claymation Studio™ software is recommended. Also, if there is any security software on your PC that may block or interfere with the installation or removal of the software, please disable it or turn it off prior to installing or uninstalling the software.
You can uninstall honestech Claymation Studio™ 3.0 Deluxe using its own uninstallation file or the Add or Remove Programs in the Control Panel.
To uninstall using the uninstallation file: from the task bar, go to Start >> All Programs >> honestech Claymation Studio™ 3.0 Deluxe and click on Uninstall honestech Claymation Studio™ 3.0 Deluxe
To uninstall with Add or Remove Programs: from the task bar, go to Start >> Control Panel >> Add or Remove Programs. Select honestech Claymation Studio™ 3.0 Deluxe, and click the Change/Remove button.
A project file is a small reference file that points the program to your Claymation content (pictures, audio recordings, titles etc.), typically saved elsewhere on your computer. A project file will not contain your actual work, but instead indicates which files are needed and what work you have done within that particular project.
Claymation Studio™ can import directly from a video camera or web cam, but unfortunately not from a still digital camera.
To import your pictures into Claymation Studio™ from a still digital camera, you will first need to import/download the pictures to your computer hard drive from the camera - typically your Pictures folder will do.
Once you have imported/downloaded your pictures onto your computer, you can use the 'Import' function within the Claymation Studio™ to import your pictures into the program.
Unfortunately, we do not have a recommended list of camcorders to use with the Claymation software. Typically we simply recommend DV camcorders that use the standard DV25 videotape format and have a Firewire (IEEE 1394) output connection.
The Claymation Studio™ software requires a video stream or signal be sent from a video camera in order to capture images from it. If your camera does not send out a video stream or signal via a "Video Output" port then there is nothing for the Claymation software to capture an image from.
The video camera you are using may not be able to output a video stream because it records directly to a mini DVD disc or drive within the camera itself.
Unfortunately Rotoscope and Onionskin features are not available to use on pictures imported into the Claymation Studio™ program. To use those features you will need to record your projects using a webcam or camcorder.
