Dragon's U.I. was built for the art of stop-motion animation. In the middle of a shoot, you're focused on pulling off a fantastic performance, not hunting around with the mouse.

So Dragon's essential features are at your fingertips-on the keypad. It was designed under the stress of real production, and world-class feature animators have used Dragon and helped shape it.

Dragon concentrates on capturing high-resolution digital stills. The idea is simple: you can always work down from high-resolution stills to whatever formats you need. It works with high-end digital cameras that incorporate a "Live View" mode.

Dragon will allow you to grab from a separate video source if your digital still camera does not provide a live view. Also, if you prefer to work with video, Dragon will work for you as well.

NOTE: To be able to use this trial version you will ned to register on the developer's website for a temporary trial license. You can do that by clicking HERE. The same rule aplies for the Dragon 2.0.3743 Beta version and you can request a trial licence HERE.

Here are some key features of "Dragon":

· Full-featured animation grabber, including: Step-to-Live, Toggle, 3-Step, Cascade Overlay, Short Play and Onion-Skin.
· Virtual exposure sheet. It keeps you shooting with easy-to-read, on-screen prompts.
· Sound / dialogue editing with on-screen phonetic prompts.
· Screen draw overlay for critical line-ups and increments.
· Animation controls designed specifically for use with a remote keypad.
· Capture check window with focus check and histograms.
· Control panel for F-stop, shutter-speed and more for most Canon and Nikon digital SLRs.
· Multiple exposures / passes organized for post-production.
· Basic Chroma key pull for line up of effects shots.
· On-screen masking for common 35mm projection formats.
· TV safe indicator for both standard and HD monitors.
· Roto Layers for easy double-pass line-ups.
· Hand-cranked camera move calculations that display during the shoot.
· Under-the-hood organizing of all your scenes and takes.
· Creates still image sequences that are easily importable with After effect, Final Cut Pro and most high end editing systems.
· Export to QuickTime function.
· Never need to save during or after a shot, ever. Dragon takes care of all your data.

Requirements:

· QuickTime 7.2 or later.
· Any Intel based Macintosh.
· PPC G4 at 1.33 GHz.
· 1 GB RAM.
· Any QuickTime compatible video camera (unless your DSLR provides video).
· A supported digital still camera.

Limitations:

· 10 days trial period.

What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

· Added feedback after reporting a problem or submitting camera report.
· Fixed startup for 32-Bit Intel Macs with Snow Leopard.
· Fixed auto-toggle frames (was off by one).
· Fixed cut/copy/paste of frames in middle of sequence.
· Fixed wifi card detection on Vista.
· Fixed startup issue after deactivating license.
· Fixed Nikon crash when taking preview frame.
· Improved 64-bit to 32-bit process communication.
· Fixed memory leak in Canon live view implementation.