As you shoot, your captures will appear within the table on the right. By using either the on screen keypad (on the right) or the keypad located on your keyboard, you’ll be able to Shoot, Play, Cut, Delete, Loop and more. To enter shoot mode click on the Screen icon next to the Camera icon located top right of the application. You can now use the focus ring on the front of the camera lens to focus your image with confidence. Once an area is highlighted, click within the window for a zoomed in view of your selection. Once checked, a window will appear within the live view area they you can move to a location of your choice. If not already visible within the live view screen, click the window icon highlighted below. Ideally WHITE BALANCE should be adjusted to your lighting type, AUTO should only be used as a last result if the other presets are giving you an unwelcome colour cast. ISO which you should keep at 100 to minimise grain and IMAGE QUALITY should be left at LARGE FINE JPG. Saying that, some settings should avoid being changed. The settings within the image on the right are a good starting place, yet feel free to have a play get a the feel for how they affect the image. From here you have complete control over your camera settings. Click on the Camera icon, located top right of the application, to access the Camera Setup view. Ensure that the camera is set to MANUAL mode and that Auto Focus* is turned off.ĭragonframe has two main view modes. Check that the camera is connected to the computer via it’s USB lead and turn it on. All of your individual captures will be stored within this folder as you make progress, as well as any test shots. For ease of navigation, it makes sense to create your file on the desktop when prompted where to save your work. Scenes will start at 001, allowing you to create many scenes that all have the same title. Open up the Dragonframe software and select ‘Create New Scene’įrom here you will then need to give your project an abbreviated title.

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