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Action! HD Features

• Control exposure and capture frames from Canon and Nikon Live view DSLR cameras. Resolution of high res images is only limited by your hardware.
• Extra looping controls, Loop last, loop single and loop range.
• Rig removal tools so you can use wires and props to support puppets and sets.
• Paint on frames.
• Programmable shortcut keys and the Stop Motion Pro parallel port remote control interface are also available with this version.
• Overlay a frame counter and TV safe zone.
• New DOP control functionality.

• DV / Webcam / Analogue video
• Directory scan for digital still/DSLR cameras
• Directory scan with video assist
• Canon compact camera control - Canon restricts the use of their compact cameras on Vista and Windows 7.Ensure the camera comes with Canon "remote control software"
• Canon DSLR capture control with assist
• Canon DSLR capture control with "Live View"
• Nikon DSLR capture control with assist
• Nikon DSLR capture control with "Live View"
• Blackmagic capture cards
• HDV video
• Anti shear playback technology
• Loop range
• Loop last
• Loop single
• Frames per second playback maximum - 30
• Resolution maximum - Unlimited
• Image storage - Uncompressed Jpeg

• Windows  XP, Vista & 7
• 1.8 + Ghz CPU
• 1 GB + meg RAM
• 10 Gig hard drive space

Mac

• Stop Motion Pro can work on an intel MAC if Apple bootcamp and a version of Windows  XP,Vista or 7 is installed.
  

Stop Motion pro can work with a range of capture devices:

• Digital Video (DV) camera and Firewire connection to PC.
• Webcam (We recommend Microsoft VX6000 cameras)
• Analogue video camera and analogue video capture card
• Digital still camera/ DSLRs (Digital Single Lens Reflex cameras)
• Scanner

To enable easy rollout across a school, Stop Motion Pro has 3 options:

• Stop Motion Pro Stand Alone
• Stop Motion Pro Network for Action!, Action! Plus and Studio HDeditions
• 20 plus pack for Action!, Action! Plus and Studio HD Editions (with 50% discount)
  

Stop Motion Pro Network
Designed for schools and other institutions. Installation on unlimited machines, connected to a network, in a single geographic location is allowed

The network license editions of Stop Motion Pro are packaged using Microsoft's MSI deployment technology.
Stop Motion Pro can be installed in network environment by:

• using Microsoft Group Policy and Active Directories technologies
• manual installation on user machines
• installation on single machine, then duplicated by Norton Ghost or Acronis disk imaging technologies
• other deployment technologies including Novell Zenworks

With the Action! network edition, the user machines must be connected to the server at all times. This connection is for licensing control purposes.

Stop Motion Pro Studio HD network and Action! Plus network have additional security technology that allows computers disconnected from the licensed server to run Stop Motion Pro for 30 days, perfect for covering school holidays and teacher's laptops.

The Stop Motion Pro network edition uses the following process:

• A registration data file is located on a centralized server
• The location of the registration data file is stored in the Windows registry (HKLM) of each workstation (UNC or fixed path names can be used)
• When Stop Motion Pro is started on the workstation, it looks in the registry for the registration file location, opens the file, then validates the contents.  
• If the registration data file contents are validated correctly, Stop Motion Pro opens to the user

The help file for the Stop Motion Pro Network installation wizard can be found here. It gives more information on the technical aspects of the network installation.

20 plus pack
For schools that do not have a network connections for the users, Action!,  Action! Plus and Studio HD Edu editions are available at a 50% discount when you order 20 or more licenses in a single purchase.