Frameworks Stop Motion
frameworks.polycrystal.org
- Linux
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What the maker publishes
- 0.4.0 changes
- The changelog lists an RGB histogram view, dynamic camera controls, loading an existing animation on startup, camera switching, and format and size switching. source
- Build setup
- The site says a build environment can be set up with nix develop or direnv, and gives Meson commands to compile the program. source
- Camera support
- It supports video4linux2 webcams and camera controls. source
- Camera support
- It supports video4linux2 webcams and camera controls. source
- Contact
- The site lists Pat Mahoney at [email protected] in its copyright notice. source
- Editing and audio
- The site says Frameworks lacks editing, exporting, and audio features. source
- History
- The site says Frameworks was originally based on gqcam 0.9 by Cory Lueninghoener. source
- History
- The project was originally based on gqcam 0.9 by Cory Lueninghoener. source
- Image features
- It supports frame averaging or image stacking to reduce noise, onion skinning, and continuous preview of recently captured frames. source
- Image tools
- It supports frame averaging or image stacking to reduce noise, using what the site calls naive post processing. source
- Latest release
- The download list shows Frameworks 0.4.0 dated 27 April 2026. source
- Latest release
- The download list shows Frameworks 0.4.0 dated 27 April 2026. source
- License
- The site says its text and images are under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike or GNU GPLv3 or later. source
- License
- The site says its text and images are under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike or GNU GPL version 3 or later. source
- Limitations
- The site says Frameworks lacks editing, exporting, and audio features. source
- Linux dependencies
- The listed major build dependencies include GTK4 and Linux kernel headers containing linux/videodev2.h. source
- Output
- It saves captured frames as PNG files. source
- Output
- It saves captured frames as PNG files with sequential names such as frame_0001.png. source
- Preview
- It supports onion skinning and continuous playback of recently captured frames. source
- Purpose
- Frameworks controls a webcam to capture frames one by one for stop-motion animation. source
- Purpose
- Frameworks controls a webcam to capture frames one by one for stop-motion animation. source
- Recent changes
- Version 0.4.0 updated the interface to GTK 4, added an RGB histogram view, and added camera switching and format and size switching. source
- Requirements
- The listed major build dependencies are GTK 4, Linux kernel headers with linux/videodev2.h, and Meson. source
Checked against the maker's pages on 10 Oct 2026.