Frameworks Stop Motion

Spec sheet

Purpose

Frameworks controls a webcam to capture frames one by one for stop-motion animation.Read 10 Oct 2026 · frameworks.polycrystal.org

License

The site says its text and images are under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike or GNU GPL version 3 or later.Read 10 Oct 2026 · frameworks.polycrystal.org

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.Read 9 Oct 2026 · frameworks.polycrystal.org

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.Read 10 Oct 2026 · frameworks.polycrystal.org

Camera support

It supports video4linux2 webcams and camera controls.Read 10 Oct 2026 · frameworks.polycrystal.org

Contact

The site lists Pat Mahoney at [email protected] in its copyright notice.Read 10 Oct 2026 · frameworks.polycrystal.org

Editing and audio

The site says Frameworks lacks editing, exporting, and audio features.Read 9 Oct 2026 · frameworks.polycrystal.org

History

The project was originally based on gqcam 0.9 by Cory Lueninghoener.Read 10 Oct 2026 · frameworks.polycrystal.org

Image features

It supports frame averaging or image stacking to reduce noise, onion skinning, and continuous preview of recently captured frames.Read 9 Oct 2026 · frameworks.polycrystal.org

Image tools

It supports frame averaging or image stacking to reduce noise, using what the site calls naive post processing.Read 10 Oct 2026 · frameworks.polycrystal.org

Latest release

The download list shows Frameworks 0.4.0 dated 27 April 2026.Read 10 Oct 2026 · frameworks.polycrystal.org

Limitations

The site says Frameworks lacks editing, exporting, and audio features.Read 10 Oct 2026 · frameworks.polycrystal.org

Linux dependencies

The listed major build dependencies include GTK4 and Linux kernel headers containing linux/videodev2.h.Read 9 Oct 2026 · frameworks.polycrystal.org

Output

It saves captured frames as PNG files with sequential names such as frame_0001.png.Read 10 Oct 2026 · frameworks.polycrystal.org

Preview

It supports onion skinning and continuous playback of recently captured frames.Read 10 Oct 2026 · frameworks.polycrystal.org

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.Read 10 Oct 2026 · frameworks.polycrystal.org

Requirements

The listed major build dependencies are GTK 4, Linux kernel headers with linux/videodev2.h, and Meson.Read 10 Oct 2026 · frameworks.polycrystal.org

Where Specifiction places it

• Stop Motion Software#27 of 297.0