MonkeyJam is a digital penciltest program. It is designed to let you capture images from a webcam, camcorder, or scanner and assemble them as separate frames of an animation.
You can also import images and sound files already on your computer. Although it is designed for pencil and paper, MonkeyJam can also be used for StopMotion animation and has several features just for that.
The movies that are created in MonkeyJam can later be exported as AVI files.
Here are some key features of "MonkeyJam":
· Exposure Sheet driven interface.
· Save and reload X-sheets.
· Up to ten levels of drawings.
· Click and Drag interface to reposition drawings and change their duration.
· Instant preview of currently selected drawing.
· Import WAV or MP3 audio files.
· Waveform display with audio scrubbing and dialog markup.
· Import previously captured or scanned images in BMP, Jpeg or PNG format.
· Export as an AVI movie.
· Adjustable FPS rate (30,24,25,15,12,any).
· Support for standard NTSC and PAL resolutions.
· Editable Layer names and colors for clarity.
· Visibility control for each layer.
· Open image in external editor from within MonkeyJam.
· Multi-language support.
· Capture using Webcam, vfw capture card or firewire.
· Capture images as BMP, Jpeg or lossless PNG in color or black and white.
· Automated X-sheet logging.
· Automated number generation with a choice of Frame or Sequential numbering.
· Adjustable duration at time of capture.
· Frame averaging for cameras with fluxuating auto-exposure.
· Automatically rotate images on capture.
· Option to adjust for non-square pixels when using a DV camera and aren't playing back to DV tape.
· Scanner interface with automatic resolution adjustment to match output size.
· Three methods of compositing to choose from for best results.
· Preview entire movie or a specific range of frames.
· Run preview with or without sound, or scrub manually.
· Preview at different sizes.
· Forward and Reverse playback.
· Keyboard and slider control for frame by frame viewing.
· Save Preview as AVI movie.
· Uses X-Sheet to save and re-open project to continue working.
· Capture in Color or Black and White.
· All images saved individually to allow editing of frames in graphics programs.
· Preview last 24 frames in Capture window.
· Re-Shoot specific frames.
Requirements:
· Processor: 300mhz Pentium II
· Memory: 50mb Free memory recommended
· Disk Space: 4MB (Program) 50+mb (projects).
· DirectX 8.1 or later
What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]
· Audio support for WAV and MP3 files.
· Audio scrubbing in Xsheet and Preview.
· Export AVI with audio.
· Dialog markup.
· Keyboard shortcuts ( /-,1-9) for changing image duration.
· Improved Scanner interface.
· Better support for PAL resolutions.
· Import images to new layer option.
· Drawing duration change shortcuts.
· New Windows installer.
· Option to re-name drawing in Xsheet and file on harddrive at same time.
· Option in Xsheet to edit image in program of choice.
· Full second preview in StopMotion capture mode.
· Full size image viewer in Xsheet.
· Support for non-English translations (Latin-1 characterset only).
· Major Bug Fixes: Xsheet recognizes images with uppercase file extensions! Help link broken after opening file. Xsheet edit inconsistencies.Image numbering errors and capture freezes in Capture.
· Many other bugs reported over the last year.
