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I am thinking of switching from monkeyjam to helium frog. My only problem is- can you edit a single frame in a photo editing program like monkeyjam lets you do?
Yes, you'll find it in the captured frames folder in the helium frog files. The only problem is that you must edit them, and then save over the unmasked one, and delete the frame used behind it to edit. Then they must be JPG to be able to be strung into an animation. You can find this feature in the utilities. Remember to move all of the photos to a separate folder, so the program doesn't string photos together from previous animations as well.
ok- thank you!:yes:
actually- i just checked this out- when i go to the captured frames folder- all that is there are video files- not the frames. I only have a photo editing/special effects program- not a video editing/special effects program...
sorry to bring this thread back up, but i have been using helium frog and it has been working quite well. Except for now. i now have another question: i saved my export file as 100% quality JPEG's, then my computer sort of froze up, and helium frog closed. so how do i import all the pictures that i took back into helium frog?
go into helium frog, click utilities, import jpegs, they have to be all in one folder.
question about the answer:
i have version 
when i press 
this pops up 
i've tried those all, but they don't really do anything. they don't actually import the pictures into helium frog. is there a newer/older version i need?
jpeg to motion jpeg is the one i meant. it should work assuming you select a folder with all the jpegs you want. you have to select the folder, then the framerate then press "GO" then it will process them and say "completed" or something when it is done. after that, you can press "continiue" and then if you press play, the video, should be there.
Fill a folder with all of the jpeg frames in sequential order, and only the frames you want to render. Go into utilities>jpeg to motion jpeg. When prompted, navigate to the folder of JPEGs you wish to render. Make sure to double-click on the final folder, so that the icon is of an open folder. Press "GO" and HeliumFrog will render it out. The video will not end up in the playback window, but the animation file will be saved to folder from which you got your frames.
oh yeah i forgot about that last thing... listen to unilego.
bump- another question about helium frog. whenever i download it, it downloads as a .zip file, and i have to extract it, so i do that. but i want an icon on my desktop, instead of a file. but whenever i drag and drop the helium frog program from the file onto my desktop, when i open, it says it can't find all the stuff it needs. does anyone know where i can download a working program as an icon instead of a .zip file if you know what i mean?
well, here's a visual if it helps:
first off, i open the folder.
Then i dragged it to my desktop
Then when i open it, this pops up.
You can't drag the actual file to the desktop. Instead, right-click on the file and select "Create Shortcut." It should make a new file in the same folder titled "Helium_Frog_2_06 - Shortcut." Drag that file to the desktop. What this does it target the program file when you click it, which is still where it needs to be, thus working. 
oh, thanks guys!
For some reason when I render my animation in lower quality, the animation looks so much better and smoother then the higher quiality one although I use the same pictures. Is it because of my old computer? Please help! 
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