Helium frog has finally lived up to it's reputations and gone crash-prone.   I started trying to use this, looks good but I wish it could do 1080. I know Pritchard mentioned this a while ago but I'm using the c920 witch can stream 1080p video at 30 fps and can use usb 2 or 3 so it's not the cam causing it. Beyond that, it's quite nice.

Just hit another issue(s). I have yet to be able to export a video format and on my second shot exporting frames, it stops the "preparation" bar at 88% and only exported 58 of the 66 frames.
This might be related but the 60th frame got doubled visually but the duplicate was not selectable on the timeline nor did it seem to show on the preview. Also, unlike duplicating a frame it has the same number.
Soon after while short playing a few times the play button permanently became a pause button for the session.
Also I feel that this should do what other free software often does, save frames to a folder when you take them so if there is a crash or bug you still have your frames and don't just have to leave the program open scratching your head.

Last edited by END films (June 30, 2017 (12:00am))

Sounds great. Guess I'll Just use the logitech software to finish out brawl. I look forward to the update because aside form the export issues this is my favorite free animation software so far.

I had the same glitch with 84%.

Not yet, but there will probably be in the next version.

Don't close the program!
Save as pictures. That's the only way I can get it to render as well. You can always string those together later in any number of programs, and it may even be slightly higher quality in the long run. Heron doesn't like exporting as avi for me, and it seems to be a common issue.

In your editing program, import as image sequence, then, if you want, render just that into a video file and then use that to work as usual.

Good call saving the pictures first. Sadly the video export doesn't work for everybody (What OS are you using?).
I work on the software when I have time, a fixing all this problems is definitely planned, but I can't say how long it will take.
Sorry for the inconvenience.

Not at all, thank you for sharing this with us!

Hi @Jesse#1281 does your C920 works fine in other programs (Skype, etc.)?
Does your webcam works on this page : https://amw.github.io/jpeg_camera/demo/?
Have you tried disconnecting the webcam, closing Heron, connecting the webcam and launching Heron again?