Do you think it will ever be compatible with mac?

I'd just like to say that although I don't use it much, Helium Frog is a great piece of software! I also like the fact that with each update, you fix the little things I didn't like about the previous versions of the software to make it better.

Helium Frog has all these options already and more.

Just go to the settings window and tick on what you want in the output individual frames section. Take a look at the documentation on www.HeliumFrog.com for further details about the settings window.

In addition, you can export individual frames as jpegs from a completed animation. See the utilities window.

Sounds Good, but I encounter an error.

"I cannot find any video source devices, i must end"

It is quite logical that it can't find any video source devices as I want to use my EOS 40D and not a quickcam, but that should be no reason for ending.

Meh, keeps crashing on my computer

"actuallly this involves spiderman too, not batman. but im also taking a new approach, more comedy, less action. i dont see to many movies like that with more comedy than action" --SteveStarfyTV on an Indiana Jones meets Star Wars idea.

Ending when Helium Frog cannot find source devices. I have rewritten this so Helium Frog will wait for you to connect a device. It will be in the next issue.

Runtime error 430. This occurs when the program cannot find a file it needs to run. Helium Frog has all its dependant files embedded in the code, so it is unlikely that it cannot find one! This could possibly occur with a strange version of windows, but this is unlikely. A more likely cause is that your source drivers have not been installed correctly for your hardware. This could be either your webcam or camera or your firewire card etc. Let me know your hardware and I may be able to help you more.

fib12345 - Let me know where it crashes and what hardware / operating system you use. There may be an easy solution. I dont wish to be difficult, but of all the emails I have recieved I would estimate 95% of the crashes occur because people have renamed files, moved the program, disconnected webcams whilst running, recompressed files whilst animating, loaded multiple versions over each other, not installed drivers etc. etc.  Most of these problems could be avoided if you could spend about 2 minutes reading the quickstart guide on the website and the FAQ page. Whilst I dont mind helping anyone (In fact I actually enjoy it) You could save yourself a lot of time and spend it making more lego animations!

I know qc9000 and Vista runs OK, as I installed it last week on this combination, so perhaps the issue is with a corrupted .dll file. This can be a registry problem. Your computer may be using a corrupted .dll rather than the embedded one in the software.Try the following.

1) Delete Helium Frog and its directory completely.
2) Download and run CCleaner (www.ccleaner.com) and run the registry cleaner, this will clean and repair registry faults. It is free to download. An alternative is regcure (www.regcure.com) but I havent used this , this does however specifically look for error 430 problems.
3) Uninstall your camera using the control panel . Then reload the software CD disk BEFORE connecting the camera. The QC 9000 is very fussy about this. If you dont do it in this order, you sometimes get issues such as restricted resolution options.
3) Download a fresh copy of the latest Helium Frog (www.HeliumFrog.com) to a clean directory and try again.

Does HeliumFrog support HDMI input from a HDV camera?