The fast-paced world of television broadcast was the first to embrace Dragon Stop Motion. With daily frame quotas and break-neck post-production, series producers look for comprehensive animation solutions that deliver the right tools for animators, camera department and post.

Setting the bar in design and production value, commercial animation often pushes the envelope due to healthy budgets and creative teams. Dragon Stop Motion was developed in this arena. The first commercial shot with Dragon Stop Motion premiered on the Super Bowl.

Ever since Peter Gabriel's Sledgehammer, music videos and stop motion animation have had a special connection that continues today. With more stop motion production companies than ever, we are seeing a big resurgence in this marriage of music and animation. Using Dragon Stop Motion with todays DSLR's makes the process more affordable and forgiving.

Motion designers have a vast selection of CG and compositing tools at their disposal. Dragon adds an extra dimension to any project that needs a hand touched quality. Most designers love photography. Dragon allows them to bring high-quality photo sequences directly into their workspace.

Independent studios and animators world-wide enjoy Dragon's "power to the people" price point combined with 35mm image quality (from DSLRs). With no limitations on image size, DSM is the go-to solution for projected stop motion projects.

It's fair to say Patrick Boivin is the king of viral stop motion shorts. He has a few tricks up his sleeve: good old-fashioned filmmaking skills, a flair for theatrics and Dragon Stop Motion shooting digital stills.