A Max/MSP patch based on the classic animation lunchbox tool.
Designed as a tool for hand-drawn animation, the patch can "flipflop" or "onionskin" between the video feed and the last frame captured.
Unlike a hardware lunchbox, the patch can work with whatever a computer can capture: HDMI, HDV, DV, etc. The patch names all of the captured video feed stills with a timestamp, making for easy organization in After Effects, Final Cut Pro, etc. The patch can also communicate with a DSLR through custom hardware.
A timestamp on the very small video feed stills makes for easy substitution with very large and correspondingly camera-timestamped DSLR raw files. The in other words, the video feed can act like a video tap on a film camera.
Screenshot: Optional overlays, histograms, etc.
Output: Directly from camera as PSD file.