WHAT IS THIS
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qStopMotion is a program to create stop motion animations.
See http://www.qstopmotion.org for more info.


REQUIREMENTS
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You need the following libraries installed to use qStopMotion:
    - Qt5
    - ffmpeg
    - gstreamer or libav (Linux only)
    - gphoto2 (Linux only)
    - video4linux2 (Linux only)


INSTALLATION
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Use the installer on Windows or the package for your Linux
distribution.


BUILD ON LINUX
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Install the following packages:
    - CMake
    - G++ Compiler
    - Qt5 development files
    - gstreamer or libav development files
    - gphoto2 development files
    - video4linux2 development files
Download the source tar ball and unpack it in a separate directory.
Change to the source directory and call:
    - cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release .
    - make
    - su
    - make install
    - exit


WHO CAN USE IT
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Everyone can use this application as it is distributed under the
GPLv2 licence (See the file COPYING for more details).


DO YOU WANT TO CONTRIBUTE?
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Do not hesitate to contact us if you want to contribute with translations,
graphics, code, +++ 

Your help is very much appreciated.

ralf.lange@qstopmotion.org
2016-05-10