| Making movies [message #51429] |
Sat, 18 November 2006 17:06  |
Jeff Hester
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Does anyone have a preferred solution on a Mac for stringing a bunch of
frames together to make a movie? I've never really liked the MPEG
routines in IDL for a variety of reasons (everything from quality of
output to inconsistencies in the movie headers that can cause them to
play incorrectly when launched from PowerPoint). Macs are supposed to
be god's gift to movies, so I am certain that there are 10^4 ways of
making a movie out of a few hundred TIFF files, but I'd settle for one
that will make a high quality output with a sensible codec and variable
frame rate.
Thanks,
Jeff
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| Re: Making movies [message #51528 is a reply to message #51429] |
Wed, 22 November 2006 00:21  |
Paolo Grigis
Messages: 171
Registered: December 2003
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Kenneth Bowman wrote:
> In article <1164134925.334701.82010@h48g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>,
> jeffnettles4870@gmail.com wrote:
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>> Isn't it possible to produce animated PNG files like you can with GIF
>> files? I think they're called MNG files. Has anyone ever given these
>> a try?
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>> Jef
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> It probably depends on the intended usage. For web usage you can put
> the PNGs (or GIFs, ...) in a directory and used a Java animation
> program.
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> I like QuickTime movies because they
> are a single file that you can doubleclick and view, drag the
> slider back and forth, etc.
> work on a web page
> work in a presentation
> are portable to Windows
But, sadly, powerpoint for Windows does not support them directly
(you have to link them to the external viewer application instead)
:-(
Paolo
> But then we are mostly Mac users in my group.
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> Ken
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| Re: Making movies [message #51534 is a reply to message #51429] |
Tue, 21 November 2006 11:34 |
Kenneth Bowman
Messages: 86
Registered: November 2006
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In article <1164134925.334701.82010@h48g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>,
jeffnettles4870@gmail.com wrote:
> Isn't it possible to produce animated PNG files like you can with GIF
> files? I think they're called MNG files. Has anyone ever given these
> a try?
>
> Jef
It probably depends on the intended usage. For web usage you can put
the PNGs (or GIFs, ...) in a directory and used a Java animation
program.
I like QuickTime movies because they
are a single file that you can doubleclick and view, drag the
slider back and forth, etc.
work on a web page
work in a presentation
are portable to Windows
But then we are mostly Mac users in my group.
Ken
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| Re: Making movies [message #51535 is a reply to message #51429] |
Tue, 21 November 2006 11:39 |
Haje Korth
Messages: 651
Registered: May 1997
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Jeff,
IDL 6.3 has Motion JPEG2000 support. When the parameters are set
correctly, the movies have superb quality while the file sizes are
significantly smaller than animated gifs or pngs. A free player is
included in IDL, but you may have trouble getting the movies to run
under Quicktime.
Cheers,
Haje
Jeff Hester wrote:
> Does anyone have a preferred solution on a Mac for stringing a bunch of
> frames together to make a movie? I've never really liked the MPEG
> routines in IDL for a variety of reasons (everything from quality of
> output to inconsistencies in the movie headers that can cause them to
> play incorrectly when launched from PowerPoint). Macs are supposed to
> be god's gift to movies, so I am certain that there are 10^4 ways of
> making a movie out of a few hundred TIFF files, but I'd settle for one
> that will make a high quality output with a sensible codec and variable
> frame rate.
>
> Thanks,
> Jeff
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| Re: Making movies [message #51536 is a reply to message #51429] |
Tue, 21 November 2006 10:48 |
jeffnettles4870
Messages: 111
Registered: October 2006
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Isn't it possible to produce animated PNG files like you can with GIF
files? I think they're called MNG files. Has anyone ever given these
a try?
Jeff
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| Re: Making movies [message #51537 is a reply to message #51429] |
Tue, 21 November 2006 10:48 |
jeffnettles4870
Messages: 111
Registered: October 2006
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Isn't it possible to produce animated PNG files like you can with GIF
files? I think they're called MNG files. Has anyone ever given these
a try?
Jef
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