| Re: animated gif's with IDL [message #11318 is a reply to message #11315] |
Tue, 24 March 1998 00:00   |
Roger A. Moncrief
Messages: 1
Registered: March 1998
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Martin Schultz wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to create a little gif animation using IDL (for those who
> don't know it: a powerful data analysis package). IDL has a WRITE_GIF
> routine and it allows storage of multiple gif images in one file. So far
> so good. Only, if I want to watch my animation with a web browser
> (Netscape), it runs through exactly once, then stops. Can anyone tell me
> how to change a gif file so that it loops ad infinitum (or even better:
> does anyone have an IDL routine that does this) ?
>
> Thanks,
> Martin.
>
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> Dr. Martin Schultz
> Department for Earth&Planetary Sciences, Harvard University
> 186 Pierce Hall, 29 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA-02138, USA
>
> phone: (617)-496-8318
> fax : (617)-495-4551
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> e-mail: mgs@io.harvard.edu
> IDL-homepage: http://www-as.harvard.edu/people/staff/mgs/idl/
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Martin,
I don't know anything about your IDL software but there are over 60 .gif
animation applications available. I would be very surprised any of them
lacked a check box for looping the animation. Many people thing Ulead
has one of the better if not the best .gif animation application around.
You can download a fully functional demo at http://www.ulead.com. I seem
to recall it works for either a certain number of uses or a certain time
period. Its called Ulead GIF Animator 2.0. Load the gif animations from
your IDL software into it, check the looping infinite check box, run the
optimization wizard and save it. It will loop then. You can also control
the animation speed by setting the image delay for each image. Hope this
helps. Good luck.
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