Re: QuickTime GS movie of jet fighter uploaded to ground

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"Anonymous" <x.y@tennis.net> wrote:

>I converted an .AVI file to several GIF images......It does it
>automatically, you can change the Height and Width of the output images!
>This is ShareWare, and you have to wait for the CREDITS screen disappear
>between every 10 frames converted.
>
>It went very quickly.  Now I'll go try the GS conversion.
>
>I now have about 35 GIF images on my GS hard drive.
>
>I have only 1 GIF viewer that supports SAVING of the GIF images in GS
>format.....
>
>I could go through each one, OPEN with the GIF viewer I have, SAVE (you
>have to rename first).  OPEN....SAVE  (rename before save)  35 times!!!
>
>Is there a Graphic conversion program that will let you select many files
>(via SHIFT-click or another method) when the OPEN file dialog window
>appears?

I know that SuperConvert will do this for you.  Based on what Mitchell
said, Convert 3200 will do this too....

>How about Renaming the files correctly.  How about removing the .GIF from:
>
>picture01.gif
>
>And changing it to:  picture01.APF

If memory serves, SuperConvert does this.  Seven Hills still markets
SuperConvert for a reasonable price.  Convert 3200 has an even better
price.  Lemmings for the GS is thrown in as a marketing gimmick.
I don't have Convert 3200 (yet) but people say it is better than the
SuperConvert program....

>Please forgive me if Convert 3200 has this function!  I don't own the
>program.  What the program "needs" to do is open multiple files, convert
>*all* of them to GS format, rename them (remove gif suffix), and save all
>of them (retaining sequence numbers)

SuperConvert does this.

>Can synchronization of Video/audio be done without HyperStudio?   I don't
>own the HyperStudio program.

HyperCard is comparable to HyperStudio.  HyperCard can be dloaded
for free from Apple.  A search on DejaNews should turn up the ftp
server.  There are two different sites -- only one has a version unshkable
on a GS.  I never actually downloaded the program so I can't tell you
where this site is.  I am sure someone else can help with this....

The catch is HyperCard's learning curve.  I have read that you have to
program a button just to make it do something!  It sounds like so much
effort just to get it to replicate an NBA....

>What programs are availble to view PaintWorks animation files?  (besides
>Paintworks which I already own).  I also have Finder View, which allows you
>to double click PaintWorks animations from the finder.   Are there programs
>to adjust playback speed, FWD and REV, pause?

Just about every major GS paint program will handle PaintWorks
animations.  There are several that convert Autodesk .fli files to this
format.

>I would be neat to make GS videos standardized.....
>
>1) Have a Paintworks animation file with a special flag that tells the OS
>or MOVIE PLAYER PROGRAM that there is an audio file to go with it,
>including the name of the audio file to be loaded (or maybe have the Audio
>file have the same name as the video file)
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>I don't know much about the File formats for the GS...I am just thinking
>out loud.  It doesn't seem like there would be much programming involved.
>
>This GS video idea has me quite interested.  Some really cool demos,
>Hyperstudio stacks could be made.....How about a "setting up your GS"
>Stack, with video of cords and cables being plugged in, etc?  (not useful
>to me...I am just thinking about what could be done)
>
>Or a "GS Video Stack!" with 16 videos playing (taking up equal spaces on
>the screen)  They wouldn't all be playing....But If you cut and pasted the
>converted 1/16th screen size images onto the same page, then
>animated....It would create quite a neat video
>
>Go ahead and post comments or criticisms

The GS has always been capable of video.  Apple used a video at 31
frames/second to demonstrate the Apple High Speed SCSI card's high
speed.  I have seen efforts like DreamWorld's DreamVision program
(one clip showed Paula Abdul dancing with sound).

CD-ROM programs can be written if a GS video standard and creator
programs can be written.  Sadly, all projects started have so far been
dropped before fruition.  Now that most remaining GS users have hard
disks and accelerators, a PaintWorks viewer plus audio player that
can load from disk while playing looks like the most viable option.