CONVERT AVI TO 3DS FLIC
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Brian
Sorry to barge in .. but it sounds like you could direct me to the right
utility.
(1) How can I rapidly scan, full-screen, my sequentially-numbered .tga files
output from R3. (I don't want to convert to 256 colors). I'm sure there's a
solution that will make me feel stoopid – 'cause right now I'm loading them
individally into HiResQFX to check for render flaws – not fun on a 300-frame
animation.
(2) Also, if I do want to convert to a flic file, what's the fastest way to do
that? (I have the latest AniPro upgrade, but I haven't really examined it yet.)
Comment: Wouldn't it be handy if one could simultaneously save renderings as
flics and single frames. Or is there a way to do this
Thanks. Gayle G de N, SAVANTES
There is a group of utilities in the libraries here called 3dsutil.zip,
sharware by John Ellis, that has show3ds.exe in it, which will rapidly load one
.tga file after another into your framebuffer for previewing, but it only works
with a framebuffer like Targa+ or Illuminator Pro, or ATVista, etc…. The zip
file has a bunch of other excellent utilities like deleting a range of .tga's,
shift3ds for shifting a range of .tga's, dumy3ds for creating a sequencial
range of .tga's from one original .tga, and such. Really great stuff!
John Tissavary (LUNA cie)
Gayle:
>> Wouldn't it be handy if one could simultaneously save renderings as flics
>> and single frames. Or is there a way to do this?
Here's a way:
Write a batch file and run it from within Video Post to see if your last frame
minus 1 is done. "IF EXIST TEST0299.TGA"
If it doesn't exist, do nothing, and the machine will continue rendering. If
it does, have your batch file run DTA.EXE (Dave's Targa Animator) available in
the libraries here to compile the targas into a flic. Next morning, you have
both to review.
Voila! (I haven't tried it, but it's a great theory! Let me know if it works!
<g>)
Greg Pyros
PS – The reason you need to subtract 1 is that the batch file runs before the
targa file is saved. If you check for the last targa, you'll never get
to it!
<<have your batch file run DTA.EXE (Dave's Targa Animator) available in the
libraries here to compile the targas into a flic. Next morning, you have both
to review.>>
Good idea! I just started trying to figure this one out a couple days ago!
Got any idea on how to convert the aspect ratio from .8333 back to 1? I am
going to have to render a frame to disk, run DTA, then save the frame to the
PAR, but I would like to have the flc compiled at 640×480. (Man, ya' give 'em
an inch…)
–John
John:
Man, you do want a lot! <g> Doesn't DTA allow you to save the file in
different resolutions? That would change the aspect ratio for you as it was
being compiled into a flic.
Greg Pyros
Map it to background and rerender it at new resolution. Goes pretty fast!
Gayle,
There you go!
John and Greg stole my answers! <bg>
-Brian
In addition to the excellent responses you've already received, let me add that
Picture Publisher 4.0 has a great macro function that lets you batch process
files with any one of a number of image-processing effects. Though it doesn't
handle sequentially numbered files, as such, it lets you select multiple files
in its directory (typical Windows Ctrl-click or Shift- click selection) and
then apply whatever you've set up to all the selected files. You could
conceivably set up a macro to simply load, display, and then remove images if
you want to quickly scan through them, or you could apply Photoshop-type
effects to multiple images.
– Jack
Hi guys
Maybe you should checkout Image Alchemy 1.76 (great batching control over
sequentially number files)
GH