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#anipro to video

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#185986From: Edward W. EichelAug 19, 1995 11:46 AM

artist, but not much tech experience. need to convert anipro to a video. great loss of quality in attempts so far. color bleached and detail minimal. bought studio, but no experience, that program any help?

#186086From: dave aguilarAug 20, 1995 1:09 AM

>> artist, but not much tech experience. need to convert anipro to a video. great loss of quality in attempts so far. color bleached and detail minimal. bought studio, but no experience, that program any help? << our first introductory attempt (years ago) to get AniPro output to video was through a Targa+ 32 card (which came with AniPro drivers. worked great for basic stuff, plenty of tweaks in the software for gamma and color correction, even make chromacolor and screen capture possible. -dave

#186174From: Edward W. EichelAug 20, 1995 8:00 PM

inexperienced. i believe i can convert flc to targa files with anipro, right? how do i acquire a 32 card with anipro drivers? i have a 486DX50 with 16 megs ram. video card VGA CIRRUS GD5426 V 1.4. setting 640x480x 256. am i already equipped?

#186195From: dave aguilarAug 20, 1995 10:54 PM

>> inexperienced. i believe i can convert flc to targa files with anipro, right? how do i acquire a 32 card with anipro drivers? i have a 486DX50 with 16 megs ram. video card VGA CIRRUS GD5426 V 1.4. setting 640x480x 256. am i already equipped? << Edward, to convert a FLC file to a sequence of TGA files, simply load the POCO program NUMPIC, use save Flic as Pics, for a filename use something like TEST0001 for a filename and when prompted, select Targa. bingo. -dave

#186427From: Linda VigdorAug 21, 1995 10:16 PM

I have imported the FLC into Video Post and rendered it as sequential Targa files as a background. The quality of the image is much better than using POCO's flc to tga but it uses quite a bit more disk space (and render time). Linda

#186454From: Bruce . PearsonAug 22, 1995 2:42 AM

If you're concerned about disk space, I'd suggest you render to .jpg for background stuff. You'll keep your 24-bit color and save lots of space. Experiment with the compression ratio to balance quality vs. disk space requirements. Regards, BP

#186468From: dave aguilarAug 22, 1995 5:35 AM

>> I have imported the FLC into Video Post and rendered it as sequential Targa files as a background. The quality of the image is much better than using POCO's flc to tga but it uses quite a bit more disk space (and render time). << to be expected. flc is 8-bit data instead of truecolor, for one thing. 🙂 -dave