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#GIF to FLI?

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#25923From: John C. kroenerOct 31, 1992 2:43 PM

hi! I was wondering….. I have 1000 gif files… all are single frames of a large animation, created with a ray-tracer… how can I compile them all into a fli file with minimum effort ? They are named… ani0001.gif ani0002.gif ani0003.gif ani1000.gif each corosponding to a frame … how can I get them into a fli without having to create an empty 1000 from fli and then HAND LOAD each GIF into the proper frame ? Any help is appreciated! thanks! :: JOHN

#25927From: Yost GroupOct 31, 1992 3:33 PM

If you have Animator or Animator Pro, you can use a macro with the + button in the file selector to do it. Plus, if you have AA Pro, you can use the Numpic POCO program that comes with it. – G

#25970From: John C. kroenerNov 1, 1992 3:56 PM

thanks! I'll give that a shot and see what happens! thanks again!!! ** JOHN ** s

#26021From: David TaffetNov 2, 1992 12:00 PM

Gary – I have tried in Animator to do this with the + button and the program truncates the name, tacks on its own 01 and then can't find the next files and the macro chokes. I have not tried figuring out what it will call subsequent files and renaming them accordingly (sounds like a pain in the _, too ), but that *might* work… FYI David Taffet

#26060From: Mike MorrisonNov 2, 1992 8:00 PM

Dave, Try Daves Targa Animator (TGAANI) I believe it works on GIFs as well as Targa images. If not, you can convert your GIFs to TGAs and then to a FLI. Or if the naming convention is a problem, do a: DIR *.GIF /ON > BATCH.BAT And use your favorite word processor to edit the batch file to do a DOS RENAME command and correct the name of each file. If you use a word processor like PC-Write, you can create a macro to do this easily enough. -MM

#26119From: David TaffetNov 3, 1992 4:38 PM

Thanks, Mike. I will check out TGAANI. Recall which library it's in? DT

#26076From: Yost GroupNov 2, 1992 10:57 PM

When loading files, AA _should_ just look for the next incrementally-numbered file in the sequence when using the + button. It should only actually re-name files when it's saving them. hmmm… Regardless, if you've got AA Pro, the Numpic POCO program will do exactly what you need. If not, Mike's suggestion about TGAANI is a good one. – G

#26120From: David TaffetNov 3, 1992 4:38 PM

I expected Animator to load files with the + with no problem, too. Try it out, tho'. (If you have it…AAPro is another story.)

#26127From: Yost GroupNov 3, 1992 5:47 PM

Unfortunately, at the moment I don't even have Animator on my hard disk. The last time I had a disk crash and restored my data, I just left it on the backup device. – G

#26178From: Mike MorrisonNov 4, 1992 10:04 AM