Subject: Re: [Fractint] RE: Re: Making an .avi from Fractint color cycling;
Margaret Willmer wrote:
I may resort to saving frame by frame
Here are detailed steps of how to save frame by frame: These keystrokes work in DOS Fractint -- to save separate .gif images of each step of the color map cycle type: - r to load the desired image - s to save the picture with a name in the numbered series of images you are now starting to generate - (possibly) s to save another copy of the same image but with a different name (repeat to get as many copies of the same image as needed -- see discussion below) - c to enter color cycling mode - <comma> or <less_than> to cycle one color map step, or - <period> or <greater_than> to cycle one color map step the other direction - <esc> to exit color map mode - s to save the picture - (possibly) s to save another copy of the same image but with a different name (repeat to get as many copies of the same image as needed -- see discussion below) Repeat the above steps starting at "c to enter color cycling mode" for each of the 256 color map steps. This results in a series of images that have all 'adjacent' names: e.g. FRACT027.GIF, FRACT028.GIF, FRACT029.GIF, etc. I assume that your .avi creation program can use files with 'adjacent' names as input to create the .avi The purpose of saving several copies of the same image is to make the .avi not show the color cycling quite so fast. You will have to experiment to see what is visually appealing to you. You may *not* need to save several identical copies of the same .gif image if you can tell your .avi creation software what speed to create its animation at (the frame rate). - Hal Lane ######################### # hallane@earthlink.net # ######################### -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.10.16/83 - Release Date: 8/26/05