Hey - thanks for the pointer that Bernd. That looks good on the Mac - looking at the AppleScript Dictionary it seems to have doubled in features since I last checked! Also looks like it is fully supported for scripting from VB and even JavaScript on Windows.
2009/8/3 BNig <niggem...@uni-wh.de> > > > >The images need to have varied time durations > > David, you could do almost all your editing with the extended Quicktime > External, but for changing the duration of a frame you could use > Applescript. something like set the duration of frame x of track x of > document x to yyyy. You would have to do the timekeeping yourself, but you > would probably have to do that anyways. > This way you have a file that is proportional to the number of images and > not oversized due to repeated images to account for a framerate. > > regards > Bernd > > > David Bovill-4 wrote: > > > > .... The images need to have varied time durations, > > not just one frame, and file size ought to be proportional to the number > > of > > images, not to the duration of the movie. Previously I've done this as a > > Rev > > app, or using SMIL - this time I want files that can be taken into a > video > > editor. > > > > Taking a look at Trevor's fab Extended QuickTime external I see the only > > way > > to bring video in is using copy & paste. So does that mean that you put > > import the image as a binary, put it onto the clipboard and then use > > qtPaste > > to add the image to a given time? I'm also not clear how to extend the > > duration of a track / stretch the duration of a segment - other than by > > repeatedly copy / pasting - which for an image is only one frame? > > > > I found this command line tool > > (QTSuperImageSequencer< > http://mac.softpedia.com/get/Multimedia/QTSuperImageSequencer.shtml>), > > written in Java which does what I want (I've not full tested it), but was > > wandering if it were possible to achieve the same thing using Rev and > EQT? > > Similar to EQT all the heavy work is done by QuickTime - the source is > > open > > and short. > > > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/RevMedia-4-does-not-like-my-animated-gifs-%28constantMask-problem%29-tp24749079p24788196.html > Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > use-revolution@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
