Jim Kleckner on wrote...
| Jim Kleckner wrote:
| > Anthony Thyssen wrote:
| >> Jim Kleckner on wrote...
| >
| >> | Is there a simple way to just extract that first frame?
| >
| >> the other is only read the first frame by adding '[0]' into the AVI
| >> filename
| >>
| >> convert movie.avi'[0]' .... first_frame.png
| >
| > This worked great, thanks!
|
| FYI, using identify with '[0]' seems to read the whole image sequence.
| Also "convert -identify ..." seems to do that.
|
That is unfortunatally how IM works in general. It is a general image
processor after all.
The better way to handle the break up and re-joining of separate frames
in a long 'movie' is to use the tools designed specifically for this
purpose.
For example... mencoder
| Of course it is possible to extract the first image into a file and then
| identify on that as above... But it would be nice if it just respected
| the selection.
|
It respects it, just not in the way you expect.
Anthony Thyssen ( System Programmer ) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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