On Mon, 29 May 2000, Sjoerd Op 't Land wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> >> I want to make a Animated GIF to QuickTime or AVI converter
> >> in MetaCard. Is that possible?
> >
> > I think quicktime already supports direct import of GIF and AVI
> > animations.
> You are right! I can set the fileName of a player to a GIF file. I only have
> trouble with experimenting because when I set the fileName and close the
> property's window, a part of the home stack and the browse and arrow tool of
> the tools palette turn black. Did I "hit upon a bug"? I have tried locking
> the colormap doesn't help. I have a Macintosh Performa 5400/160 with MacOS
> N1-8.6.
Yes, if you're in 8-bit (256 color) display mode. Setting it to 16 or
32 bit ("thousands" or "millions) depth will fix the problem, as will
upgrading to 2.3.1 beta.
> > So you'd only have to do something like
> >
> > set the filename of player 1 to "picture.gif"
> > #save to file
> Works (except that bug (?)), but how can I save this to a QuickTime or AVI
> file? Like this: ?
>
> put player "GIFANIM" into player "AVIANIM"
> save player "AVIANIM"
Players can't be used as containers or saved separately than a file.
You can do the first with image objects, though, and can save the data
using the file commands or urls.
Regards,
Scott
> Thanks for any help or suggestions,
> Sjoerd Op 't Land=
>
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