On Tue, 30 May 2000, Sjoerd Op 't Land wrote:
> Op 29-05-2000 21:02 schreef Scott Raney op [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
>
> > On Mon, 29 May 2000, Sjoerd Op 't Land wrote:
> >
> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >>
> >>>> 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
> So that means I can't make it in MetaCard?
Reading your original question again, the answer to your last question
is "yes": MetaCard isn't a movie editing or image conversion
application so you'll have to find some other program to do this.
Regards,
Scott
> Thanks for any reply in advance,
> Sjoerd Op 't Land
>
>
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