Hi Ken,
Thanks for the info, though turning it into
use-able video isn't really the problem - I'll be
making a raw dv file for editing with Kino. It's
finding a way to automatically get each of the
relevant stills combined into a set of sequential
jpegs or png files.
I need to be able to work out something that means
I don't have to manually compose each group of
four frames into a single image and then create
the sequential image file numbers.
Thanks though.
Regards,
Patrick
Ken Wilson wrote:
Once you have the composite jpeg you could use the mogrify command from
image magic to turn it into an animated giff which would flick through
the composite images in order. Focused details here:-
http://www.antarcticanimation.com/content/about/technology/technology.php
The image magic site has the details of all 160 options if you want to
do any variation.
cheers
Ken
elliott-brennan wrote:
Hi all,
I've googled a bit and searched through the Imagemagick e-mail
archives, but not found anything I could use. I'm not even certain
that what I want to do is possible.
I also posted this to the Imagemagick mail group. The only response I
got back was from someone who told me there was an app for Mac OSX,
called Grid which could do this.
I know I'm showing my age, but if you recall the intro to The Brady
Bunch tv show:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=mkeGOH5vy7I
This is what I'm trying to achieve.
If I take four separate video streams of my children and create four
separate collections of still images:
A0001.jpeg to A1000
B0001.jpeg ...
C0001.jpeg ...
D0001.jpeg ...
I know that I can use:
montage *.jpeg -geometry +2+2 montage_geom.jpeg
To create a two-by-two individual .jpeg of the four images (very neat
- I know this is basic
stuff, but when I found it I thought "How easy is that?")
However, what I want to do is create a montage of four separate
streams of jpegs, creating a related
set of sequentially numbered composite images so that I can then
rejoin the whole as one raw video
file and come out with something similar to the Brady Bunch intro (an
image in each quarter of the
window is fine - it doesn't have to be a complex as the BB intro).
If anyone is able to provide assistance with this, it would be most
appreciated. Also, if there is a
site which explains this or another forum, a redirection or URL, if
available, would also be
appreciated.
Many thanks to anyone who is able to provide assistance, advice or
information and my apologies
if I've overlooked something obvious.
Regards,
Patrick
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