what software to convert stillimages to avi?

Gerhard Gressierer · October 30th, 2003

what software do you guys use to convert a sequence of rendered stillimages to an avi file?
any help appreciated
thanks
Gerhard

Ernest Burden · October 30th, 2003

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what software do you guys use to convert a sequence of rendered stillimages to an avi file?

That depends on what you want on the other end. There is a command-line utility that comes with LS (or it was a 'free item' that was on their site, I don't remember which) called makeavi.exe which will do this. It either uses compression, and a lot of it, or there is a -nc switch that uses none. Controling the framerate is a difficult task, but it can be done.

But for editing software I use Adobe After Effects and Adobe Premiere. There are others, like one from Discreet Combustion, I think, and Avid. These are all very good software that let you put together digital video as you want, transitions, effects, sound...

Gerhard Gressierer · October 30th, 2003

Hi Ernest,

thanks a lot for the quick reply.
i'm using a shareware program called avimaker, but it is pretty limited (but it was easier to use than makeavi.exe). i was just wondering if there are other programs who convert sequenced stillimages into avi's

thanks
Gerhard

schmoron13 · October 30th, 2003

I ALWAYS use aftereffects...it's intuitive...

xgarcia · October 30th, 2003

maybe vitualdub? Not sure if it can load sequence of images like Premiere or AfterFX, but it's free.

http://virtualdub.sourceforge.net/

Ernest Burden · October 30th, 2003

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I ALWAYS use aftereffects...it's intuitive...

That's funny. I think After Effects is not intuitive, but it does things I need to do that Premiere can't. I find Premiere intuitive.

schmoron13 · October 30th, 2003

lol....maybe it's cause that's the first "post" product I used, and I use just the basic features....

essentially, all I usually do is create a new file, load the sections of the animations (grouped bmp), layer them sequentially, add a watermark with the "screen" overlay...set the rendering, and hit render...SUUUUUUPER basic :ebiggrin:

vizwhiz · October 30th, 2003

hi There

Gerhard,

what software are you using? VIZ 3/4 has a Ram Player that you can load a series of still Images and then output to a avi file (which can be converted to a mpg - freeware utility somewhere)

say i just moved from Phx to Mesa, give a yell sometime. my 9 year old is bugging me to teach him Animation, he plays Violin and digital keyboard (somewhat)

Thanks

Randy

Gerhard Gressierer · October 31st, 2003

Hi guys,

thanks a lot for all the helpful replies.
i'm using lightscape to generate the sequenced images.
do any of you know if there is still an upgrade path to max? there was a option to upgrade to max5 for about $1200.
thanks again and happy halloween
Gerhard

STRAT · October 31st, 2003

do it in max or viz if you have them

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schmoron13 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Syracuse, NY, Walnut Creek, CA Age: 29 Posts: 331 Name: Doron Serban	lol....maybe it's cause that's the first "post" product I used, and I use just the basic features.... essentially, all I usually do is create a new file, load the sections of the animations (grouped bmp), layer them sequentially, add a watermark with the "screen" overlay...set the rendering, and hit render...SUUUUUUPER basic :ebiggrin: __________________ Doron Serban

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October 30th, 2003	#1 (permalink)
Gerhard Gressierer Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Phoenix,AZ Posts: 4 Name: Gerhard Gressierer	what software do you guys use to convert a sequence of rendered stillimages to an avi file? any help appreciated thanks Gerhard

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Gerhard Gressierer Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Phoenix,AZ Posts: 4 Name: Gerhard Gressierer	Hi Ernest, thanks a lot for the quick reply. i'm using a shareware program called avimaker, but it is pretty limited (but it was easier to use than makeavi.exe). i was just wondering if there are other programs who convert sequenced stillimages into avi's thanks Gerhard

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xgarcia Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: FL Age: 29 Posts: 471 Name: Xavier Garcia, Jr.	maybe vitualdub? Not sure if it can load sequence of images like Premiere or AfterFX, but it's free. http://virtualdub.sourceforge.net/

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vizwhiz Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: arizona usa, earth/universe Age: 56 Posts: 1,009 Name: Randy Sanders	hi There Gerhard, what software are you using? VIZ 3/4 has a Ram Player that you can load a series of still Images and then output to a avi file (which can be converted to a mpg - freeware utility somewhere) say i just moved from Phx to Mesa, give a yell sometime. my 9 year old is bugging me to teach him Animation, he plays Violin and digital keyboard (somewhat) Thanks Randy

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Gerhard Gressierer Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Phoenix,AZ Posts: 4 Name: Gerhard Gressierer	Hi guys, thanks a lot for all the helpful replies. i'm using lightscape to generate the sequenced images. do any of you know if there is still an upgrade path to max? there was a option to upgrade to max5 for about $1200. thanks again and happy halloween Gerhard

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