Re: [SLUG] Trying to create 'brady bunch-style' video

[elliott-brennan <elliottbrennan@xxxxxxxxx>]

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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