self animated amv Looking for input
- Epic_Dark_Jaeden
- Joined: Sun Apr 13, 2003 11:25 pm
- Location: Newburgh NY
self animated amv Looking for input
Hello Newbie to the AMV boards (not the site tho)
Ive been avidly working on an AMV for our D&D campaign.
(wow I must sound like a real geek)
all frames have been drawn by me, and yes Im a girl.
some info on my video is------
10 frames per second.
currently runs at 49 seconds at 495 frames
1)I draw each frame on the computer as a BMP.
2)THEN load the BMPs into Gif constructionset wich knocks down the resoulution drastically as it turns it to a 256 colored animated gif.
3)Save the gif as an AVI
4) load the AVI in DDClips AVI edit prog
5)piece the scenes together
Im looking for a program that will load a .bmp as a frame, and BUILD and AVI, or MOV, or MPEG, MPG, from each individule picture. Anyone know of a prog that does this?
PS lemme know if you are interested in seeing my avi, (no sound in progress - 4 megs)
Ive been avidly working on an AMV for our D&D campaign.
(wow I must sound like a real geek)
all frames have been drawn by me, and yes Im a girl.
some info on my video is------
10 frames per second.
currently runs at 49 seconds at 495 frames
1)I draw each frame on the computer as a BMP.
2)THEN load the BMPs into Gif constructionset wich knocks down the resoulution drastically as it turns it to a 256 colored animated gif.
3)Save the gif as an AVI
4) load the AVI in DDClips AVI edit prog
5)piece the scenes together
Im looking for a program that will load a .bmp as a frame, and BUILD and AVI, or MOV, or MPEG, MPG, from each individule picture. Anyone know of a prog that does this?
PS lemme know if you are interested in seeing my avi, (no sound in progress - 4 megs)
- jonmartensen
- Joined: Sat Aug 31, 2002 11:50 pm
- Location: Gimmickville USA
- RadicalEd0
- Joined: Mon Jun 24, 2002 2:58 pm
virtualdub can open a bitmap sequence - I'm not sure how the different images have to be labeled, but I'd guess a simple 1.bmp, 2.bmp etc would load up in vdub okay, from which you could resize and whatever and save as avi.
btw, tis a cool idea indeed
btw, tis a cool idea indeed
NMEAMV: PENIS
NMEAMV: IN
NMEAMV: YO
NMEAMV: MIXED
NMEAMV: DRINK
NMEAMV: IN
NMEAMV: YO
NMEAMV: MIXED
NMEAMV: DRINK
- jonmartensen
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- Location: Gimmickville USA
- BishounenStalker
- Joined: Sat Jun 29, 2002 5:18 pm
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I agree with Tab on using VDub. Although if you wish to save hard drive space, exporting it as a filmstrip for from Photoshop for editing in Premiere is a good approach, too. Or even saving the entire sequence as a layered Photoshop file and converting it to Quicktime in Adobe ImageReady is a decent approach (the Ghetto-Tech method).
The only not-so-good thing....
10 fps is extremely low. Most standard animation is at least 15 fps, but usually about 30 fps.
The only not-so-good thing....
10 fps is extremely low. Most standard animation is at least 15 fps, but usually about 30 fps.
-- Rachel the Demon, Resident Quoter of Obscure Nostalgia
"Great. He can pick his teeth when he's done with us!" - Marina, Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas
Current AMV: Somewhere On This Night
"Great. He can pick his teeth when he's done with us!" - Marina, Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas
Current AMV: Somewhere On This Night
- Lonley Driver
- Joined: Mon Feb 10, 2003 2:37 pm
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Just so you know... there's also a program out there by Canopus called Imaginate.
http://www.canopus.com/US/products/Imag ... ginate.asp
I'm not sure how much you're looking to spend though... Just another option.
-David
http://www.canopus.com/US/products/Imag ... ginate.asp
I'm not sure how much you're looking to spend though... Just another option.

-David
- Kai Stromler
- Joined: Fri Jul 12, 2002 9:35 am
- Location: back in the USSA
SSMM will build an .avi for you out of a .bmp or .jpg sequence, even add audio. All kinds of codec options, and it's free, too. The controls can be a little weird, but you get used to it quick.
SSMM can also help you add frames. Use a cross-dissolve between pictures with one frame to transition. This turns the frame sequence
[1] [2] [3] [4]
into
[1] [1/2] [2] [2/3] [3] [3/4] [4]
Set the framerate to 20 instead of 10 and you'll keep synch.
The result looks somewhat low-budget or underproduced (most commercial animation, as Rachel noted, runs somewhere between 15 and 24 fps), but if it's just for your D&D campaign, anyone who has a problem with this also has problems with reality in general.
best luck,
--K
SSMM can also help you add frames. Use a cross-dissolve between pictures with one frame to transition. This turns the frame sequence
[1] [2] [3] [4]
into
[1] [1/2] [2] [2/3] [3] [3/4] [4]
Set the framerate to 20 instead of 10 and you'll keep synch.
The result looks somewhat low-budget or underproduced (most commercial animation, as Rachel noted, runs somewhere between 15 and 24 fps), but if it's just for your D&D campaign, anyone who has a problem with this also has problems with reality in general.
best luck,
--K
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- RadicalEd0
- Joined: Mon Jun 24, 2002 2:58 pm
- BishounenStalker
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True. It depends on the studio's budget. Movie/OVA uses a much higher unique framerate (around 20-24fps, sometimes, but rarely, as high as 29) than does TV. And it's because doubling the frames saves production costs without sacrificing a lot of quality to the untrained eye (15fps doubled looks pretty close to true 30fps).
-- Rachel the Demon, Resident Quoter of Obscure Nostalgia
"Great. He can pick his teeth when he's done with us!" - Marina, Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas
Current AMV: Somewhere On This Night
"Great. He can pick his teeth when he's done with us!" - Marina, Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas
Current AMV: Somewhere On This Night
- jonmartensen
- Joined: Sat Aug 31, 2002 11:50 pm
- Location: Gimmickville USA