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Alex O. Holcombe: /* Making animated demos */

Alex O. Holcombe — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 00:22:36 GMT

Making animated demos

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	*Patrick normally makes short movies a frame at a time in Keynote and then makes them into movies with Quicktime 7 Pro. In past years, Quicktime Pro could be used to create movies from a bunch of still frames. Quicktime Pro is no longer supported, however it is possible to still run Quicktime 7 Pro if you manage to find a Quicktime Pro-enabled computer (thanks Patrick Cavanagh for informing me of this).		*Patrick normally makes short movies a frame at a time in Keynote and then makes them into movies with Quicktime 7 Pro. In past years, Quicktime Pro could be used to create movies from a bunch of still frames. Quicktime Pro is no longer supported, however it is possible to still run Quicktime 7 Pro if you manage to find a Quicktime Pro-enabled computer (thanks Patrick Cavanagh for informing me of this).
	*Quicktime Player 7 (but not Quicktime Player) [http://forums.macosxhints.com/archive/index.php/t-63657.html can still open image sequence], but not from GUI. Quicktime Player 7 can be found in Snow Leopard's [http://dougscripts.com/itunes/2009/08/snow-leopards-quicktime-player-duality/ Optional Installs]. To use the functionality, have to do it with AppleScript/Automator.		*Quicktime Player 7 (but not Quicktime Player) [http://forums.macosxhints.com/archive/index.php/t-63657.html can still open image sequence], but not from GUI. Quicktime Player 7 can be found in Snow Leopard's [http://dougscripts.com/itunes/2009/08/snow-leopards-quicktime-player-duality/ Optional Installs]. To use the functionality, have to do it with AppleScript/Automator.
-	*Here's a script I made- drag the folder containing the image sequence onto the app: [[Image:ImageSequenceToMovie.app.zip‎]] or a more [http://macscripter.net/viewtopic.php?id=25547 user-friendly one] from the internet	+	*Here's a script I made- drag the folder containing the image sequence onto the app: [[Image:ImageSequenceToMovie.app.zip‎]] or a more [http://macscripter.net/viewtopic.php?id=25547 user-friendly one] from the internet called Sequimago
	*After the movie is made, you can change its playback speed with [http://www.xs4all.nl/~jeschot/home.html JES Deinterlacer] (Project:Custom:Movie speed)		*After the movie is made, you can change its playback speed with [http://www.xs4all.nl/~jeschot/home.html JES Deinterlacer] (Project:Custom:Movie speed)

Alex O. Holcombe: /* Making animated demos */

Alex O. Holcombe — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 00:21:23 GMT

Making animated demos

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	*Using Visionegg you can create a gif. Then you import the gif using Adobe Flash. You can adjust the speed manipulating the frame duration (Modify document). Finally, you export the file as a swf.		*Using Visionegg you can create a gif. Then you import the gif using Adobe Flash. You can adjust the speed manipulating the frame duration (Modify document). Finally, you export the file as a swf.
	*Patrick normally makes short movies a frame at a time in Keynote and then makes them into movies with Quicktime 7 Pro. In past years, Quicktime Pro could be used to create movies from a bunch of still frames. Quicktime Pro is no longer supported, however it is possible to still run Quicktime 7 Pro if you manage to find a Quicktime Pro-enabled computer (thanks Patrick Cavanagh for informing me of this).		*Patrick normally makes short movies a frame at a time in Keynote and then makes them into movies with Quicktime 7 Pro. In past years, Quicktime Pro could be used to create movies from a bunch of still frames. Quicktime Pro is no longer supported, however it is possible to still run Quicktime 7 Pro if you manage to find a Quicktime Pro-enabled computer (thanks Patrick Cavanagh for informing me of this).
-	*Quicktime Player 7 (but not Quicktime Player) [http://forums.macosxhints.com/archive/index.php/t-63657.html can still open image sequence], but not from GUI. Quicktime Player 7 can be found in Snow Leopard's [http://dougscripts.com/itunes/2009/08/snow-leopards-quicktime-player-duality/ Optional Installs]. To use the functionality, have to do it with AppleScript/Automator. Here's a script I made- drag the folder containing the image sequence onto the app: [[Image:ImageSequenceToMovie.app.zip‎]]	+	*Quicktime Player 7 (but not Quicktime Player) [http://forums.macosxhints.com/archive/index.php/t-63657.html can still open image sequence], but not from GUI. Quicktime Player 7 can be found in Snow Leopard's [http://dougscripts.com/itunes/2009/08/snow-leopards-quicktime-player-duality/ Optional Installs]. To use the functionality, have to do it with AppleScript/Automator.
		+	*Here's a script I made- drag the folder containing the image sequence onto the app: [[Image:ImageSequenceToMovie.app.zip‎]] or a more [http://macscripter.net/viewtopic.php?id=25547 user-friendly one] from the internet
	*After the movie is made, you can change its playback speed with [http://www.xs4all.nl/~jeschot/home.html JES Deinterlacer] (Project:Custom:Movie speed)		*After the movie is made, you can change its playback speed with [http://www.xs4all.nl/~jeschot/home.html JES Deinterlacer] (Project:Custom:Movie speed)

Alex O. Holcombe: /* Making animated demos */

Alex O. Holcombe — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 01:12:05 GMT

Making animated demos

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	*Using Visionegg you can create a gif. Then you import the gif using Adobe Flash. You can adjust the speed manipulating the frame duration (Modify document). Finally, you export the file as a swf.		*Using Visionegg you can create a gif. Then you import the gif using Adobe Flash. You can adjust the speed manipulating the frame duration (Modify document). Finally, you export the file as a swf.
	*Patrick normally makes short movies a frame at a time in Keynote and then makes them into movies with Quicktime 7 Pro. In past years, Quicktime Pro could be used to create movies from a bunch of still frames. Quicktime Pro is no longer supported, however it is possible to still run Quicktime 7 Pro if you manage to find a Quicktime Pro-enabled computer (thanks Patrick Cavanagh for informing me of this).		*Patrick normally makes short movies a frame at a time in Keynote and then makes them into movies with Quicktime 7 Pro. In past years, Quicktime Pro could be used to create movies from a bunch of still frames. Quicktime Pro is no longer supported, however it is possible to still run Quicktime 7 Pro if you manage to find a Quicktime Pro-enabled computer (thanks Patrick Cavanagh for informing me of this).
-	*Quicktime Player 7 (but not Quicktime Player) [http://forums.macosxhints.com/archive/index.php/t-63657.html can still open image sequence], but not from GUI. Quicktime Player 7 can be found in Snow Leopard's [http://dougscripts.com/itunes/2009/08/snow-leopards-quicktime-player-duality/ Optional Installs]. To use the functionality, have to do it with AppleScript/Automator. Here's a script I made: [[Image:ImageSequenceToMovie.app.zip‎]]	+	*Quicktime Player 7 (but not Quicktime Player) [http://forums.macosxhints.com/archive/index.php/t-63657.html can still open image sequence], but not from GUI. Quicktime Player 7 can be found in Snow Leopard's [http://dougscripts.com/itunes/2009/08/snow-leopards-quicktime-player-duality/ Optional Installs]. To use the functionality, have to do it with AppleScript/Automator. Here's a script I made- drag the folder containing the image sequence onto the app: [[Image:ImageSequenceToMovie.app.zip‎]]
	*After the movie is made, you can change its playback speed with [http://www.xs4all.nl/~jeschot/home.html JES Deinterlacer] (Project:Custom:Movie speed)		*After the movie is made, you can change its playback speed with [http://www.xs4all.nl/~jeschot/home.html JES Deinterlacer] (Project:Custom:Movie speed)

Fahed Jbarah: /* A Better Way? */ Removed the information about CS5 suite as it didn't support making SWF as far as I could tell. Added info about where to get old CS1 Photoshop

Fahed Jbarah — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 04:01:50 GMT

A Better Way?: Removed the information about CS5 suite as it didn't support making SWF as far as I could tell. Added info about where to get old CS1 Photoshop

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	Unfortunately the above technique doesn't always play at the appropriate frame rate. Instead, once you have modified your psychopy code to save frames as images, you can use Adobe software to animate them and export as a Flash .swf file.		Unfortunately the above technique doesn't always play at the appropriate frame rate. Instead, once you have modified your psychopy code to save frames as images, you can use Adobe software to animate them and export as a Flash .swf file.

-	===~~If you're using~~ Adobe Imageready===	+	===Using Adobe Imageready===
		+	If you don't have Adobe Imageready on your computer (it will be in the Photoshop folder in your Applications folder), a copy has been burned to a DVD and left on the black shelving unit in the main lab area. To install it, simply drag and drop the folder from the disc to your Applications folder.
	# Place all the images in one folder		# Place all the images in one folder
	# Import the folder of images to Imageready (File:Import:Folder as Frames)		# Import the folder of images to Imageready (File:Import:Folder as Frames)
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	# Select the loop options in the bottom left-hand corner of the Animation Palette.		# Select the loop options in the bottom left-hand corner of the Animation Palette.
	# Finally export the file as a .swf (File:Export:Macromedia Flash SWF).		# Finally export the file as a .swf (File:Export:Macromedia Flash SWF).
-
-	~~===If you're using the latest Adobe Suite===~~
-	~~If ImageReady is not on your computer, the university has a site license for a relatively recent version of the Adobe suite (which no longer includes Adobe ImageReady).~~
-	To download and install (only on a University computer) the [http://itassist.usyd.edu.au/software/adobe/design-premium.shtml Adobe suite], which includes Adobe Illustrator, you will need a ''staff'' unikey account.
-	~~# Open the Adobe 'Bridge' Program and browse to the appropriate image files which psychopy created.~~
-	~~# Select them all and import them to Adobe Photoshop as layers of a file (Tools:Photoshop:Load Files into Photoshop Layers).~~
-	# In Photoshop, make sure the Animation Palette is open (Window:Animation). From the context menu that pops up if you left click on the button in the top right hand corner, you can select to "Make Frames From Layers". (It's best if the "New Layers Visible in All Frames" option is unchecked)
-	~~to be continued...~~

	== Animated demo playback problems ==		== Animated demo playback problems ==

Fahed Jbarah: Added info about using Illustrator to create .swf animations

Fahed Jbarah — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 06:39:23 GMT

Added info about using Illustrator to create .swf animations

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	*Quicktime Player 7 (but not Quicktime Player) [http://forums.macosxhints.com/archive/index.php/t-63657.html can still open image sequence], but not from GUI. Quicktime Player 7 can be found in Snow Leopard's [http://dougscripts.com/itunes/2009/08/snow-leopards-quicktime-player-duality/ Optional Installs]. To use the functionality, have to do it with AppleScript/Automator. Here's a script I made: [[Image:ImageSequenceToMovie.app.zip‎]]		*Quicktime Player 7 (but not Quicktime Player) [http://forums.macosxhints.com/archive/index.php/t-63657.html can still open image sequence], but not from GUI. Quicktime Player 7 can be found in Snow Leopard's [http://dougscripts.com/itunes/2009/08/snow-leopards-quicktime-player-duality/ Optional Installs]. To use the functionality, have to do it with AppleScript/Automator. Here's a script I made: [[Image:ImageSequenceToMovie.app.zip‎]]
	*After the movie is made, you can change its playback speed with [http://www.xs4all.nl/~jeschot/home.html JES Deinterlacer] (Project:Custom:Movie speed)		*After the movie is made, you can change its playback speed with [http://www.xs4all.nl/~jeschot/home.html JES Deinterlacer] (Project:Custom:Movie speed)
		+
		+	==A Better Way?==
		+	Unfortunately the above technique doesn't always play at the appropriate frame rate. Instead, once you have modified your psychopy code to save frames as images, you can use Adobe software to animate them and export as a Flash .swf file.
		+
		+	===If you're using Adobe Imageready===
		+	# Place all the images in one folder
		+	# Import the folder of images to Imageready (File:Import:Folder as Frames)
		+	# Find the animation tools palette. If you can't see it, you can open it from (Window:Animation). If there is a tick mark next to Animation (indicating that it should be open) but you still can't see the animations palette, restore the default workspace (Window:Workspace:Default Palette Locations)
		+	# Within the palette, select the delay between frames. To change the inter-frame delay for all the frames at once, select all the images in the animations palette (click-select the first image and then shift-click-select the last one), and press the downward arrow underneath any of the frames to open up a drop down menu which sets the timing for frame display.
		+	# Select the loop options in the bottom left-hand corner of the Animation Palette.
		+	# Finally export the file as a .swf (File:Export:Macromedia Flash SWF).
		+
		+	===If you're using the latest Adobe Suite===
		+	If ImageReady is not on your computer, the university has a site license for a relatively recent version of the Adobe suite (which no longer includes Adobe ImageReady).
		+	To download and install (only on a University computer) the [http://itassist.usyd.edu.au/software/adobe/design-premium.shtml Adobe suite], which includes Adobe Illustrator, you will need a ''staff'' unikey account.
		+	# Open the Adobe 'Bridge' Program and browse to the appropriate image files which psychopy created.
		+	# Select them all and import them to Adobe Photoshop as layers of a file (Tools:Photoshop:Load Files into Photoshop Layers).
		+	# In Photoshop, make sure the Animation Palette is open (Window:Animation). From the context menu that pops up if you left click on the button in the top right hand corner, you can select to "Make Frames From Layers". (It's best if the "New Layers Visible in All Frames" option is unchecked)
		+	to be continued...

	== Animated demo playback problems ==		== Animated demo playback problems ==

Alex O. Holcombe: /* Making animated demos */

Alex O. Holcombe — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 05:21:05 GMT

Making animated demos

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	== Making animated demos ==		== Making animated demos ==
-	*Using Psychopy you can save your animated display directly to a movie file, using e.g. myWin.saveMovieFrames('exported/frame.mov'). ~~Ask Alex~~ for ~~example code~~	+	*Using Psychopy you can save your animated display directly to a movie file, using e.g. myWin.saveMovieFrames('exported/frame.mov'). But watch out for [http://groups.google.com/group/psychopy-users/browse_thread/thread/4169b4e9725a872f dissolving movie files problem]
	*Using Visionegg you can create a gif. Then you import the gif using Adobe Flash. You can adjust the speed manipulating the frame duration (Modify document). Finally, you export the file as a swf.		*Using Visionegg you can create a gif. Then you import the gif using Adobe Flash. You can adjust the speed manipulating the frame duration (Modify document). Finally, you export the file as a swf.
	*Patrick normally makes short movies a frame at a time in Keynote and then makes them into movies with Quicktime 7 Pro. In past years, Quicktime Pro could be used to create movies from a bunch of still frames. Quicktime Pro is no longer supported, however it is possible to still run Quicktime 7 Pro if you manage to find a Quicktime Pro-enabled computer (thanks Patrick Cavanagh for informing me of this).		*Patrick normally makes short movies a frame at a time in Keynote and then makes them into movies with Quicktime 7 Pro. In past years, Quicktime Pro could be used to create movies from a bunch of still frames. Quicktime Pro is no longer supported, however it is possible to still run Quicktime 7 Pro if you manage to find a Quicktime Pro-enabled computer (thanks Patrick Cavanagh for informing me of this).
	*Quicktime Player 7 (but not Quicktime Player) [http://forums.macosxhints.com/archive/index.php/t-63657.html can still open image sequence], but not from GUI. Quicktime Player 7 can be found in Snow Leopard's [http://dougscripts.com/itunes/2009/08/snow-leopards-quicktime-player-duality/ Optional Installs]. To use the functionality, have to do it with AppleScript/Automator. Here's a script I made: [[Image:ImageSequenceToMovie.app.zip‎]]		*Quicktime Player 7 (but not Quicktime Player) [http://forums.macosxhints.com/archive/index.php/t-63657.html can still open image sequence], but not from GUI. Quicktime Player 7 can be found in Snow Leopard's [http://dougscripts.com/itunes/2009/08/snow-leopards-quicktime-player-duality/ Optional Installs]. To use the functionality, have to do it with AppleScript/Automator. Here's a script I made: [[Image:ImageSequenceToMovie.app.zip‎]]
	*After the movie is made, you can change its playback speed with [http://www.xs4all.nl/~jeschot/home.html JES Deinterlacer] (Project:Custom:Movie speed)		*After the movie is made, you can change its playback speed with [http://www.xs4all.nl/~jeschot/home.html JES Deinterlacer] (Project:Custom:Movie speed)
		+
	== Animated demo playback problems ==		== Animated demo playback problems ==
	*The recent versions of Quicktime (including Quicktime 7 and X) no longer play all my 2-frame movie demos correctly. When most of my movies are played with looping turned on, it only displays the first frame even though it's a two-frame movie. It does display both frames when it is not set to loop. So a decent demo can be created by making a extended replication of the two frames, even though that yields a large file size. That's what I had to do for the demos for my TiCS article. I have also tried viewing the two-frame movies in looped fashion in the following applications that play quicktime movies:		*The recent versions of Quicktime (including Quicktime 7 and X) no longer play all my 2-frame movie demos correctly. When most of my movies are played with looping turned on, it only displays the first frame even though it's a two-frame movie. It does display both frames when it is not set to loop. So a decent demo can be created by making a extended replication of the two frames, even though that yields a large file size. That's what I had to do for the demos for my TiCS article. I have also tried viewing the two-frame movies in looped fashion in the following applications that play quicktime movies:

Alex O. Holcombe: /* Making animated demos */

Alex O. Holcombe — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 23:53:36 GMT

Making animated demos

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	== Making animated demos ==		== Making animated demos ==
-	*Using Psychopy or Visionegg you can create a gif. Then you import the gif using Adobe Flash. You can adjust the speed manipulating the frame duration (Modify document). Finally, you export the file as a swf.	+	*Using Psychopy you can save your animated display directly to a movie file, using e.g. myWin.saveMovieFrames('exported/frame.mov'). Ask Alex for example code
-		+	*Using Visionegg you can create a gif. Then you import the gif using Adobe Flash. You can adjust the speed manipulating the frame duration (Modify document). Finally, you export the file as a swf.
	*Patrick normally makes short movies a frame at a time in Keynote and then makes them into movies with Quicktime 7 Pro. In past years, Quicktime Pro could be used to create movies from a bunch of still frames. Quicktime Pro is no longer supported, however it is possible to still run Quicktime 7 Pro if you manage to find a Quicktime Pro-enabled computer (thanks Patrick Cavanagh for informing me of this).		*Patrick normally makes short movies a frame at a time in Keynote and then makes them into movies with Quicktime 7 Pro. In past years, Quicktime Pro could be used to create movies from a bunch of still frames. Quicktime Pro is no longer supported, however it is possible to still run Quicktime 7 Pro if you manage to find a Quicktime Pro-enabled computer (thanks Patrick Cavanagh for informing me of this).
	*Quicktime Player 7 (but not Quicktime Player) [http://forums.macosxhints.com/archive/index.php/t-63657.html can still open image sequence], but not from GUI. Quicktime Player 7 can be found in Snow Leopard's [http://dougscripts.com/itunes/2009/08/snow-leopards-quicktime-player-duality/ Optional Installs]. To use the functionality, have to do it with AppleScript/Automator. Here's a script I made: [[Image:ImageSequenceToMovie.app.zip‎]]		*Quicktime Player 7 (but not Quicktime Player) [http://forums.macosxhints.com/archive/index.php/t-63657.html can still open image sequence], but not from GUI. Quicktime Player 7 can be found in Snow Leopard's [http://dougscripts.com/itunes/2009/08/snow-leopards-quicktime-player-duality/ Optional Installs]. To use the functionality, have to do it with AppleScript/Automator. Here's a script I made: [[Image:ImageSequenceToMovie.app.zip‎]]
	*After the movie is made, you can change its playback speed with [http://www.xs4all.nl/~jeschot/home.html JES Deinterlacer] (Project:Custom:Movie speed)		*After the movie is made, you can change its playback speed with [http://www.xs4all.nl/~jeschot/home.html JES Deinterlacer] (Project:Custom:Movie speed)
-		+	== Animated demo playback problems ==
	*The recent versions of Quicktime (including Quicktime 7 and X) no longer play all my 2-frame movie demos correctly. When most of my movies are played with looping turned on, it only displays the first frame even though it's a two-frame movie. It does display both frames when it is not set to loop. So a decent demo can be created by making a extended replication of the two frames, even though that yields a large file size. That's what I had to do for the demos for my TiCS article. I have also tried viewing the two-frame movies in looped fashion in the following applications that play quicktime movies:		*The recent versions of Quicktime (including Quicktime 7 and X) no longer play all my 2-frame movie demos correctly. When most of my movies are played with looping turned on, it only displays the first frame even though it's a two-frame movie. It does display both frames when it is not set to loop. So a decent demo can be created by making a extended replication of the two frames, even though that yields a large file size. That's what I had to do for the demos for my TiCS article. I have also tried viewing the two-frame movies in looped fashion in the following applications that play quicktime movies:
	**VLC: doesn't show both frames		**VLC: doesn't show both frames

Alex O. Holcombe: /* Making animated demos */

Alex O. Holcombe — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 04:36:24 GMT

Making animated demos

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	*Patrick normally makes short movies a frame at a time in Keynote and then makes them into movies with Quicktime 7 Pro. In past years, Quicktime Pro could be used to create movies from a bunch of still frames. Quicktime Pro is no longer supported, however it is possible to still run Quicktime 7 Pro if you manage to find a Quicktime Pro-enabled computer (thanks Patrick Cavanagh for informing me of this).		*Patrick normally makes short movies a frame at a time in Keynote and then makes them into movies with Quicktime 7 Pro. In past years, Quicktime Pro could be used to create movies from a bunch of still frames. Quicktime Pro is no longer supported, however it is possible to still run Quicktime 7 Pro if you manage to find a Quicktime Pro-enabled computer (thanks Patrick Cavanagh for informing me of this).
	*Quicktime Player 7 (but not Quicktime Player) [http://forums.macosxhints.com/archive/index.php/t-63657.html can still open image sequence], but not from GUI. Quicktime Player 7 can be found in Snow Leopard's [http://dougscripts.com/itunes/2009/08/snow-leopards-quicktime-player-duality/ Optional Installs]. To use the functionality, have to do it with AppleScript/Automator. Here's a script I made: [[Image:ImageSequenceToMovie.app.zip‎]]		*Quicktime Player 7 (but not Quicktime Player) [http://forums.macosxhints.com/archive/index.php/t-63657.html can still open image sequence], but not from GUI. Quicktime Player 7 can be found in Snow Leopard's [http://dougscripts.com/itunes/2009/08/snow-leopards-quicktime-player-duality/ Optional Installs]. To use the functionality, have to do it with AppleScript/Automator. Here's a script I made: [[Image:ImageSequenceToMovie.app.zip‎]]
-	*After the movie is made, you can change its playback speed with [http://www.xs4all.nl/~jeschot/home.html JES Deinterlacer] (Project:Custom:~~Move~~ speed)	+	*After the movie is made, you can change its playback speed with [http://www.xs4all.nl/~jeschot/home.html JES Deinterlacer] (Project:Custom:Movie speed)

	*The recent versions of Quicktime (including Quicktime 7 and X) no longer play all my 2-frame movie demos correctly. When most of my movies are played with looping turned on, it only displays the first frame even though it's a two-frame movie. It does display both frames when it is not set to loop. So a decent demo can be created by making a extended replication of the two frames, even though that yields a large file size. That's what I had to do for the demos for my TiCS article. I have also tried viewing the two-frame movies in looped fashion in the following applications that play quicktime movies:		*The recent versions of Quicktime (including Quicktime 7 and X) no longer play all my 2-frame movie demos correctly. When most of my movies are played with looping turned on, it only displays the first frame even though it's a two-frame movie. It does display both frames when it is not set to loop. So a decent demo can be created by making a extended replication of the two frames, even though that yields a large file size. That's what I had to do for the demos for my TiCS article. I have also tried viewing the two-frame movies in looped fashion in the following applications that play quicktime movies:

Alex O. Holcombe at 04:36, 10 August 2010

Alex O. Holcombe — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 04:36:02 GMT

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	*Using Psychopy or Visionegg you can create a gif. Then you import the gif using Adobe Flash. You can adjust the speed manipulating the frame duration (Modify document). Finally, you export the file as a swf.		*Using Psychopy or Visionegg you can create a gif. Then you import the gif using Adobe Flash. You can adjust the speed manipulating the frame duration (Modify document). Finally, you export the file as a swf.

-	*Patrick normally makes short movies a frame at a time in Keynote and then makes them into movies with Quicktime 7 Pro.	+	*Patrick normally makes short movies a frame at a time in Keynote and then makes them into movies with Quicktime 7 Pro. In past years, Quicktime Pro could be used to create movies from a bunch of still frames. Quicktime Pro is no longer supported, however it is possible to still run Quicktime 7 Pro if you manage to find a Quicktime Pro-enabled computer (thanks Patrick Cavanagh for informing me of this).
-	*In past years, Quicktime Pro could be used to create movies from a bunch of still frames. Quicktime Pro is no longer supported, however it is possible to still run Quicktime 7 Pro if you manage to find a Quicktime Pro-enabled computer (thanks Patrick Cavanagh for informing me of this).	+	*Quicktime Player 7 (but not Quicktime Player) [http://forums.macosxhints.com/archive/index.php/t-63657.html can still open image sequence], but not from GUI. Quicktime Player 7 can be found in Snow Leopard's [http://dougscripts.com/itunes/2009/08/snow-leopards-quicktime-player-duality/ Optional Installs]. To use the functionality, have to do it with AppleScript/Automator. Here's a script I made: [[Image:ImageSequenceToMovie.app.zip‎]]
-	*Quicktime [http://forums.macosxhints.com/archive/index.php/t-63657.html can still open image sequence], but not from GUI. ~~Have~~ to do it with AppleScript/Automator. Here's a script I made: [[Image:ImageSequenceToMovie.app.zip‎]]	+	*After the movie is made, you can change its playback speed with [http://www.xs4all.nl/~jeschot/home.html JES Deinterlacer] (Project:Custom:Move speed)

	*The recent versions of Quicktime (including Quicktime 7 and X) no longer play all my 2-frame movie demos correctly. When most of my movies are played with looping turned on, it only displays the first frame even though it's a two-frame movie. It does display both frames when it is not set to loop. So a decent demo can be created by making a extended replication of the two frames, even though that yields a large file size. That's what I had to do for the demos for my TiCS article. I have also tried viewing the two-frame movies in looped fashion in the following applications that play quicktime movies:		*The recent versions of Quicktime (including Quicktime 7 and X) no longer play all my 2-frame movie demos correctly. When most of my movies are played with looping turned on, it only displays the first frame even though it's a two-frame movie. It does display both frames when it is not set to loop. So a decent demo can be created by making a extended replication of the two frames, even though that yields a large file size. That's what I had to do for the demos for my TiCS article. I have also tried viewing the two-frame movies in looped fashion in the following applications that play quicktime movies:

Alex O. Holcombe: /* Making animated demos */

Alex O. Holcombe — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 21:00:22 GMT

Making animated demos

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	*Patrick normally makes short movies a frame at a time in Keynote and then makes them into movies with Quicktime 7 Pro.		*Patrick normally makes short movies a frame at a time in Keynote and then makes them into movies with Quicktime 7 Pro.
	*In past years, Quicktime Pro could be used to create movies from a bunch of still frames. Quicktime Pro is no longer supported, however it is possible to still run Quicktime 7 Pro if you manage to find a Quicktime Pro-enabled computer (thanks Patrick Cavanagh for informing me of this).		*In past years, Quicktime Pro could be used to create movies from a bunch of still frames. Quicktime Pro is no longer supported, however it is possible to still run Quicktime 7 Pro if you manage to find a Quicktime Pro-enabled computer (thanks Patrick Cavanagh for informing me of this).
-	*Quicktime [http://forums.macosxhints.com/archive/index.php/t-63657.html can still open image sequence], but not from GUI. Have to do it with AppleScript/Automator. [[Image:ImageSequenceToMovie.app.zip‎]]	+	*Quicktime [http://forums.macosxhints.com/archive/index.php/t-63657.html can still open image sequence], but not from GUI. Have to do it with AppleScript/Automator. Here's a script I made: [[Image:ImageSequenceToMovie.app.zip‎]]
-	~~<code>~~	+
-	~~tell application "Finder"~~	+

-	~~set theFolder to input as alias~~
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-	~~set thePath to container of theFolder as string~~
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-	~~set theName to name of theFolder~~
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-	~~set theSequence to (get first file of theFolder as alias)~~
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-	~~end tell~~
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-	~~tell application "QuickTime Player 7"~~
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-	~~activate~~
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-	~~open image sequence theSequence~~
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-	~~set imageSequence to thePath & theName & ":" & theName & ".mov"~~
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-	~~tell document 1~~
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-	~~with timeout of 500 seconds~~
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-	~~save self contained in imageSequence~~
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-	~~end timeout~~
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-	~~close~~
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-	~~end tell~~
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-	~~end tell~~
-	~~</code>~~
	*The recent versions of Quicktime (including Quicktime 7 and X) no longer play all my 2-frame movie demos correctly. When most of my movies are played with looping turned on, it only displays the first frame even though it's a two-frame movie. It does display both frames when it is not set to loop. So a decent demo can be created by making a extended replication of the two frames, even though that yields a large file size. That's what I had to do for the demos for my TiCS article. I have also tried viewing the two-frame movies in looped fashion in the following applications that play quicktime movies:		*The recent versions of Quicktime (including Quicktime 7 and X) no longer play all my 2-frame movie demos correctly. When most of my movies are played with looping turned on, it only displays the first frame even though it's a two-frame movie. It does display both frames when it is not set to loop. So a decent demo can be created by making a extended replication of the two frames, even though that yields a large file size. That's what I had to do for the demos for my TiCS article. I have also tried viewing the two-frame movies in looped fashion in the following applications that play quicktime movies:
	**VLC: doesn't show both frames		**VLC: doesn't show both frames