[Sea-mat] new to group, movie question

[Seth]

Hi All,

Here is a link to one other option - a very easy to use (public) Java 
script, so all you need is a web browser.  You can look at the page 
source and copy the code to your computer. The idea is to create single 
frames in a format that any web browser can read (.png, .jpg, etc) and 
save them with consecutively numbered filenames.  The browser interface 
gives some user control over speed, looping and starting/stopping.  The 
script was written by Martin Holecko of Praha, Czech Republic.

http://www.ims.uaf.edu/NPRBdrifters/Animations/currentmovie.html

Seth Danielson


Richard Signell wrote:

> Lynn,
> 
> I still use the "anim_frame.m" and "anim_make.m" m-files that
> you can get on the sea-mat site:
> 
> http://sea-mat.whoi.edu/RPSstuff-html/anim_make.html
> 
> 
> This uses screen capture so what-you-see-is-what-you-get (doesn't
> use the print function), saves the images as PCX and then converts
> them into a .FLC animation using "ppmtofli".  The flc format is 
> still a good format for many applications (better than mpeg for
> most of the movies I make) and has viewers for all
> platforms.  See:
> 
> http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/operations/modeling/flc.html
> 
> Also if you need to convert FLC to AVI, say for use in 
> MS Powerpoint, you can use shareware tools
> such as "videomach" from http://www.gromada.com (use the RLE
> codec for compression, as it is similar to FLC).
> 
> The only drawback with the "capture" method is that you can't
> obscure the figure window while you are making the movie, which
> can take a long time if you have 800 frames.  So you can do it
> overnight, or you can use the trick that I use:  I start a 
> VNC server on my machine, connect to the server using VNC viewer,
> start Matlab in the VNC viewer window, and then run my movie maker
> in this window.  Since it's a virtual server, you don't have
> to worry about obscuring the window.  Maybe there is a smarter way
> (if someone knows, please tell me), but this works.
> 
> -Rich
> 
> 
> 
> 
>  Yarmey wrote:
> 
>>hello!
>>
>>i am hoping someone on this list can help me convert a timeseries of
>>figures into a movie with decent resolution, speed and size, how hard can
>>it be! :)
>>
>>i have a long timeseries (800 timesteps) of 2D filled contour subplots.  i
>>initially attempted to use the matlab capture/getframe/movie features,
>>though the loop eventually crashed matlab (and then my computer) with a
>>memory error.  i tried these feature in both matlab 12.1 and earlier
>>releases with the same result.
>>
>>i then printed each figure to a jpeg from the loop and used outside
>>software to convert the individual files into a movie. gifwrite created a
>>decent movie, but it was so large i could not easily work with it.  imovie
>>on the mac crashed out due to memory errors as well.   the iphoto program
>>would export to quicktime however the max speed was one frame/second so
>>my final movie is 15 minutes long.   my department IT manager is having
>>some problems installing the latest mpeg software into UNIX so i am
>>turning to the list for any and all advice!
>>
>>has anyone created large movies with matlab figures, and if so, how did
>>you do it?
>>
>>all help is appreciated!
>>
>>many thanks for your time!
>>lynn yarmey
>>
>>___________________________________________________________
>>Lynn Yarmey
>>Integrative Oceanography Division - 0209
>>Scripps Institution of Oceanography
>>University of California, San Diego
>>9500 Gilman Dr. La Jolla, CA  92093
>>
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>>Sea-mat maillist  -  Sea-mat at whoi.edu
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> 
> 

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Seth Danielson
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