Jupiter July 23 animation test AVI

[bird]

I spent today playing around with WinJupos to generate cylindrical maps from my two good images from yesterday... and then hacked around on a rotating sphere script written as a plugin for The Gimp, reworked it into a "Jupiter Animation" plugin...

So here's a link to a test AVI, I guess what I need to know is whether this works for you or not, in case I have to use a different codec or something to generate the avi...

The avi is not too big, it's just under 1.3Mb.

http://www.acquerra.com.au/astro/gallery/jupiter/20100723-183049/j20100723-anim.avi

Note: The phase is not quite right, as this is a reconstructed 3D video, I've tried to put the light source about where the sun should be but I'm not sure it's exactly right.

Feedback welcome

cheers, Bird

[DavidU]

Ok Anthony, that is the finest planetary animation I have seen.
How do you top that effort?
I very much enjoy watching you push the boundary's of planetary imaging.
Cheers !

[bird]

umm, I guess I'd like to get more than 120 degrees of data :-) It'd be cool to see the whole globe.

cheers, Bird

[michaellxv]

Definitely works and looks very impressive.

[DavidU]

In winter on a clear night is it possible to get 360deg in 10 hours? or are there other constraints? (besides sleep and a day job?).
Or 5hrs data per night with similar seeing over 2 nights (although the moons would be out of phase). Do you have an idea on this Anthony?

[bird]

2 nights under ideal conditions around opposition is all you need, 3 nights if you can't get enough data or have viewing obstructions.

cheers, Bird

[iceman]

Very cool, Anthony. Works fine as an animation. Definitely much smoother than the typical animated gif.

[Lester]

I will not open for me, tried last night and again this morning.

[OneOfOne]

What else can I say but "sooooo cooooool"!

[Paul Haese]

That is very nice. I might have to go over my 2008 data. Great idea.

[StephenM]

That's brilliant Anthony!!!

Cheers,
Stephen

[jjjnettie]

:prey2: Silky smooth!

[renormalised]

Great animation:)

Very smooth motion and excellent graphics. Just needs the rest of the planet!!:)

Your sun position looks OK...just use your left hand to simulate the position relative to the screen. You'll see what I mean.

[bird]

Hmm, I'm using the msmpeg4v2 codec, it should be supplied with any recent version of Windows - maybe your copy of mediaplayer is a little old (Assuming you're using Windows of course).

On my linux system it plays fine with mplayer, I don't have access to a mac to test that platform as well...

cheers, Bird

[bird]

Here's another version, courtesy of YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUtPSo15CBg

Does this work for you Lester?

cheers, Bird

[jjjnettie]

:) Do you mind if I share this on facebook?

[supernova1965]

Try downloading and using VLC player it will play anything you can through at it:thumbsup:

[cybereye]

Amazing, truly amazing!

[bird]

No problem - share away! Putting it up on YouTube means that bandwidth is someone elses problem :-)

cheers, Bird

[[1ponders]]

That is really really smick Anthony. Wow. So smooth and easy to watch. Fantastic frames certainly help



I'm waiting for your next full impact animation.

or your animation impact ;)

[Screwdriverone]

That's beyond awesome.

Astonishing.

Cheers

Chris

[jjjnettie]

Cheers, thanks for that.

[Dave47tuc]

Anthony you are superb :thumbsup:

I showed the people at my work and asked for comment on the animation and they said and I quote

" what space craft did NASA use to take those shots"

well done my friend :)

[Lester]

Thanks Anthony, yes that was the best animation I have ever seen. Appreciate the view. All the best.:thumbsup:

[h0ughy]

fantastic - awesome - brilliant - want more

[Clayton]

Stunning:eyepop:

[bert]

Wow..... Speechless

I hope to see more of these animations.

Taking it to the next level again.

Brett

[bird]

Thanks again for the comments :-) I've updated the original link in the top post, I know you've all seen it already but it might be worth another look :-) I've added another data panel to cover the GRS and upped the image quality a bit.

The YouTube version is sadly quite degraded compared to the avi.

cheers, Bird

[SkyViking]

Simply the best planet animation I have seen, beautiful work as usual Anthony!
I watched it first in Linux and it worked fine, now when I try in Windows I can't see it, but that's probably just me missing a codec.

[DavidU]

Damn ! It's now even better ! The Sidonio is..........
lost for words here.:thumbsup:

[bird]

Rolf, it should play in Windows under a recent version of mediaplayer...

Bird

[Screwdriverone]

Hey Anthony,

I reckon that is a dead certainty for APOD, not sure if they can embed videos ( I think I have seen them there before...?)

I submit that it's some of your best work yet and that it should be on APOD asap. Do I have a second????

Cheers

Chris

[[1ponders]]

Exactly David. Lost for words.

[Quark]

Brilliant!!!!!!!!!!


Cheers
Trevor

[Spanrz]

Umm, even with my one eye, it looks a bit 3D-ish....Awesome!
8D
Are you getting with the trend there Bird? ;D

[mswhin63]

Brilliant stuff, noticed it on Spaceweather.com as well. World class

[Rigel003]

Fantastic animation, Bird. So smooth and detailed. Works fine on my mac.

[icytailmark]

bird u should be working for nasa with the fine work u do:eyepop:

[Starkler]

I havent looked in IIS in a while, but Im glad to have not missed this.

Fantastic work as always Anthony and you keep raising the bar.

[alexch]

Fantastic, awesome, breathtaking, ....
:bowdown:

Top effort, your dedication to the subject is to be admired :)

Cheers,
Alex