Animated JPG?

Karls48 (Karl) · #1 01-11-2007, 04:29 PM

This is a silly question I should not ask because I have been using computers since I build MicroBee sometimes in early eighties. I often take images of interesting meteors or Iridium flares. Images are captured as AVI’s at 12.5 FPS. Because I cannot post AVI format files at this forum I stack AVI’s to static FITs and then convert it to JPG. It would be more interesting and representative of actual meteor trail if I can post dynamic image. I think I have seen animated JPG somewhere. I such a beast exist – how do you do it. I tried animated GIF but 200K limits beat me.

ballaratdragons (Ken) · #2 01-11-2007, 04:33 PM

Karl. I make all my animations in 'AnimationShop' (part of PaintShop Pro) and it allows me to resize so I can get under the 2k limit

citivolus (Ric) · #3 01-11-2007, 04:41 PM

Animated JPG uses an exploit in the progressive jpeg format to overlay the new data for each frame. I have not seen any in at least 10 years, maybe the hole that allowed it was closed.

ballaratdragons (Ken) · #4 01-11-2007, 04:47 PM

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Originally Posted by citivolus

Animated JPG uses interlacing to overlay the new data for each frame. I have not seen many in recent years.

No, I haven't seen it either.

I use .bmp's and AnimationShop saves them as .gifs

Karl, you will have to save your Jpegs as .bmp's and then turn them into .gifs.

jjjnettie (Jeanette) · #5 01-11-2007, 05:28 PM

Thanks for the hot tip Ken.
I've had PaintShopPro 8 for ages and didn't know that it had this feature.
It's even easier to use than Advanced Gif Animator.

ballaratdragons (Ken) · #6 01-11-2007, 05:35 PM

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Originally Posted by jjjnettie

Thanks for the hot tip Ken.
I've had PaintShopPro 8 for ages and didn't know that it had this feature.
It's even easier to use than Advanced Gif Animator.

That's why I make so many animated things, Jeanette. Coz PaintShop Pro's 'AnimationShop' is easy

(well, sort of

)

ballaratdragons (Ken) · #7 01-11-2007, 09:51 PM

Here is what happens when you get in a silly mood with Animation

I made this tonight from a single image. It is fiddled with to make 3 images and then run in order of 1,2,3,2,1.

It was a pain getting the crowd to move around, but fun making one player stand on his head

Crazy Footy

jjjnettie (Jeanette) · #8 01-11-2007, 10:50 PM

My 9yr old has spent every spare minute in the last 2 weeks making animations.
I only had to show him once how to do it. His biggest one, the epic, had 92 frames.
It's only stick figure stuff, but some parts are very good.

xelasnave · #9 01-11-2007, 11:26 PM

Jeanette that is fantastic... so creative
alex

jjjnettie (Jeanette) · #10 01-11-2007, 11:41 PM

He used to make the animations on the corners of all his books.
Tom reckons this is much quicker and heaps more fun.

xelasnave · #11 02-11-2007, 10:10 AM

Well he is indeed smart... computers are great but they are not fast in all areas... I often think a lot of the trouble with our health system is because there are too many folk punching in data rather than seeing people...
One goes thru so much form filling..do they keep the form no ... seems to me that your Son has it wired.

alex

ballaratdragons (Ken) · #12 02-11-2007, 01:11 PM

Jeanette, it appears your son has a bright future! His imagination is in excellent condition.

If he can use an expressive form like that animation at 9, he will be doing good things with his brain at 18