Avi Projection images 2004-07-21 - By Hazmat
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Thanks for the tip Tony, I'm sure it will come in handy for future projects.
Fortunately for this project, I actually want a grainy .avi since it is
supposed to mimic an old film projection. I have used Rad Video tools (Bink
& Smacker) to output to jpegs, divided the files up into 3 random groups,
and will do a batch desaturate and add noise (in Corel Photopaint). Each of
the 3 groups will receive a slight variation on the noise so that it will
mimic old film better. After I reassemble the frames, I will add some
random lines and bubbles to it.
Just an update Anthony: I was able to convert my .avi file to another CODEC
(DivX), which worked perfectly in the tS projector light. Thanks for all of
your help!
-- --Original Message-- --
From: TSML [mailto:truespace@(protected)]On Behalf Of Tony Owen
Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 11:42 AM
To: truespace@(protected)
Subject: Re: [TSML] Avi Projection images
Something I've recently done with 'grainy' video is to paint a plane with
the AVI in tS At full screen (convert an ancient 320X240) and export full
tga frames and then batch process (in PSP 8 in my case) the frames to get a
better image. It sharpens it up nicely.
Tony O
-- -- Original Message -- --
From: "Hazmat" <haz.mat@(protected)>
To: <truespace@(protected)>
Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 6:44 AM
Subject: Re: [TSML] Avi Projection images
> Thanks Jonathon and Anthony!
>
> Thanks for the cool examples Anthony, and for proving that I'm not crazy
> (well, at least in regards to this). When I started the project, I
assumed
> that I could use the projector light but started to doubt myself after it
> wouldn't work.
>
> My .avi files are from my Pentax digital camera (nice and grainy), so I'll
> have to try out some other .avi files to narrow down the problem. As you
> suggest, maybe it's the CODEC, so I'll try to run the .avi through Bink &
> Smacker (to convert it to another CODEC type) to see if it fixes the
> problem.
>
> Oh, tS doesn't give me any kind of error when I try to use the files, it's
> just that when I go to load the texture, the texture thumbnail viewer
> (within tS) shows a white box with "Unsupported File Type" in place of the
> thumbnail.
>
> I'll investigate more later on today and post an update. Thanks for all
of
> your help.
>
> Heath
>
> -- --Original Message-- --
> From: TSML [mailto:truespace@(protected)]On Behalf Of Anthony Ware
> Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 3:29 AM
> To: truespace@(protected)
> Subject: Re: [TSML] Avi Projection images
>
>
> Heath,
>
> No, you're not crazy, tS does allow you to use AVI files both as animated
> textures and with projector lights.
>
> For textures you can use the 'texture map' colour shader. Load your AVI in
> and check the 'anim' checkbox. In solid display modes, you should see the
> texture animating in the workspace once it has been applied to an object.
> http://www.anthonyware.com/wip/anitex.avi
>
> For projector lights, simply load the AVI file in as th projector image.
> There are no settings to make it animate, it will do so automatically if
it
> is an AVI file.
> http://www.anthonyware.com/wip/aniproj.avi
> The downside of projector lights is that they are always square, but you
can
> reformat the AVI image being projected to compensate and make the
projector
> light shine through a cutout to get different shapes.
>
> I think you can only use AVI files, not MPG, MOV or other types as I only
> see AVI files in the image selector dialogues. If I force an MPG or MOV
file
> to load I get no error but a projector light casts no projection. If tS is
> complaining about the file (I don't understand what you mean by "shows it
as
> an unsupported file type") and it is an AVI, then I would check the CODEC
> being used and the resolution of the AVI file to see if they are causing a
> problem.
>
> Anthony
>
>
>
>
> >From: TSML [mailto:truespace@(protected)] On Behalf Of Hazmat
> > Sent: 21 July 2004 06:41
> > To: truespace@(protected)
> > Subject: [TSML] Avi Projection images
> >
> >
> >
> > Hey folks,
> >
> > Coming out of lurker status to see if someone can help me...
>I've
> used tS for a few years, and currently use 6.6. I'm >creating a short
> animation, which shows a pull-down movie screen >>showing a short movie.
My
> problem is that truespace doesn't >allow me to use my .avi file as an
image
> file (it shows it as an >unsupported file type). I also tried to use it
as
> a texture, but >I run into the same problem. I'm not crazy, right? You
CAN
> use >.avi files as textures, and with projector lights, right? I >can't
> find anything in the manual, and the forums are no help when >doing a text
> search. Has someone successfully used an .avi in >this manner? Any
advice
> would be appreciated!
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Heath
>
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