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From: sah@ukc.ac.uk (S.A.Hill)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics,comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Animations from IFF images (query)
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Date: 22 Apr 91 09:29:58 GMT
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Organization: Computing Lab, University of Kent at Canterbury, UK.
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I am posting this query from a friend who does not have access to the network.
I will forward any replies or followups:

Steve Hill.
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 Does anyone know of package - PD or commercial - that is capable of making
an animation from a series of IFF files? What I am looking for is a program
that will create the animation and allow it to be played without having to use
the original package. I think that DPaint III allows you to animate, but does
not produce a stand-alone output (?) - thus you need DP III to get anywhere.

 The famous juggler demo is a good example of what I am looking for, because
the animation is run by calling a utility (movie I think) that will play the
stored scenes. 

 I have got an idea of how these are made - storing the first image and then the
differences between one image and the next or by compressing the images, and
decompressing them at play back time, - but no idea of how to do it.

 It would be great if a program for doing this was on a Fish disk, but if not,
then having to buy it would not be the end of the world.

Thanks.