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Strazer: Some spelling etc. corrected
2006-12-20T16:48:21Z
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Whether you want to use Flics or AVIs depends on one's need. Unfortunately, it's quite normal that a flic would be large, especially for more "complicated" <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">stuffs </del>like photorealistic movies and having dynamic changes, as it <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">used only </del>RLE compression <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">for it's frames</del>. If you lower the frame rate (<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">ie </del>use less frames) <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">I think </del>the file size can be decreased. The quality will <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">be related to </del>the converter you use, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">I think </del>some of them might do a good job in colour reduction (using dithering, etc.) so the movie can have better quality, some may not.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Whether you want to use Flics or AVIs depends on one's need. Unfortunately, it's quite normal that a flic would be large, especially for more "complicated" <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">stuff </ins>like photorealistic movies and having dynamic changes, as it <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">uses simple </ins>RLE compression. If you lower the frame rate (<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">i.e. </ins>use less frames) the file size can be decreased. The quality will <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">depend </ins>the converter <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">software </ins>you use, some of them might do a good job in colour reduction (using dithering, etc.) so the movie can have better quality, some may not.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>If you're concerned <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">much </del>about the size and quality of movies you can use <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">AVIs </del>or MPEG instead <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">(</del>Look for PlayVideo<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">(), etc. from </del>the manual<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">), the </del>bad thing about AVIs <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">was </del>that you must ensure the players <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">had installed </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">appropiate </del>codecs<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, I think </del>MPEG1 <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">is </del>a safe format for compatibility, size and quality. Unfortunately if your game <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">use </del>PlayVideo(), <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">it </del>only <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">works on </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">windows </del>engine.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>If you're concerned about the size and quality of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the </ins>movies you can use <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">AVI </ins>or MPEG instead<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">. </ins>Look for <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the </ins>PlayVideo <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and related functions in </ins>the manual<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">.</ins></div></td></tr>
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Strazer: /* Programs that can output Flics */ Added links
2006-12-20T16:37:36Z
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* Jasc Animation Shop</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[http://www.corel.com/ </ins>Jasc<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">/Corel </ins>Animation Shop<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">] (Commercial software)</ins></div></td></tr>
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*>SSH at 14:45, 15 December 2006
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*>SSH: Copied from various forums posts from Strazer and Gilbot
2006-12-15T14:36:43Z
<p>Copied from various forums posts from Strazer and Gilbot</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>A flic is basically a movie, a series of images but without (its own) sound.<br />
:.FLI supports only one resolution: 320x200 with 256 colors<br />
:.FLC supports any resolution up to 1024x768 with 256 colors.<br />
<br />
You can use the RAD Video Tools to convert a series of pictures into a flic ("List files...", save list, select .lst file, "Convert a file", "Output type...", ...).<br />
<br />
Whether you want to use Flics or AVIs depends on one's need. Unfortunately, it's quite normal that a flic would be large, especially for more "complicated" stuffs like photorealistic movies and having dynamic changes, as it used only RLE compression for it's frames. If you lower the frame rate (ie use less frames) I think the file size can be decreased. The quality will be related to the converter you use, I think some of them might do a good job in colour reduction (using dithering, etc.) so the movie can have better quality, some may not.<br />
<br />
On the other hand FLC is good because it's internally supported by AGS, so it:<br />
# Works for all ports, including the DOS port.<br />
# Doesn't need to call external system components (M$ Direct show Angry ), which can have different problems on different computers (due to different system setups and codecs/drivers/etc. installed).<br />
<br />
If you're concerned much about the size and quality of movies you can use AVIs or MPEG instead (Look for PlayVideo(), etc. from the manual), the bad thing about AVIs was that you must ensure the players had installed the appropiate codecs, I think MPEG1 is a safe format for compatibility, size and quality. Unfortunately if your game use PlayVideo(), it only works on the windows engine.<br />
<br />
==Programs that can output Flics==<br />
* Jasc Animation Shop<br />
* RAD Video Tools</div>
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