It turns out that GIMP has has a batch script for doing just this called Batch Edit Color Brightness and Contrast, and it worked perfectly with GIMP 2.8. However, since I use VirtualDub to take my still frames and convert them into an AVI movie, and since apparently batch editing does something to jpegs that makes them useless for VirtualDub (I received "SOF2 maker found" error messages), I needed to find a way to batch convert my jpegs into something VirtualDub could handle (.bmp files worked). The utility I downloaded for doing this is IrfanView. The final video can be seen below, along with many stills taken to add some bulk to the otherwise lonesome animation clip.
Showing posts with label Animation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Animation. Show all posts
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Test Animation :: Desktop DNA Printer Concepts (HD)
Design :: The desktop DNA printer concept model had many parts and many materials. In order to render an approximately 6 second animation in Sketchup 8 using Vray in any reasonable amount of time, I used only one rendering method -- light cache -- with the lowest possible settings. But doing this left the images dull and the background a hazy gray. About 88 frames were rendered by Vray, and I wanted to change the brightness and contrast on all of them. How?
It turns out that GIMP has has a batch script for doing just this called Batch Edit Color Brightness and Contrast, and it worked perfectly with GIMP 2.8. However, since I use VirtualDub to take my still frames and convert them into an AVI movie, and since apparently batch editing does something to jpegs that makes them useless for VirtualDub (I received "SOF2 maker found" error messages), I needed to find a way to batch convert my jpegs into something VirtualDub could handle (.bmp files worked). The utility I downloaded for doing this is IrfanView. The final video can be seen below, along with many stills taken to add some bulk to the otherwise lonesome animation clip.
It turns out that GIMP has has a batch script for doing just this called Batch Edit Color Brightness and Contrast, and it worked perfectly with GIMP 2.8. However, since I use VirtualDub to take my still frames and convert them into an AVI movie, and since apparently batch editing does something to jpegs that makes them useless for VirtualDub (I received "SOF2 maker found" error messages), I needed to find a way to batch convert my jpegs into something VirtualDub could handle (.bmp files worked). The utility I downloaded for doing this is IrfanView. The final video can be seen below, along with many stills taken to add some bulk to the otherwise lonesome animation clip.
Sunday, January 6, 2013
Wuzhen River Village Animation (Converting .flv to MP3 with VLC)
designTUTORIALS :: This started out as a project to develop a logo yet to be finished.
The idea of building a quick model to capture exactly the scene wanted
for the logo quickly evolved into a chance to practice SketchUp
animation and video editing. The subject was Wuzhen, a Chinese river village near Shanghai.
The buildings, bridges, stairs, and other main features were modeled from scratch while the pagoda, boats, 2D oak, 2D pine trees, and 2D people were imported from the SketchUp 3D Warehouse.
The music was "菊花台 Ju Hua Tai - Raffles Alumni Chinese Orchestra," taken from a live performance on YouTube.
Everything from still images to animation and music were spliced together in Windows Movie Maker.
I have lots of music on my hard drive, but for this particular animation I wanted to use some Chinese orchestra music. Since I usually listen to this music on YouTube and have no need to download it, how could I take a video of a live performance and use the audio only in Movie Maker? There is a way to do it with VLC, and below (click "Read More") is an excellent video that explains exactly how.
The buildings, bridges, stairs, and other main features were modeled from scratch while the pagoda, boats, 2D oak, 2D pine trees, and 2D people were imported from the SketchUp 3D Warehouse.
The music was "菊花台 Ju Hua Tai - Raffles Alumni Chinese Orchestra," taken from a live performance on YouTube.
Everything from still images to animation and music were spliced together in Windows Movie Maker.
I have lots of music on my hard drive, but for this particular animation I wanted to use some Chinese orchestra music. Since I usually listen to this music on YouTube and have no need to download it, how could I take a video of a live performance and use the audio only in Movie Maker? There is a way to do it with VLC, and below (click "Read More") is an excellent video that explains exactly how.
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