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Re: Make a Movie from a Folder of Tiffs?

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Davoud:

> Small tiffs from a scientific imaging camera, not mega tiffs from a
> DSLR. Anyone know of a program that can take this sequence of tiffs and
> make a movie?
> 
> TIA!

Thanks to *all* who replied. Siri Crews wins the award for the most
hilarious reply:

>   NSString output; // Path of assembled movie.
>   NSDictionary *qtattrs = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObject: @"jpeg"
>         forKey: QTAddImageCodecType];
>   NSDictionary *qtattrs = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObject: @"jpeg"
>         forKey: QTAddImageCodecType];
>   QTMovie *synthesised = [[QTMovie alloc] initToWritableFile: output
>         error: NULL];
>   for each frame as an image file path as NSString input {
>     NSImage *frame = [[NSImage alloc] initWithContentsOfFile: input];
>     double duration = frame duration in seconds;
>     if (!frame) continue;
>     [synthesised addImage: frame
>         forDuration: QTMakeTime(600*duration, 600)
>         withAttributes: qtattrs];
>     [frame release];
>   }
>   [synthesised updateMovieFile];
>   [synthesised invalidate];
etc. etc.

Anyway, I lied about the images. They are FITS files. Here's how I
solved the problem: Use Nebulosity.app to batch convert FITS to PNG.
Use QT 7 Pro to convert the PNG's (1,400 of them) to a QT video. Use
Final Cut Pro X to touch up the video and export via Compressor.

The only labor involved is clicking buttons, so it's about as quick to
do as it is to describe.

The video is from a Starlight Xpress Oculus all-sky-camera. It's poor
due to partly cloudy weather and third-rate Windoze software that I
used to control the camera (I have found a Mac solution that works
better, and I'll use it on the next clear night). The video is here
<https://www.flickr.com/photos/primeval/13990273813/in/photostream/>.
For some reason it's a slow starter, so be patient

The two brightest objects are Jupiter (lower right, soon disappears
behind house) and Mars (lower left). Look for the Big Dipper (or
Plough, if you are British), and for Polaris, the one star in this
video that does not move because it /appears/ that all the other stars
in the northern hemisphere rotate around Polaris.

Thanks again!

-- 
I agree with almost everything that you have said and almost everything that
you will say in your entire life.

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Make a Movie from a Folder of Tiffs? Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2014-04-22 03:35 -0400
  Re: Make a Movie from a Folder of Tiffs? JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2014-04-22 03:55 -0400
  Re: Make a Movie from a Folder of Tiffs? Siri Crews <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2014-04-22 01:30 -0700
  Re: Make a Movie from a Folder of Tiffs? dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2014-04-22 18:39 +1000
  Re: Make a Movie from a Folder of Tiffs? Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2014-04-22 08:23 -0400
  Re: Make a Movie from a Folder of Tiffs? Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2014-04-22 11:19 -0400
  Re: Make a Movie from a Folder of Tiffs? "John Varela" <newlamps@verizon.net> - 2014-04-22 22:55 +0000

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