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Using/Creating

Animations and effects

Wildfire can load animations and single images.
Wildfire can save animations and single images, too.
In this part of the documentation we care about the later point. It makes no differences for us, what kind of input is used. We simply want to create animations. In this case Image sequences are simply another type of animations!

We have to follow the following steps:

• Select an Input
  First of all we have to choose an input. It makes no difference (beside the loading/decrunching time) what kind of input will be used.
  If we select a new input then Wildfire will ask us (if it`s useful) if it should apply the new frame range and the new image size to the effects/variables. You should say yes unless you really do not want it (in very special cases)
• Decide wich Input Images you want to use
  Normally all images from the input are used. Inside the related options of some inputs you can define this number of images.
  Furtheron you have the possibility to define ranges for the animations using the `Range` button. Inside the range function you have the following functions:
  • Input Range ... Here you can select which images from the input stream should be used as input. You can skip images or choose the transition mode (so only the last X images from the input will be used)
  • Output Range ... Select which output-images you want to create. Only this images will be rendered. This makes it possible to create the last 50 frames of your 440 frames animation again if you changed something.
• Select the kind of effects and the effects
  Now you have to decide what kind of effects you want to use. (no effects, linear effects, non linear effects)
  Depending on your decision the effects page changes. If you selected no effects than you can skip this point. Otherwise you can insert now your effects into the lists.
• Select the options
  On the third page you can select the render options. If you want your image to use less colors or something else then you have to select it there.
• Select the Output
  As output you can use whatever you want from Wildfire`s possibilities. Depending on the kind of output you can choose some related options, too.
• Save the session and start the calculation
  Now you should save the session using the menu function `Save` or `Save As`. All important settings are saved inside this session (input, output, effects, options, preview screenmode, ...)
  Afterwards you should press the `Convert` Button and the whole animation will be rendered frame by frame.

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