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Notes for lwwf2avi
11 Nov 96
lwwf2avi is a standalone program that converts LightWave wireframe
previews into Windows AVI animation files. (A similar program for
the Amiga, lwwf2anim, converts wireframe previews into ANIM files.)
lwwf2avi allows you to select an AVI codec and set the frame rate and
compression along with keyframe and data rate controls if the codec
supports them. My first choice for the codec would be Microsoft RLE,
which is lossless and compresses previews fairly well. Note, though,
that because most AVI codecs won't accept 1-bit images as input, the
preview frames are expanded from 1-bit to 8-bit before being sent to
the codec, so the compression won't be dramatic. In fact, some AVI
files will end up larger than the previews.
The pixel width of a wireframe preview is always stored as a multiple
of 32, although its true width might be anything. LightWave is able
to crop the frames to fit its display. lwwf2avi can't do this, so
you might see some extra stuff along the left and right edge.
Ernie Wright
erniew@access.digex.net
http://www.access.digex.net/~erniew