- Using Personal Paint 7.+ in conjunction with PPaint's SaveAnimGIf.pprx
INSTALLATION
- Copy 'WebAnimDesigner.pprx' to PPaint:Rexx
DESCRIPTION
- Version 1.1 revises the main requester panel layout panel and fixes small bugs. This version is quite solid now, as I am using it comfortably. Please email me if anyone out there is using it but me
. It is a much more powerful program than it may seem. Eventually there will be a manual to reveal its hidden powers. Read on....
- W.A.D. offers 12 ways of creating an animated gif via modified
SaveAnimGIf.pprx; whereas the original SaveAnimGif.pprx (because it is restricted
to duplicating the Amiga animation exactly) saves in only 2 ways depending on
whether you choose transparency or no transparency.
-WebAnimDesigner is a tool that helps in the creation of Personal Paint Amiga
animations for saving to animated gif format. The actual saving to animated
gif uses a modified SaveAnimGif.pprx by Cloanto. This program helps
'predict' via simulation what will happen when different forms of SaveAnimGif
optimization and settings of transparency and dispose are used.
- Two Major Settings: We all know what 'transparency' means. The other setting is
'dispose'. If 'dispose' is yes, then when the animated gif shows a new frame it
disposes of the old. If dispose is off, then all the previous frames remain. If the
previous frames change position or have transparent areas, then you will see an
accumulation of the previous frames, a 'trail'
- Basic concepts: WebAnimDesigner is built on what the Cloanto script
SaveAnimGif.pprx does. SaveAnimGif.pprx contains two optimization processes. These
optimization processes are activated by your choice of transparency on or off.
-Delta Optimization: When you choose transparency off, then SaveAnimGif.pprx
compares frames and finds deltas (areas that change between frames). The dispose
setting is off, so that each new delta sits on everything that preceded, giving a
full image while the aniamted gif frames consist of small areas of that larger
image.In this mode, Saveanimgif.pprx, is restricted to TRANSP=OFF DISPOSE=OFF
-Boundaries Optimization: This optimization in SaveAnimGif.pprx is activated when
you choose transparency. This is ideal when a small object moves over a background
of transparent color. SaveAnimGif finds the smallest area and location of the small
object on each frame. In this case the dispose setting is 'yes'. Each new frame
shows the object by itself. (If dispose were 'off', then there would be a trail of
this object.) SaveANimGif.pprx is thus restricted to TRANSP=ON DISPOSE=ON
-SUMMARY: WEBANIMDESIGNER ALLOWS SETTINGS WHICH SAVEANIMGIF.PPRX DOES NOT SUPPLY AND
IS DESIGNED TO INSTANTLY VIEW A SIMULATION OF THE RESULT. For example, would you
like the bouncing ball to leave a trail? Would you like the deltas optimization to
have transparent holes in it? WebAnimDesigner shows simulations of six ways to make
an animated gif.
USAGE:
---(If WebAnimDesigner.pprx was put in the REXX drawer of PPaint, you can access it
at any time via the RX button in the PPaint toolbox)-----
Make or load an animation (centred on screen with lots of surrounding background
color), or make or load an animbrush (best-annotated for timing), and then activate
WebAnimDesigner as required to view a simulation of what you have on screen using
your chosen settings ofoptimization, transparency and dispose.
REVISION HISTORY:
-version 1.1 --further improved the requester to suit the way it would be used
-version 1.0 --the way it is used is figured out, and reflected in new requester
design
-versions before 1.0 explore the practical aspects of operation, and also contained
