Hi, Does anybody know of any good animation software for linux which can take a sequence of images and create animations from them? I have used Quicktime in the past but as I'm hoping to get my hands on an old PC in our lab to run linux on in the near future I was wondering whether there was an alternative!
Also, slightly off topic, we are about to buy a number of software packages that come with APIs and SDKs so that we can customise them if we wish (and require a training course in Arizona!). Can anybody suggest any good books or training courses for learning C/C++?
Thanks
Simon
On Tue, 2003-06-03 at 11:51, Simon Jude wrote:
Hi, Does anybody know of any good animation software for linux which can take a sequence of images and create animations from them? I have used Quicktime in the past but as I'm hoping to get my hands on an old PC in our lab to run linux on in the near future I was wondering whether there was an alternative!
Try the GIMP. It has basic animation and video editing capabilities.
Douglas Willis ddw@bas.ac.uk wrote:
Try the GIMP. It has basic animation and video editing capabilities.
I think there is also a video-specific tool that was called Film GIMP but was recently renamed (and I can't remember the new name).
Mark Ray wrote on 03 June 2003 23:09:
I think there is also a video-specific tool that was called Film GIMP but was recently renamed (and I can't remember the new name).
CinePaint? I'm trying to persuade the texture artists at work to try and move over to it rather than use Photoshop under Windows - we're seeing more Windows boxen creep in because of ruddy Photoshop. I did try the Codeweaver's Crossover Office plug-in which can run Photoshop just fine under Linux, but getting at data stored across NFS is a nightmare under Wine :(
Regards,
Martyn
Martyn Drake writes:
CinePaint? I'm trying to persuade the texture artists at work to try and move over to it rather than use Photoshop under Windows - we're seeing more Windows boxen creep in because of ruddy Photoshop.
You could take a look at the Mac under MacOS X. Not Linux but a rock solid Unix with:
most of the bsd features fink, a Debian-like package system for lots of common freeware, including filmgimp a reasonable X11 port, soon to be integrated into XFree86
as well as the traditional Mac tools and native M$ utilities. :-(
I've been using a 12" powerbook for about two months now and have been impressed by the build quality, range of familiar software, and impressive battery life: for the first time ever, I really can get 3.5 hours on the road without having to scramble around for a mains socket.
Sorry if people think this is off-topic, but if you take Linux to mean "free unix and gnu utilities" than this email at least half-qualifies. ;-)
..Adrian
On 2003-06-04 09:46:39 +0100 Adrian Clark alien@essex.ac.uk wrote:
impressive battery life: for the first time ever, I really can get 3.5 hours on the road without having to scramble around for a mains socket.
That reminds me. I thought someone posted a laptop-tweaking howto a few months ago, but I can't find it in the archives. Can anyone suggest a URL, please? I want more battery life.
TIA
On Tue, Jun 03, 2003 at 09:52:05PM -1100, MJ Ray wrote:
That reminds me. I thought someone posted a laptop-tweaking howto a few months ago, but I can't find it in the archives. Can anyone suggest a URL, please? I want more battery life.
Same here.. I'm using autospeedstep but more tweaking to get more battery life is always needed ;)))
(In this case, go and buy an apple powerbook.. hmmmmmmmmm!!!)
On 4/6/03 10:02 am, "Craig" craig@wizball.co.uk wrote:
On Tue, Jun 03, 2003 at 09:52:05PM -1100, MJ Ray wrote:
That reminds me. I thought someone posted a laptop-tweaking howto a few months ago, but I can't find it in the archives. Can anyone suggest a URL, please? I want more battery life.
Same here.. I'm using autospeedstep but more tweaking to get more battery life is always needed ;)))
(In this case, go and buy an apple powerbook.. hmmmmmmmmm!!!)
Mmmmmmm, I've just bought a 17" PowerBook! I'd like to be able to run Linux in a virtual machine but the only way I've found so far is to buy Virtual PC (now owned by Microsoft) and run an Intel Redhat distribution which works but would be quicker if it could run a PowerPC distribution.
Regards, Rob.
On Wed, Jun 04, 2003 at 10:42:08AM +0100, Robert Tillyard wrote:
Mmmmmmm, I've just bought a 17" PowerBook! I'd like to be able to run Linux in a virtual machine but the only way I've found so far is to buy Virtual PC (now owned by Microsoft) and run an Intel Redhat distribution which works but would be quicker if it could run a PowerPC distribution.
I really wish I got a apple powerbook to be honest. That is probably the real holy grail of them all!
I presume you are using fink on it?
** MJ Ray markj@cloaked.freeserve.co.uk [2003-06-04 09:55]:
On 2003-06-04 09:46:39 +0100 Adrian Clark alien@essex.ac.uk wrote:
impressive battery life: for the first time ever, I really can get 3.5 hours on the road without having to scramble around for a mains socket.
That reminds me. I thought someone posted a laptop-tweaking howto a few months ago, but I can't find it in the archives. Can anyone suggest a URL, please? I want more battery life.
** end quote [MJ Ray]
I used to manage about 8 hours on my Dell Latitude C600 when I first got it. I did that with two batteries installed and a standard Debian install. Undoubtedly it helped that there was no floppy or CD installed (both bays were used by the batteries), but that was not an issue for my usage.
The downside is that the batteries are now dead, after only 2 years usage. According to Dell that is good going, about 500 recharges I estimate, but Dell reckon 300 is average. I was expecting closer to 1000 based on ordinary rechargeable batteries! That doesn't work out cheap at 77ukp +P&P +VAT.
On Wed, 4 Jun 2003, Martyn Drake wrote:
Mark Ray wrote on 03 June 2003 23:09:
I think there is also a video-specific tool that was called Film GIMP but was recently renamed (and I can't remember the new name).
CinePaint? I'm trying to persuade the texture artists at work to try and move over to it rather than use Photoshop under Windows - we're seeing more Windows boxen creep in because of ruddy Photoshop. I did try the Codeweaver's Crossover Office plug-in which can run Photoshop just fine under Linux, but getting at data stored across NFS is a nightmare under Wine :(
I shall have a look into these. I have used QuickTime in the past but if something else can do the job for free then I'll use it. We also have Photoshop but it is not on my PC so if I am able to get hold of a PC to run linux then I won't have to keep using different machines on opposite sides of the lab if it running something like GIMP or CinePaint!!
Thanks
Simon
Martyn Drake wrote:
Mark Ray wrote on 03 June 2003 23:09:
[SNIP]
under Linux, but getting at data stored across NFS is a nightmare under Wine
Try Samba. AFAIK, it can coexist with NFS.
Cheers, Laurie.
On Wed, 04 Jun 2003 09:51:08 +0100 Laurie Brown wrote:
Try Samba. AFAIK, it can coexist with NFS.
We do use Samba to an extent on some servers, but due to the way we deal with file permisions and the number of servers and disks it can be quite nasty having to install Samba on every machine. We tend to use an NFS client under Windows, but even then running Codeweaver's Wine is still very slow at accessing those file systems.
Regards,
Martyn
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