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Convert
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| Tape/disk: | Home » Archimedes archive » Acorn User » AU 1993-08.adf » !Morphing_Morphing |
| Filename: | Convert |
| Read OK: | ✔ |
| File size: | 0760 bytes |
| Load address: | 0000 |
| Exec address: | 0000 |
File contents
Convert By Robin Barnes and Mark Moxon Convert takes a sequence of sprite files (such as those produced by Morph) and creates a special Movie file for use with Animator. Movie files consist of sprites stored in a specially compressed format. The algorithm balances the need for a fast frame rate and a high compression ratio. To use Convert, double-click on it to load it onto the iconbar. Click on the icon to bring up the Convert dialogue box. The 'Movie file' icon should contain the pathname of the Movie file to be created. Either type in a full pathname into the writable icon, or click on the right arrow, type in a filename and drag the icon to a directory. The 'Last frame' icon should contain the number of the last sprite file to be loaded, so if you have sprite files Sprite0 through to Sprite23, then this icon should contain 23. Clicking on the arrows increases or decreases the number, and clicking on the icon allows you to type in a number directly. 'Loop' means the animation jumps straight back to the start when it ends; 'Cycle' means the animation plays from start to end, and then plays backwards from end to start. If 'Scroll bars' is switched on, then the resultant animation window will have scroll bars. The 'Sprite file' icon contains the pathname of the sprite files to convert. Either type in a full pathname into the writable icon (missing off the numbers from the filenames), or drag one of the sprite files to the window; the number will be stripped off, and the filename entered in the writable icon. To create the Movie file, click on 'OK'. Note: When the Convert application is run, it grabs all the memory from the Next slot. This amount must be enough to load all the sprites in the animation, so if you get a memory related error (such as 'No room for this DIM'), quit Convert, increase the amount of memory in the Next slot, and try again.
00000000 43 6f 6e 76 65 72 74 0a 42 79 20 52 6f 62 69 6e |Convert.By Robin| 00000010 20 42 61 72 6e 65 73 20 61 6e 64 20 4d 61 72 6b | Barnes and Mark| 00000020 20 4d 6f 78 6f 6e 0a 0a 43 6f 6e 76 65 72 74 20 | Moxon..Convert | 00000030 74 61 6b 65 73 20 61 20 73 65 71 75 65 6e 63 65 |takes a sequence| 00000040 20 6f 66 20 73 70 72 69 74 65 20 66 69 6c 65 73 | of sprite files| 00000050 20 28 73 75 63 68 20 61 73 20 74 68 6f 73 65 20 | (such as those | 00000060 70 72 6f 64 75 63 65 64 20 62 79 0a 4d 6f 72 70 |produced by.Morp| 00000070 68 29 20 61 6e 64 20 63 72 65 61 74 65 73 20 61 |h) and creates a| 00000080 20 73 70 65 63 69 61 6c 20 4d 6f 76 69 65 20 66 | special Movie f| 00000090 69 6c 65 20 66 6f 72 20 75 73 65 20 77 69 74 68 |ile for use with| 000000a0 20 41 6e 69 6d 61 74 6f 72 2e 20 4d 6f 76 69 65 | Animator. Movie| 000000b0 0a 66 69 6c 65 73 20 63 6f 6e 73 69 73 74 20 6f |.files consist o| 000000c0 66 20 73 70 72 69 74 65 73 20 73 74 6f 72 65 64 |f sprites stored| 000000d0 20 69 6e 20 61 20 73 70 65 63 69 61 6c 6c 79 20 | in a specially | 000000e0 63 6f 6d 70 72 65 73 73 65 64 20 66 6f 72 6d 61 |compressed forma| 000000f0 74 2e 20 54 68 65 0a 61 6c 67 6f 72 69 74 68 6d |t. The.algorithm| 00000100 20 62 61 6c 61 6e 63 65 73 20 74 68 65 20 6e 65 | balances the ne| 00000110 65 64 20 66 6f 72 20 61 20 66 61 73 74 20 66 72 |ed for a fast fr| 00000120 61 6d 65 20 72 61 74 65 20 61 6e 64 20 61 20 68 |ame rate and a h| 00000130 69 67 68 0a 63 6f 6d 70 72 65 73 73 69 6f 6e 20 |igh.compression | 00000140 72 61 74 69 6f 2e 0a 0a 54 6f 20 75 73 65 20 43 |ratio...To use C| 00000150 6f 6e 76 65 72 74 2c 20 64 6f 75 62 6c 65 2d 63 |onvert, double-c| 00000160 6c 69 63 6b 20 6f 6e 20 69 74 20 74 6f 20 6c 6f |lick on it to lo| 00000170 61 64 20 69 74 20 6f 6e 74 6f 20 74 68 65 20 69 |ad it onto the i| 00000180 63 6f 6e 62 61 72 2e 20 43 6c 69 63 6b 0a 6f 6e |conbar. 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This amou| 00000690 6e 74 20 6d 75 73 74 20 62 65 20 65 6e 6f 75 67 |nt must be enoug| 000006a0 68 20 74 6f 20 6c 6f 61 64 20 61 6c 6c 20 74 68 |h to load all th| 000006b0 65 20 73 70 72 69 74 65 73 0a 69 6e 20 74 68 65 |e sprites.in the| 000006c0 20 61 6e 69 6d 61 74 69 6f 6e 2c 20 73 6f 20 69 | animation, so i| 000006d0 66 20 79 6f 75 20 67 65 74 20 61 20 6d 65 6d 6f |f you get a memo| 000006e0 72 79 20 72 65 6c 61 74 65 64 20 65 72 72 6f 72 |ry related error| 000006f0 20 28 73 75 63 68 20 61 73 20 27 4e 6f 0a 72 6f | (such as 'No.ro| 00000700 6f 6d 20 66 6f 72 20 74 68 69 73 20 44 49 4d 27 |om for this DIM'| 00000710 29 2c 20 71 75 69 74 20 43 6f 6e 76 65 72 74 2c |), quit Convert,| 00000720 20 69 6e 63 72 65 61 73 65 20 74 68 65 20 61 6d | increase the am| 00000730 6f 75 6e 74 20 6f 66 20 6d 65 6d 6f 72 79 20 69 |ount of memory i| 00000740 6e 0a 74 68 65 20 4e 65 78 74 20 73 6c 6f 74 2c |n.the Next slot,| 00000750 20 61 6e 64 20 74 72 79 20 61 67 61 69 6e 2e 0a | and try again..| 00000760
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