[magick-users] Convert command -delay option and mpg file size.

rhubarbpie at poetworld.net rhubarbpie at poetworld.net
Mon Apr 14 15:38:45 PDT 2008


I have images of a moving part I've made into an animated GIF using 
"convert -dispose 2 @StaticImages.txt -loop 0 Animation.gif."  That 
worked quite well, except I wanted a slower animation, so I generated 
again with "convert -delay 20 -dispose 2 @StaticImages.txt -loop 0 
Animation.gif."  The "-delay 20" option made a better animation and 
didn't make a larger Animation.gif file.

However, I want the animation interactive, which I'm told isn't possible 
with a GIF.  And if I understand correctly, the "dispose" and "loop" are 
GIF-only options.  So I made an MPG animation using "convert 
@StaticImages.txt Animation.mpg."  That was again too fast so I again 
successfully used "convert -delay 20 @StaticImages.txt Animation.mpg."

The problem is the "-delay 20" option makes for a considerably larger 
Animation.mpg file.  I know little of the MPG format.  Is there a way to 
slow the animation without increased file size?  I'm open to other 
formats that are interactive.




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