[magick-users] Trying to create 'brady bunch-style' video

[elliott-brennan]

Hi all,

This being my first e-mail to the group, I thought 
I'd start off by saying 'Hello' and 'Thanks for 
Imagemagick' :))

I've googled a bit and searched through the 
Imagemagick e-mail archives, but not found 
anything I could use.
I'm not even certain that what I want to do is 
possible.

This said, I'll try to make my request for 
assistance as clear as possible.

I know I'm showing my age, but if you recall the 
intro to The Brady Bunch tv show:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=mkeGOH5vy7I

This is what I'm trying to achieve.

If I take four separate video streams of my 
children and create four separate collections of 
still images:

A0001.jpeg to A1000
B0001.jpeg ...
C0001.jpeg ...
D0001.jpeg ...

I know that I can use:

montage *.jpeg -geometry +2+2 montage_geom.jpeg

To create a two-by-two individual .jpeg of the 
four images (very neat - I know this is basic 
stuff, but when I found it I thought "How easy is 
that?")

However, what I want to do is create a montage of 
four separate streams of jpegs, creating a related 
set of sequentially numbered composite images so 
that I can then rejoin the whole as one raw video 
file and come out with something similar to the 
Brady Bunch intro (an image in each quarter of the 
window is fine - it doesn't have to be a complex 
as the BB intro).

If anyone is able to provide assistance with this, 
it would be most appreciated. Also, if there is a 
site which explains this or another forum,  a 
redirection or URL, if available, would also be 
appreciated..

Many thanks to anyone who is able to provide 
assistance, advice or information and my apologies 
if I've overlooked something obvious.

Regards,

Patrick


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