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

[Fred Weinhaus]

The best place to start and learn about IM is at:


http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/reference.html
http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/

and in particular about animation and montage:

http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/montage/
http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/anim_basics/
http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/anim_mods/



>
>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