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Pages: 1 chrishet super member Reged: 12/19/06 Loc: Deerlick Astronomy Village, GA Eclipse Animation Help       #5236244 - 05/23/12 06:57 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   I have about 1000 jpeg frames from my image run Sunday and want to assemble these into an AVI time lapse video. Registax isn't working well for me, at least the settings I am trying...I think the problem is that the align-points disappear during the transit, then it gets lost. I have tried selecting points on the rim that never disappear but this doesn't work either. Suggestions? Post Extras:       brianb11213 Postmaster Reged: 02/25/09 Loc: 55.215N 6.554W Re: Eclipse Animation Help [Re: chrishet]       #5236712 - 05/24/12 03:52 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Make a square which touches the solar limb. Position this over the sun's image in all the frames. Align on the square corners. Then go back and erase the squares ... if you add the graphics using the "nor" operator then adding the same graphic again using the same operator erases it. I haven't tried this but there's no reason why it wouldn't work (apart from the time taken). You could also try converting to a format that ninox understands e.g. BMP. Post Extras:       chrishet super member Reged: 12/19/06 Loc: Deerlick Astronomy Village, GA Re: Eclipse Animation Help [Re: brianb11213]       #5237007 - 05/24/12 10:31 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Thx for the suggestion Brian...I've thought about that but I have 1000 frames...that will take a lot of time...I'm trying ImagesPlus as well...seems to be working better but it also looses it around maximum... Post Extras:       tjensen Carpal Tunnel Reged: 02/16/05 Loc: Chapel Hill, NC Re: Eclipse Animation Help [Re: chrishet]       #5237135 - 05/24/12 11:52 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   You could assemble the avi first without alignment (with Vdub?), then use Castrator. It should center the image in the frame at which point, you'll be done. good luck. Sounds like an ambitious project. Tim Post Extras:       darethehair member Reged: 09/11/09 Re: Eclipse Animation Help [Re: tjensen]       #5237317 - 05/24/12 01:33 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   There is a similar recent thread on which I have also reported my own problems -- but I can confirm that every app that I have tried gets confused when a significant part of the Sun is gone As for Registax, even though I wasn't totally successful, what seemed to work the best for me was a combination of 'max' separation, and putting the alignment points on the circumference of the Sun that were not obstructed during the eclipse i.e. so that the alignment points never get interrupted. Post Extras:       chrishet super member Reged: 12/19/06 Loc: Deerlick Astronomy Village, GA Re: Eclipse Animation Help [Re: darethehair]       #5237458 - 05/24/12 02:40 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Here is a link to the video as is...I'll give Castrator a try...if I can find it! I'll have to weed through the bovine castration links first...lol Post Extras:       chrishet super member Reged: 12/19/06 Loc: Deerlick Astronomy Village, GA Re: Eclipse Animation Help [Re: chrishet]       #5237459 - 05/24/12 02:41 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   ooops... http://youtu.be/iQAeWni77g4 Post Extras:       chrishet super member Reged: 12/19/06 Loc: Deerlick Astronomy Village, GA Re: Eclipse Animation Help [Re: chrishet]       #5237488 - 05/24/12 02:56 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   that didn't work either...argh... Post Extras:       tjensen Carpal Tunnel Reged: 02/16/05 Loc: Chapel Hill, NC Re: Eclipse Animation Help [Re: chrishet]       #5238014 - 05/24/12 08:48 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Castrator can be found here , Your raw video is really good!!! Well Done! Cheers Tim Post Extras:       tjensen Carpal Tunnel Reged: 02/16/05 Loc: Chapel Hill, NC Re: Eclipse Animation Help [Re: chrishet]       #5238015 - 05/24/12 08:48 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Castrator can be found here , Your raw video is really good!!! Well Done! Cheers Tim Post Extras:       chrishet super member Reged: 12/19/06 Loc: Deerlick Astronomy Village, GA Re: Eclipse Animation Help [Re: tjensen]       #5238089 - 05/24/12 10:02 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Thx Tim...I did try Castrator and it almost worked...but lost it when the video gets close to max and then it sends the sun into a loop...then it lines back up again...close but no cigar. I may have to segment my vid files and try that.... Post Extras:       tjensen Carpal Tunnel Reged: 02/16/05 Loc: Chapel Hill, NC Re: Eclipse Animation Help [Re: chrishet]       #5238438 - 05/25/12 06:37 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   segmenting the avi is a good idea. can't wait to see the final result Post Extras:       FRodil professor emeritus Reged: 12/15/06 Re: Eclipse Animation Help [Re: tjensen]       #5249046 - 05/31/12 03:03 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   The video looks wonderful, i love to see the eclipse in Ha Edited by FRodil (05/31/12 03:03 PM) Post Extras:       Pages: 1

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