Make AVI
With this update to medit, you can now create AVI files
with the simple click of a button! The 
button!
Prior to deciding to create an AVI file, you should run the
mgraphic animation to be sure that the
animation display is how you want it to appear in an AVI file. Simply Run mGraphics Animation and adjust the view
to the view you want displayed in the AVI file. Then simply click on the 
button.
Selecting the button simply reruns mgraphics animation and creates bmps of
each frame and loads the following dialog:
Figure 7 Make AVI initial Dialog
On this main screen, you see a number of controls for the animation:
• STOP – To stop the creation of bmps
• Set Start – to set the start time for the animation
• Set End – to set the end time for the animation
• Frame Rate – normal ‘real time’ playback speed is 33 frames per second. If you want to create an animation in slow or fast mode, simply select a different Frame Rate. When you slid the Frame rate bar you will notice that the duration of the animation changes to reflect the slow or fast motion. CAUTION: creating slow motion AVI file can increase the size of the AVI file dramatically.
• Manual Scroll Control – use this slider bar to move forward and backward on the animation. This can be used to scroll to a desired start and end point and used in conjunction with the Set Start and Set End buttons. This can be used for example if you only want to show a short sequence during a reconstruction, like the collision.
• Select input files – You can select any sequence of files to create an AVI. Use this button to browse to any location where a sequence of AVI exists which you would like to make into an AVI.
• Save Frame – individual frames can be saved with this button
Output Tools - Once the animation loads and passes through the extent of the animation, and you have selected an optional start and end times, etc (the total animation is created in real time by default) the next step to creating an AVI is to select the Output Tools button. This will bring up the Output Tools dialog from which you create the AVI animation.
Figure 8 Make AVI Output Tools dialog
From this dialog box you actually create the AVI file.
There are several options which can be selected. You can add titles, date and
time stamps, etc. There are a variety of option, or you can simply select the
to create the AVI with the
built-in defaults. Selection of the Save AVI file option brings up the Save As
dialog wherein you can name the AVI file to be created and then select SAVE.
The AVI file is created and Finished! Is displayed in the dialog box.
Then to view the AVI file, simply click the 
option or simply use Windows
Explorer to navigate to the location of the AVI file and simply click on the
file.
The following are brief discussion of the function of each of the buttons on the Output Tools dialog:
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This adds a Frame number/Date and comment stamp to the AVI and the bmps. |
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Converts all bmp’s saved by msmac Graphics animation program as JPG files |
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Saves the current view as an AVI file. |
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Once you save an AVI file this command will play the AVI. You can also simply browse to the file and click on it to play the AVI. |
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Codec selection options. |
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Lists all the installed Codecs on your machine. |
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