TSA91%ISUEVAX.BITNET@cunyvm.cuny.edu (Marc Barrett) (07/15/90)
I am trying to build a MOVIE animation with the files DILBM and PILBM. The problem is that the documentation for these programs is very cryptic, and would be almost totally unreadable had Mr. Graham not provided an example. I used QuickRayTrace on a UNIX system to build a series of 25 ray-traced pictures, which I would like to show in the following order: 1 2 3 ... 23 24 25 24 23 ... 3 2 1 2 3 ... (and so one) Following the example that Mr. Graham gave in the documentation for PILBM, dILBM, and MOVIE, I came up with the following batch files. The first is the batch file which starts everything, and the second is the file 'BUILDX.SCRIPT' which is used by PILBM. The problem is that this doesn't work, and I cannot figure out where I am going wrong. if someone would be willing to show me where my mistakes are, I would appreciate it. This is my very first attempt at building an animation, and I would like to get this to work so I can go on and make more and better animations. ---------- SCRIPT FOR DILBM ----- CUT HERE ---------------------- dilbm pic1.image pic2.image dx1-2 x q dilbm pic1.image pic3.image dx1-3 x q dilbm pic2.image pic4.image dx2-4 x q dilbm pic3.image pic5.image dx3-5 x q dilbm pic4.image pic6.image dx4-6 x q dilbm pic5.image pic7.image dx5-7 x q dilbm pic6.image pic8.image dx6-8 x q dilbm pic7.image pic9.image dx7-9 x q dilbm pic8.image pic10.image dx8-10 x q dilbm pic9.image pic11.image dx9-11 x q dilbm pic10.image pic12.image dx10-12 x q dilbm pic11.image pic13.image dx11-13 x q dilbm pic12.image pic14.image dx12-14 x q dilbm pic13.image pic15.image dx13-15 x q dilbm pic14.image pic16.image dx14-16 x q dilbm pic15.image pic17.image dx15-17 x q dilbm pic16.image pic18.image dx16-18 x q dilbm pic17.image pic19.image dx17-19 x q dilbm pic18.image pic20.image dx18-20 x q dilbm pic19.image pic21.image dx19-21 x q dilbm pic20.image pic22.image dx20-22 x q dilbm pic21.image pic23.image dx21-23 x q dilbm pic22.image pic24.image dx22-24 x q dilbm pic23.image pic25.image dx23-25 x q dilbm pic24.image pic25.image dx24-25 x q dilbm pic25.image pic25.image dx25-25 x q pilbm buildx.script ----------- SCRIPT FILE 'BUILDX.SCRIPT' ------- CUT HERE ---------- piano.anim pic1.image dx1-2 dx1-3 dx2-4 dx3-5 dx4-6 dx5-7 dx6-8 dx7-9 dx8-10 dx9-11 dx10-12 dx11-13 dx12-14 dx13-15 dx14-16 dx15-17 dx16-18 dx17-19 dx18-20 dx19-21 dx20-22 dx21-23 dx22-24 dx23-25 dx24-25 dx25-25 * 1 2 2 2 3 2 4 2 5 2 6 2 7 2 8 2 9 2 10 2 11 2 12 2 13 2 14 2 15 2 16 2 17 2 18 2 19 2 20 2 21 2 22 2 23 2 24 2 25 2 24 2 23 2 22 2 21 2 20 2 19 2 18 2 17 2 16 2 15 2 14 2 13 2 12 2 11 2 10 2 9 2 8 2 7 2 6 2 5 2 4 2 3 2 2 2 1 2 1 -1