[aldo_14]

 

Originally posted by CptWhite:
ANI cant be compressed ! or can they ?

i don't know, but I think there are often many frames in an AVI that are identical.  by removing them you could cut down on the size.  certainly when you convert an ANI to AVI you get a lot of useless frames that you can remove.

[Joey_21]

 

Originally posted by CptWhite:
ANI cant be compressed ! or can they ?

Of course. Just reduce some of the colors (I'm not sure how you would do that though) in the palette. It's something to test out...

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[CptWhite]

joey joey joey ! what little you know !

identical ani frames are combined automatically only 256 colours are used for the extire ani...reducing further would make quality unbearable.  also all frames are individual anyway, the avi i use have been specially made for converting

so you both have valid ish points but both arent applicable  

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[Joey_21]

 

Originally posted by CptWhite:
joey joey joey ! what little you know !

identical ani frames are combined automatically only 256 colours are used for the extire ani...reducing further would make quality unbearable.  also all frames are individual anyway, the avi i use have been specially made for converting

so you both have valid ish points but both arent applicable    

*Ahem* even though the palette is 256 colors, some colors can be replaced by other colors in the same palette to take the place of those colors that they used to be without very much quality loss. The images will be smaller when two colors of the same palette are exactly the same!

Edit: I just now did a test. It did do a little bit of compression, but not by a long mile so I guess it would be best to stick to what we have for now.  

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[This message has been edited by Joey_21 (edited 06-22-2001).]

[Grey Wolf]

Here's the models (so far) I need ANIs for:
 http://www.3dap.com/hlp/hosted/gtdwolf/ships4ani.zip

[Grey Wolf]

Don't d/load it yet! I got cut off before I finished uploading!

[Grey Wolf]

They're uploaded now.

[The Avenger]

cool very cool

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