In fact the PNGs are looking too nice. I want to create
> a GIF animation to be included in a p0werpoint
> presentation. As p0werpoint automatically does
> antialiasing for every bitmap graphic it produces ugly
> results if the bitmap is already antialised. Anyway,
> it's not that important...
An alternative approach is to save a series of PNGs and use one of
many programs on the web to turn a series of images into a mpeg or
AVI. Perhaps then powerpoint won't try and be so helpful 
What does it mean to look "too nice"? I guess that's a feature, not a
bug <wink>
JDH
John Hunter wrote:
> In fact the PNGs are looking too nice. I want to create
> a GIF animation to be included in a p0werpoint
> presentation. As p0werpoint automatically does
> antialiasing for every bitmap graphic it produces ugly
> results if the bitmap is already antialised. Anyway,
> it's not that important...
An alternative approach is to save a series of PNGs and use one of
many programs on the web to turn a series of images into a mpeg or
AVI. Perhaps then powerpoint won't try and be so helpful
Yes, that could be an idea.
What does it mean to look "too nice"? I guess that's a feature, not a
bug <wink>
Yes, definitely.
Christian
An alternative approach is to save a series of PNGs and use one of
many programs on the web to turn a series of images into a mpeg or
AVI. Perhaps then powerpoint won't try and be so helpful
Yes, that could be an idea.
I do this all the time... infact create daily movies of the forces exerted on our primary mirrors during nightly observing..
use mplayer to put the png images together.. results are quite nice...
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