Recording Main Window Images as Movie
This dialog is used to create movie files from the images display in
Caret's
main graphics window. The rate in the movie file is set to 30
frames
per second. If Caret5 is started from a command line, an option
(-xy)
is available to initialize the graphics window to a specific size.
Recording Control (on Main page)
Automatic Each time Caret's main graphics windows is updated,
the
image is copied for inclusion in the movie.
Manual A copy of the Caret main graphics window image is copied
for
inclusion in the movie each time the "Capture" button is pressed.
Record Each Image This value allows control of the number
of
times a graphics window image is copied for inclusion in the movie.
This
is useful if the user wants a static image to be shown in the movie for
a
period of time.
Output Movie Control (on Main page)
Movie File Type Use this control to select the type of movie
file.
- MPEG (using mpeg_create) - This uses an external
program from the University of California - Berkely. Each
captured image is saved to a file and the program "mpeg_create" is used
to create the movie.
- MPEG1 (using VTK) - This uses a VTK algorithm
to create an MPEG movie. Since each captured image is saved "in
memory", there appears to be a limit to how many frames may be captured
before running out of memory.
- MPEG2 (using VTK) - Uses VTK to create an
MPEG2 movie which may not play on all movie file players.
- JPEG Images - Writes each captured image to a JPEG
file that begins with the name "record_image". No movie is
created. Instead the user must use a third party program such as
Apple's iMovie or Microsoft's Media Encoder to create the movie.
Movie File Pressing this button launches a file selection dialog
that
is used to select a movie file, either new or existing.
Alternatively,
the name of the movie file can be entered in the text box to the right
of
the Movie File button.
Image Count Lists the number of images that have been
captured.
Create Movie Pressing this button will create the movie
from
the images that have been recorded.
Reset Pressing this button will erase any images that have
been
captured to enable the creation of a new movie.
Image Size Control (on Options page)
Image Size Choose a size for the images that will be added to
the
movie. For best results if not capturing the movie images in the
graphics'
window size, start Caret5 with the "-xy" option from a command line to
specifiy
the size of the graphics window. This avoids scaling of images
from
the graphics window size to a specific size which might change the
aspect
of the brain model being viewed.
Custom Size If the image size is custom, this allows the user to
enter
the size for the movie images.
MPEG Create Options (on Options page)
Compress Temporary Images When a movie is being created, the
images
are stored in image files on the disk. Using compression saves
disk
space.
Qualtity Allows a tradeoff between high quality (large
movie
file size) and compression (small movie file size).
Creating a movie with JPEG images using Apple's iMovie.
- Start iMovie.
- Choose to create a New Project (may be option on dialog shown at
startup or by selecting File Menu->New.
- Use File Menu->Import and select all of the JPEG images
created during movie capture and load them.
- Select File Menu->Export. In the dialog, select the
QuickTime button. Press the Share button. In the Save
dialog, enter the location and name for the Quicktime movie and press
the Save button.
Trying to Create a movie with JPEG images using Microsoft's Media
Encoder
- Start Windows Media Encoder.
- Select New Session-> Custom Session.
- Press the Sources tab.
- Set Source From to File.
- Press the Browse button and select all of the images created
during recording.
- Press the Output tab.
- Check Encode to File and enter a file name (ie: test.wmv).
- Press the Apply button.
- Press Start Encoding the Toolbar. I'm not sure what is
going on after this step but it never seems to finish.
- Wait for an eternity.
- Call Microsoft.
Apple's Quicktime Pro appears to have the ability to create a movie
from a sequence of images.