Technicpuppy Journal: ldraw / l3p / pov animation scripts

This section of the website is dedicated to animation tools based on ldraw / l3p / pov. The idea is to provide users of the LDraw system with relatively simple ways to create animations out of their models. These pages are in ALPHA mode, everything within them is experimental - USE AT YOUR OWN RISK. And please be patient while I populate them with goodies!

The pages are organized following the standard timeline in an animation project:

The toolset

This page lists all the necessary tools needed to use along with the scripts.

The scripts

Available scripts:

LMM

Gimp Tutorial: Converting a sequence of image files into an animated .GIF image file

Step-by-step instructions on how to create an animated gif image out of the rendered sequence using the open source image processing application The Gimp.

VirtualDub Tutorial: Converting a sequence of image files into an .AVI digital video file

Step-by-step instructions on how to convert an image sequence rendered by pov into a digital video file (.AVI) using the open source video processor VirtualDub.