Alexander Enzmann wrote in message <371C60B6.F1055978@mitre.org>...
>Maan M. Hamze wrote:
>>
>> Alexander
>> Would it be possible to give the user the choice between outputting into
AVI
>> or a numbered sequence of DIB or TGA files?
>> ... (Many other good points about why numbered image files are good) ...
>
>I will probably support TGA, PNG, and TIF output - these are both
>lossless and well supported formats (plus I already have code to do IO
>on them).
>
>Would it be better to have the output file type (e.g., TGA versus PNG)
>as part of the animation options, or should I just use what was set in
>the Moray options?

I believe it is always good to have it as a separate animation option.  The
user enters a base name for the files and the total number of frames for a
defined unit of time (frames and time are the subject of an other thread I
believe), and the extension.  Hope you'll consider DIB format in addition to
TGA and PNG.  DIB is supported in many Video editing applications where one
can load a sequential series of DIB files.
Thanks,
Maan

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