I am seeing more and more "movies" of the night sky. Some taken with CCD but many with DLSR. I am curious as to what software one would use to produce the movies from jpeg or even raw files.
JPEG conversion
Started by frainiea, 01/05/2009 03:37AM
Posted 01/05/2009 03:37AM
Opening Post
Posted 01/05/2009 05:18PM
#1
Any of the common movie making programs will do it.
I use Windows Movie Maker.
The key to it is getting enough exposures in the first place. At 8 or so frames per second, you need 480 frames to make a minute long movie! Another thing to remember is that you will be using probably 640 x 480 at most, so you probably do not need to have pictures any bigger than that. I use 30 second exposures, with five second intervals, (and small jpg's)and then I put them in Windows Movie Maker at 8 frames per second with a minimum of transition time between them, fading one to another.
I have one of the moon rising above Mt. Palomar. I'll put it on my website, and post a link.
Alex
I use Windows Movie Maker.
The key to it is getting enough exposures in the first place. At 8 or so frames per second, you need 480 frames to make a minute long movie! Another thing to remember is that you will be using probably 640 x 480 at most, so you probably do not need to have pictures any bigger than that. I use 30 second exposures, with five second intervals, (and small jpg's)and then I put them in Windows Movie Maker at 8 frames per second with a minimum of transition time between them, fading one to another.
I have one of the moon rising above Mt. Palomar. I'll put it on my website, and post a link.
Alex
Posted 01/06/2009 06:33AM
#2
I forgot, I already had one of my movies on my website. But I added another tonight just for you!
My website is at http://www.alexastro.com/
If you go to the SOlar System section,
http://www.alexastro.com/Alex%20Home%20Page/SolarS/solarsindex.html
You will find a link to a movie about COmet 73P moving through the solar system.
ANd if you go to the Celestial Landscapes section, you can see the moon rising over Palomar Mountain.
http://www.alexastro.com/Alex%20Home%20Page/Landscapes/Landsindex.html
Hope you enjoy them. THey really are relatively easy to do.
Alex
My website is at http://www.alexastro.com/
If you go to the SOlar System section,
http://www.alexastro.com/Alex%20Home%20Page/SolarS/solarsindex.html
You will find a link to a movie about COmet 73P moving through the solar system.
ANd if you go to the Celestial Landscapes section, you can see the moon rising over Palomar Mountain.
http://www.alexastro.com/Alex%20Home%20Page/Landscapes/Landsindex.html
Hope you enjoy them. THey really are relatively easy to do.
Alex
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