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NAME

       aemakeflic - produce an animation from an aewan document

SYNOPSIS

       aemakeflic [-f {less|sh}] [-N] [-b] [-d <delay>] input.ae [outputfile.ext]

DESCRIPTION

       This  utility  will  make  an  ascii  animation out of an aewan document. It can currently produce animations in two formats: a shellscript
       which, when executed, will display the animation and a "less movie" intended to be "played" on the very popular 'less' output pager -- that
       is, the user will see the animation as he pages down through the file in an appropriate window size.

       Each layer in the aewan document is interpreted as one frame of the animation.  Layer transparency and compositing are not used: each layer
       becomes a frame.

OPTIONS

       -f     specifies output format - can "sh" for a shellscript or "less" for a "less movie"

       -N     omit the initial instructions that are normally included in the resulting file. The instructions will orient the user as to  how	to
	      play the file.

       -b     disables output of color (only characters will be printed).

       -d delay
	      specifies the delay between frames (for shellscript only), given in milliseconds.

AUTHORS

       This program is part of the Aewan Ascii Art Editor package.  See aewan(1) for author information.

LICENSE

       Copyright (c) 2004-2005 Bruno Takahashi C. de Oliveira. All rights reserved.

       This  program  is licensed under the GNU General Public License, version 2 or, at your option, any later version. For full license informa-
       tion, please refer to the COPYING file that accompanies the program.

SEE ALSO

       aewan(1), aewan(5), aecat(1)

aemakeflic (Aewan Ascii Art Editor)				  September 2005						     aemakeflic(1)

Animation(3)						User Contributed Perl Documentation					      Animation(3)

NAME

       Tk::Animation - Display sequence of Tk::Photo images

SYNOPSIS

	 use Tk::Animation
	 my $img = $widget->Animation('-format' => 'gif', -file => 'somefile.gif');

	 $img->add_frame(@images);

	 $img->start_animation;
	 $img->start_animation( $period );

	 $img->next_image;
	 $img->prev_image;
	 $img->set_image( 0 .. $#frames );

	 $img->pause_animation;
	 $img->resume_animation( $period );

	 $img->fast_forward( $multiplier );
	 $img->fast_reverse( $multiplier );

	 $img->stop_animation;

	 $img->set_disposal_method( $boolean );

DESCRIPTION

       In the simple case when "Animation" is passed a GIF89 style GIF with multiple 'frames', it will build an internal array of "Photo" images.

       The "add_frame" method adds images to the sequence. It is provided to allow animations to be constructed from separate images.  All images
       must be "Photo"s and should all be the same size.

       "start_animation($period)" then initiates a "repeat" with specified $period to sequence through these images. As for raw "repeat" $period
       is in milliseconds, for a 50Hz monitor it should be at least 20ms. If $period is omitted it is determined from the GIF metadata (see
       below), or if this is not possible it defaults to 100 milliseconds.

       "stop_animation" cancels the "repeat" and resets the image to the first image in the sequence.

       For fine-grained control "next_image" and "prev_image" move one frame forward or backward.  "set_image" randomly positions the animation to
       a particular frame.

       "pause_animation" pauses the movie and "resume_animation" continues from the pause point.

       "fast_forward" and "fast_reverse" speed through the movie either forwards or backwards.	$multiplier specifies how much faster the
       animation moves.

       If Image::Info is installed, then the repeat period time and disposal method of GIF animations are determined from the GIF metadata
       directly. Otherwise the disposal method must be set manually by using "set_disposal_method" (1 for blanking the previous images, 0 for
       leaving the previous images as is). The repeat period time may be given in the "start_animation" method.

NOTES

       "set_disposal_method" was formerly known as "blank" method, but the naming of this method was a mistake.

       If the disposal method is not set correctly, either by "set_disposal_method" or by determining from the GIF metadata, then the following
       may happen: By default Animation leaves the previous movie frame in the animation photo. Many times overlaying subsequent frames produces a
       composite that looks blurred.

BUGS

       This module should not depend on a module which is not declared as a dependency (Image::Info).

       The delays between images may vary in a GIF animation. This cannot be handled by this module yet.

       The handling of the various disposal methods is not correct.

perl v5.12.1							    2007-11-08							      Animation(3)