[AZ-Observing] Re: Comet Lovejoy - Last Night - Animation is Done

  • From: Albert Barr <ajbarr@xxxxxx>
  • To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2014 15:06:07 -0700

David thats awesome. I think it looks great.    


> On Dec 29, 2014, at 2:59 PM, David M. Douglass <dmdouglass@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
> wrote:
> 
> My first pass at the animation was with the doubled up 30 sec frames.  and
> the presentation made the comet look very "jerky"..
> So I remade it using the 30 sec frames (2 doubling up). and things smoothed
> out very nicely.
> But. alas. a problem.  The program I use for animated gifs (Microsoft -
> Picture It [Digital Image Suite 2006]) has a maximum of 99 frames.
> Thus, the animation now covers a 49 min (real time) time frame.
> The actual animation is only 60 seconds.
> 
> You can find the link at the bottom of this page.
> http://www.az-dahut.net/index_5.htm
> 
> You will find two offerings.. The only difference is the screen size of the
> animation.
> While you are there, just above the Lovejoy information, is the link to my
> previous Comet 2012-S1 (ISON) animations.
> Please feel free to browse, and compare. It makes for an interesting
> comparison.  
> ISON was small(ish), dimmer, traveled slower, and had a tail !!
> 
> If you would rather just have a link to the recommended larger screen size,
> here it is:
> http://www.az-dahut.net/animation%2030%20sec%20full%20768x%20585.gif
> 
> All comments are welcome.
> 
> David M. Douglass
> dmdouglass@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (secondary)
> david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (main)
> Cell (602) 908-9092
> 
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