Animation Formats and Editing Software | ||
| .Animation formats such as AVI, MOV, M-PEG, RM, ASF, WMV & animated GIF. What format is best for what kind of delivery to the end user. | ||
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| AVI (Audio Video Interleave) format was developed by Microsoft. It is a common format on PC's, and comes as with the Windows operating system as part of the "Video for Windows (VfW)" distribution. | Good for video on the internet, many different compression types and each needs another codec or a different player to use. | |
| MOV QuickTime Content (.mov, .qt) - a file format developed by Apple Computer to create, edit, publish, and view multimedia files. QuickTime supports video, animation, graphics, 3D and virtual reality (VR) | Good for video on the net, needs a different player to use. Quicktime player | |
| M-PEG /MPEG Audio is a
family of generic standards for low bit-rate coding |
Layer I low complexity, good for consumer recording Layer II high efficiency with medium complexity, good for professional recording and for broadcast Layer III high complexity and high efficiency, suitable for very low bit-rates application | |
| RM Low bit rate video compression format. | Good for video on the internet, needs a different player to use.RealOne Player | |
| ASF Advanced Streaming Format (ASF): This file format stores audio and video information, and it is specially designed to run on networks like the Internet. This file format is a highly flexible and compressed format that contains streaming audio, video, slide shows, and synchronized events. When you use .asf files, content is delivered to you as a continuous flow of data. | Good for internet, plays on windows media player. You no longer have to wait for your audio and video files to fully download before you start to view them. When an Audio Video Interleave (.avi) file is compressed and converted to an .asf file, the file begins playing after only a few seconds. The file can be unlimited in length and can run over Internet bandwidths. | |
| WMV Windows Media file with Audio and/or Video (WMV): You can use a .wmv file either to download and play files or to stream content. The .wmv file format is similar to the .asf file format. | Good for internet, plays on windows media player. | |
| Animated GIF dynamic image that cycles through more than one image giving the illusion of animation.s | Good for the internet no player needed | |
| Software to compile, manipulate and edit animation and sound files, add titles and credits to produce a finished product. | ||
| TMPGenc - freeware and buy versions available. |  |
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| ULead has many great products for any multimedia project step |  |
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| Post-processing hardware and software for professional playback. | ||
| Sony DVD Players and burners - Create DVD's and Video CD's to be played on your standalone or in-computer DVD Player |  |
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| ATI and NVIDIA also makes video cards that output to video and television, I have discussed this on another page. Many new Video Cards offer an output to Television using a Super Video Cable or other Video hookup cable. | ||
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