How does one create Blitz Basic compatible anim files?

[earok]

From the manual.

The following 4 commands allow the display of standard IFF animations in Blitz. The animation must be compatible with the DPaint 3 format, this method uses long delta (type 2) compression and does not include any palette changes.

I haven't found a single application that exports animations in ANIM2, DPaint 3 itself only seems to export in ANIM5 (and even if we could work out how to make it export in ANIM2, DPaint 3 is OCS only).

What do people use for creating AGA ANIM2 animations in Blitz?

Thanks in advance.

[idrougge]

I think they mean ANIM5 above. Have you tried a normal ANIM5?

[earok]

I've tried normal ANIM5s, they kind of work but they play back distorted.

ANIM2 appears to be what they're discussing, compare "long delta (type 2) compression" above with the Wikipedia description: "ANIM-2 Long Delta mode".

[idrougge]

RIAnim Library v1.0
===================

By Stephen McNamara
(c)1994 Reflective Images

This library enables the playback of both Anim5 and Anim7 format
animations. It allows you to playback animations at any co-ordinate in a
bitmap and supports different palettes for frames of the animation. It
also allows you to playback animations from FAST ram, thus you can now play
massive animations that can only fit in FAST ram.

[earok]

Thanks mate, that's exactly what I need.

[emufan]

Originally Posted by earok

I haven't found a single application that exports animations in ANIM2

AnimSplicer V2.20  Elan Design

Usage: AnimSplicer -a5 infile1 infile2 .. outfile

   Options: ac   -> Frame  Cut Images
            ar   -> Splice Riff  File
            a2   -> Splice Anim2 File
            a3   -> Splice Anim3 File
            a5   -> Splice Anim5 File
            a7   -> Splice Anim7 File
            a8   -> Splice Anim8 File
            fNAME-> Read Input Files From File NAME
            l    -> Enable Anim Loop Mode

found it on the openvideotoaster iso - but is included on Elan Performer disks.
zoned: AnimSplicer_v2.20-Elan Design.lha

[emufan]

hmm, seems noone cares about anim2 format anymore. anyway.
I found another tool by Newtek, AnimTool v0.15 which can handle anim2 to anim8.
cli option -I opens a gui.

zoned: AnimTool_v0.15-Newtek.lha