@mark said:
I downloaded Virtual Dub, but am a bit overwhelmed with the amount of options. And the one series of images that I did manage to make into a movie clip was about 1.5 gigs. compared to 20 mgs coming out of Movie Maker. Obviously I am doing something wrong. Any suggestions?
I assume that you haven't used any codec when assembling the video...?!
The Cinepak codec by Radius, is perhaps the safest choice of codecs for general usage...
Cinepak's main advantages are that the codec is already installed on most machines, and that it can play video reliably even on older machines such as Intel 486 computers...
Its disadvantage is that, when compared to other codecs, it tends to produce lower quality and larger file sizes...
You can get free codecs at Codec-Download.com...
Also - you need to make sure that you're using an appropriate output size as well as using an appropriate FPS setting...
To get a smooth animation I recommend that you use 24fps...
(Expert setting 23.98fps European PAL – 29,97fps full NTSC)
Resolution should be set to 768x576
You can read much more about proper video settings on the Internet http://lipas.uwasa.fi/~f76998/video/conversion/
