Hey Brynn,
I use ImageMagick to do animations. Here's a quick guide from the LGU forums and the relevant topic link:
http://linuxgraphicsusers.com/index.php?topic=375.0 ...
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Well I was going to try and do a tutorial with screenshots but it wasn't working out. So here's hopefully a simple explanation to get you started.
Create your images for the animation and put them all in one directory numbering them consecutively as you want them.
Open a terminal program and change directories to where your images are.
With my two animation I did, I used something similar to this command:
animate -resize 329 -delay 50 -loop 0 *.png
If your images are in a different format use that instead of png.
With my latest animation I used 50 images. The first 30 were slightly different, The last 20 are all copies of the same to prolong the final sequence. Obviously the more images you use the smoother the animation.
-resize ### will set the width of the animation.
-delay ### set the time interval between images.
-loop 0 means it will loop indefinitely.
Play around with the delay settings to see what you get.
Once you tap Enter after inputting the command there will be a delay as IM builds the animation. You'll notice the the first sequence is much slower then the rest as it keep cycling.
Once your animation runs through the first time, click on the animation itself and a Commands window will open. A menu appears with...
Animate
Speed
Direction
Help
Image Info
Quit
Clicking on Animate from this menu will allow you to save the animation.
I hope in some small way this helps you. If you got question, I think we should be able to figure them out.
These are the sites I used to investigate doing animation with IM.
http://www.linux.com/articles/46124http://www.imagemagick.org/script/animate.phphttp://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/Keep in mind that for large animations, you may not want them to loop forever, especially if they're used as a banner logo on web pages. Not only does the browser have to keep working but to me they're annoying as hell and distract the eye.
Also be aware that I'm just starting out with this too and there are many different commands that can be used as you'll see if you study the links I posted. I've only scratched the surface.
Cheers