Strip PNG image export?

Sindarin · Post by **Sindarin** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 5:53 pm

I created an animation for the heroine in my game, but in order to import it to my game I need to export it as PNG strip (which means, one frame next to other like a spritesheet). So far I've seen AS exports only as PNG sequences. Is there an option somewhere for this?

slowtiger · Post by **slowtiger** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 6:08 pm

No. You'll need another application to splice your PNGs together. Don't blame AS, formats like this are either too old-fashioned or specialised to be included. It's like the old "Filmstrip" format of Photoshop which became obsolete with Quicktime and video editing software.

cribble · Post by **cribble** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 6:26 pm

Surely there's a way of exporting to video, and some sort of software can convert it for you?

Sindarin · Post by **Sindarin** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 6:56 pm

No. You'll need another application to splice your PNGs together. Don't blame AS, formats like this are either too old-fashioned or specialised to be included. It's like the old "Filmstrip" format of Photoshop which became obsolete with Quicktime and video editing software.

Well many games use it, like Insaniquarium or Dinner Dash. I guess AS is an animation software but it wouldn't hurt to export as a strip too.

Surely there's a way of exporting to video, and some sort of software can convert it for you?

Any idea for a software?

slowtiger · Post by **slowtiger** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 7:03 pm

Google. Wiki.

Sindarin · Post by **Sindarin** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 8:50 pm

Tried, I only get information about strip comics...

EDIT: After some searching I found: http://www.humanbalance.net/gale/us/index.html which is also free, the problem is that it exports vertical strips, not horizontal!

slowtiger · Post by **slowtiger** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 11:21 pm

google for sprite sheet.

Genete · Post by **Genete** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 11:41 pm

When you want to do something with images remember always that Imagemagick exists! It is free and runs on linux, mac and windows! It is a mature project with a lot of features!.

http://www.imagemagick.org/script/index.php

And for the task you need, try the command "convert" and "+append" parameter.
Read this:
http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/mosaics/
Best
-G

Sindarin · Post by **Sindarin** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 12:20 am

When you want to do something with images remember always that Imagemagick exists! It is free and runs on linux, mac and windows! It is a mature project with a lot of features!

Thanks Genete! I tried it and it does wonders! I had to use montage.exe for it with -tile and -background "transparent" parameter.

v_aviles · Post by **v_aviles** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 5:15 am

You can also try "GlueIt":

http://sysimage.250free.com/

It's for Windows and it's free.

Sindarin · Post by **Sindarin** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 7:17 pm

Yep it's a good one, and really easy to use. Kudos to you.