Album and MAlbum functions create a resized photo image on the base clip.
The base clip on which this is to be created, the clip and frame numbers
from which this image is to be created, corresponding base clip start
frame number and end number are to be specified. Positioning of the photo
can be at preset position or at any user defined position. The photo can
be from full input frame or a portion of it. Even though the image can
be enlarged, as point resizing is used, enlargement will degrade quality
and to be avoided. Audio of base clip only is retained. If video frame
is positive number, then a still image from the specified frame is created.
If negative, full motion resized video is created in that specified
position, starting from its frame number.
| Preset 1 |
Preset 2 |
| Preset 3 |
Preset 4 |
|
| ........ |
Preset 5 |
........ |
| ........ |
Preset 6 |
........ |
|
| ........ |
........ |
| Preset 7 |
Preset 8 |
| ........ |
........ |
|
If nphotos are between 5 to 9 then the following 1 to 9 preset positions are
possible for thumbnail placement.
| Preset 1 |
Preset 2 |
Preset 3 |
| Preset 4 |
Preset 5 |
Preset 6 |
| Preset 7 |
Preset 8 |
Preset 9 |
If nphotos are between 10 and 16 the preset positions are as below.
| Preset 1 |
Preset 2 |
Preset 3 |
Preset 4 |
| Preset 5 |
Preset 6 |
Preset 7 |
Preset 8 |
| Preset 9 |
Preset 10 |
Preset 11 |
Preset 12 |
| Preset 13 |
Preset 14 |
Preset 15 |
Preset 16 |
And so on. It's possible to specify nphotos other than actually present, to place
that particular photo in a desired position and with a different size. Care to
be taken that it may not mask out others.
This Album function needs to be called once for each photo. In the first of
series of calls to Album, the BaseClip can be any desired clip but for the rest
it needs to be specified as last. If photos are taken from same video clip,
reverse seek can slow down process.
Details of parameters
| Description |
Name |
Type |
Limits |
Default |
| base clip |
|
clip |
|
none |
| video clip |
|
clip |
|
none |
| Are thumbnails to be at preset positions? |
preset |
boolean |
true for yes, false for user defined |
none |
| number of photos in this album page |
nphotos |
integer |
1 to 16 |
9 |
| Preset position number at which thumbnail to be placed |
position |
integer |
1 to 16 |
1 |
| starting frame number of base clip when this thumbnail appears |
startframe |
Integer |
within clip |
0 |
| end frame number of base clip for this thumbnail |
endframe |
Integer |
within clip, more than startframe |
last frame of base clip |
| frame number(starting) of video clip to use for thumbnail |
photoframe |
integer |
within video clip. If +ve still photo. If -ve resized video |
0 |
| border |
border width on each side of thumbnail |
Integer |
1/40 of minimum frame dimension |
4 |
| left x coordinate of video frame part to generate thumbnail |
inxl |
integer |
within frame |
0 |
| top y coordinate of video frame part to generate thumbnail |
inyt |
integer |
within frame |
0 |
| right x coordinate of video frame part to generate thumbnail |
inxr |
integer |
within frame, greater than inxl |
frame width-1 |
| bottom y coordinate of video frame part to generate thumbnail |
inyb |
integer |
within frame, greater than inyt |
frame height-1 |
| left x coordinate of base frame at which thumbnail is placed |
outxl |
integer |
within frame |
inxl |
| top y coordinate of base frame for thumbnail placement |
outyt |
integer |
within frame |
inyt |
| right x coordinate of base frame for thumbnail appearance |
outxr |
integer |
within frame, greater than inxl |
inxr |
| bottom y coordinate of base frame for thumbnail appearance |
outyb |
integer |
within frame, greater than inyt |
inyb |
| merge width %age for MAlbum function only |
merge |
integer |
0 to 100 |
20 |
#Usage examples:-
This script results in n thumbnails display at preset positions
n=6
Clip1=Avisource("------.avi")
Clip2 = Avisource("____.avi")
…………………………..
Clipn=Avisource("------.avi")
# ensure same frame characteristics
Base=blankclip(clip1, length=1000)
Album(base, clip1, true,n,1,50,800,0,4)
Album(last, clip2, true,n,2,100,850,0,4)
Album(last, clip3, true,n,3,150,900,50,4)
………………………………………..
Album(last, clipn, true,n,n,100,900,70,4)
#The following script for different preset sizes of photos display
#Note use of different values of nphotos
Clip1=Avisource("------.avi")
…………………………..
Clip6=Avisource("------.avi")
Base=blankclip(clip1, length=1000)
Album(base, clip1, true,2,1,100,900,0,4)
Album(last, clip2, true,8,3,100,900,0,4)
Album(last, clip3, true,8,6,100,900,50,4)
Album(last, clip4, true,8,7,100,900,0,4)
Album(last, clip5, true,8,8,100,800,50,4)
Album(last, clip6, true,8,9,100,900,50,4)
or
MAlbum(base, clip1, true,2,1,100,900,0,4/merge=10)
MAlbum(last, clip2, true,8,3,100,900,0,4,merge=15)
MAlbum(last, clip3, true,8,6,100,900,50,4,merge=25)
MAlbum(last, clip4, true,8,7,100,900,0,4)
MAlbum(last, clip5, true,8,8,100,800,50,4)
MAlbum(last, clip6, true,8,9,100,900,50,4,merge=40)
The following script for user defined size and position of photo display
Clip1=Avisource("------.avi")
Clip2 = Avisource("____.avi")
…………………………..
Clip6=Avisource("------.avi")
Base=blankclip(clip1, length=1000)
Album(Base, clip1, false,startframe=100,endframe=900,photoframe=50,inxl=100,inyt=100,inxr=400,inyb=300,outxl=300,outyt=200,outxr=400,outyb=300)
…………………
#photo position or start and end frames can be different for each Album call.
…………..
Album(last, clip3, true,8,6,100,300,50,4)
Album(last, clip6, true,8,2,400,900,50,4)
# One or more or all of the photos can be video motion and rest still photos
Album(base, clip1, true,2,1,100,900,-1,4)
Album(last, clip2, true,8,3,100,900,0,4)
Album(last, clip3, true,8,6,100,900, 50,4)
Album(last, clip4, true,8,7,100,900,-10,4)
Album(last, clip5, true,8,8,100,800,50,4)
Image with effect :
