Create Blank Movie

A movie file containing the header information but no images can be created with this option. This movie file may subsequently have images added to it with [F Insert single frame in movie] and/or [S Insert sequence in movie].

Name of movie to be created (.MOV default extension) ?

The images acquired as part of the movie will be stored in the file specified here. For full details of the format of this file, refer to DigImage\Include\Headers.INC.

Set recording window using which buffer ?

Only the region of the image falling within a user specified window will be recorded. The smaller this window is, the closer the samples may be together without loosing data. The buffer specified here will be displayed while the window is being specified.

Window Selection: Region to record in movie

The Window Selection submenu is produced to allow the desired region to be selected. For further information on the use of windows, refer the [H Help] within the Window Selection submenu.

Horizontal step ?

By sampling the image on a coarser grid the frame rate of the recording may be increased. This entry specifies the horizontal spacing between samples to be included in the movie image.

Vertical step ?

This entry specifies the vertical spacing between the samples to be included in the movie image.

Spacing between images ?

This entry specifies the temporal sampling frequency or frame rate of the movie. If the requested frequency is too high (spacing too small), then it will not be possible to maintain the required interval between images.

Duration of movie ?

The duration of the movie is fixed by this entry. The duration is converted into the number of samples to be recorded. The duration of the movie will be adhered to (as closely as possible) even if DigImage is not able to maintain the requested frame rate.

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Stuart Dalziel, last page update: 19 February 1996