The QuickTime software lets users take an image, divide it up into different files, and then watch them seamlessly play back.
I recently had the opportunity to explore motionMaker, a software that allows users to grab pictures and slice them into individual files. I found the program to be a fantastic tool that offers a fresh take on image manipulation.
By simply selecting an image and defining a user-defined slice of the image, motionMaker is able to grab a picture and take little slices out of it, saving them into individual files. Once saved, these files can then be easily opened with QuickTime player and turned into a nice little movie that gives the impression of the thing moving.
The program's mechanics are akin to having a large wall mural before you, with a laser pointer that is in the shape of a box. Users can move the pointer across the image and take a picture of what's in the rectangle, resulting in a series of pictures that can be used to create a movie of panning across the mural.
The mural can be saved in a variety of file formats, including JPG, TIFF, and PNG, while the laser pointer is a user-defined slice of the image that gets saved to a file. Overall, I found motionMaker to be a helpful and intuitive software that provides an innovative approach to image manipulation.
By simply selecting an image and defining a user-defined slice of the image, motionMaker is able to grab a picture and take little slices out of it, saving them into individual files. Once saved, these files can then be easily opened with QuickTime player and turned into a nice little movie that gives the impression of the thing moving.
The program's mechanics are akin to having a large wall mural before you, with a laser pointer that is in the shape of a box. Users can move the pointer across the image and take a picture of what's in the rectangle, resulting in a series of pictures that can be used to create a movie of panning across the mural.
The mural can be saved in a variety of file formats, including JPG, TIFF, and PNG, while the laser pointer is a user-defined slice of the image that gets saved to a file. Overall, I found motionMaker to be a helpful and intuitive software that provides an innovative approach to image manipulation.
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