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FXTRANSITIONS


Creates an animated transition between two images using a special effect distortion.

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last modified: September 26, 2017



USAGE: fxtransitions [-e effect] [-f frames] [-d delay] [-p pause] [-b bgcolor] [-r] infile1 infile2 [outfile]
USAGE: fxtransitions [-h or -help]

-e .... effect ....... transition effect type: blur, explode, implode, pixelize,
...................... recursion, spin, spread, swirl, zoomin, zoomout;
...................... default=blur
-f .... frames ....... number of frames in animation; frames>1; default=10
-d .... delay ........ delay between frames; delay>0; default=20
-p .... pause ........ pause delay for two undistorted input images;
...................... pause>0; default=50
-b .... bgcolor ...... background color for use only with effect=zoomout
-r ................... reverse the animation sequence and append it to the end

The two input files must be the same size.

The output file must be of type that supports multi-frames, such as gif.

If no output file is specified, the animation will be displayed automatically
but not saved to a file

PURPOSE: To create an animated transition between two images using a special effect distortion.

DESCRIPTION: FXTRANSITIONS creates an animated transition between two images using a special effect distortion. The special effects distortions include: blur, explode, implode, pixelize, recursion, spin, spread, swirl, zoomin and zoomout.

ARGUMENTS:

-e effect ... EFFECT is the type of distortion to use as the means for creating the animated transition between the two input images. The choices are: blur, explode, implode, pixelize, recursion, spin, spread, swirl, zoomin and zoomout. The default=blur.

-f frames ... FRAMES is the number of frames in the animation of each of the two input images. Values are integers > 1. The default is 10. Thus the total number of frames will be 2*frames. If the animation is reversed, then the total number of frames will be 4*frames-2.

-d delay ... DELAY between frames. Values are integers>0. The default=20

-p pause ... PAUSE is the delay to use for the first and last frame of the animation, i.e. the delay for each of the input images. The default=50

-b bgcolor ... BGCOLOR is the background color to use for fill when the effect is zoomout. Any valid IM color specification. The default=black.

-r ... If supplied, then reverse the animation sequence, remove the first and last frames of the reversed sequence and append these reversed frames to the end of the animation.

CAVEAT: No guarantee that this script will work on all platforms, nor that trapping of inconsistent parameters is complete and foolproof. Use At Your Own Risk.


EXAMPLES


Two Flowers
http://www.jhlabs.com/ip/filters/

Flower 1

Flower 2

Blur

Arguments:
-e blur -f 18 -d 20 -p 50 -r

 

Explode

Arguments:
-e explode -f 18 -d 20 -p 50 -r

 

Implode

Arguments:
-e implode -f 18 -d 20 -p 50 -r

 

Pixelize

Arguments:
-e pixelize -f 18 -d 20 -p 50 -r

 

Recursion

Arguments:
-e recursion -f 18 -d 20 -p 50 -r

 

Spin

Arguments:
-e spin -f 18 -d 20 -p 50 -r

 

Spread

Arguments:
-e spread -f 18 -d 20 -p 50 -r

 

Swirl

Arguments:
-e swirl -f 18 -d 20 -p 50 -r

 

Zoom In

Arguments:
-e zoomin -f 18 -d 20 -p 50 -r

 

Zoom Out

Arguments:
-e zoomout -f 18 -d 20 -p 50 -r -b black

 


What the script does is as follows:

  • Composites the two images together using a mask image
  • The mask images is gradually made lighter

This is equivalent to the following IM commands for the case of swirl with reversed frames.

  • w1=`convert $tmpA -format "%w" info:`
  • h1=`convert $tmpA -format "%h" info:`
  • count=`expr $frames - 1`
  • factor=`convert xc: -format "%[fx:360/$count]" info:`
  • # animate first image
  • i=0
  • convert $tmpA $tmp0
  • while [ $i -lt $count ]; do
  • k=`expr $i + 1`
  • ff=`convert xc: -format "%[fx:3*360*(1000^($k*$factor/360)-1)/999]" info:`
  • convert $tmpA -swirl "$ff" miff:- |\
    convert -delay $delay $tmp0 -page +0+0 - -page +0+0 $tmp0
  • i=`expr $i + 1`
  • done
  • # animate second image
  • k=$count
  • while [ $k -gt 0 ]; do
  • ff=`convert xc: -format "%[fx:3*360*(1000^($k*$factor/360)-1)/999]" info:`
  • convert $tmpC -swirl "$ff" miff:- |\
    convert -delay $delay $tmp0 -page +0+0 - -page +0+0 $tmp0
  • k=`expr $k - 1`
  • done
  • convert $tmpC miff:- |\
    convert -delay $delay $tmp0 -page +0+0 - -page +0+0 $tmp0
  • # set delay for first and last frame
  • convert $tmp0 -coalesce \
    \( -clone 0 -set delay $pause \) -swap 0,-1 +delete \
    \( +clone -set delay $pause \) -swap -1,-2 +delete \
    -quiet -layers Optimize $tmp0
  • # reverse sequence, remove first and last frames, append to animation
  • convert $tmp0 -coalesce \( -clone -2-1 \) \
    -quiet -layers Optimize $tmp0
  • convert $tmp0 -loop 0 $outfile