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SCALESCROLL


Creates a scaled scrolling animation.

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last modified: December 15, 2018



USAGE: scalescroll [-f frames] [-d delay] [-D direction] infile outfile
USAGE: scalescroll [-h or -help]

-f ... frames ...... number of frames to generate in the animation; integer>0;
.................... default=25
-d ... delay ....... animation delay between frames; integer>0; default=20
-D ... direction ... direction of the scrolling; choices are: left, right, up, down;
.................... default=right

PURPOSE: Creates a scaled scrolling animation.

DESCRIPTION: SCALESCROLL creates scaled scrolling animation. The scaling increase from one side and decreases from the other side. The scrolling can be either to the right, left, up or down directions.

ARGUMENTS:

-f frames ... FRAMES are the number of frames to generate in the animation. Value are integers>0. The default=25.

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

-D direction ... DIRECTION of the scrolling; choices are: left (l), right (r), up (u), down (d). The default=right

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


Example 1

Original:
(source)

Arguments:
-D right

Arguments:
-D left

Arguments:
-D up

Arguments:
-D down



Example 2

Original:

convert -size 600 -font ubuntu \
label:"THIS IS A SCALESCROLL TEST" \
-bordercolor white -border 50x0 text.jpg

Arguments:
-D right

Arguments:
-D left

Arguments:
-D up

Arguments:
-D down



What the script does is as follows:

  • Processes the following in loop over the scaling amount
  • Reads the input image
  • Scales the image increasing in a given dimension
  • Scales the image decreasing in a given dimension
  • Appends the two images together
  • Collects the results for each iteration in a miff: file
  • Converts the miff: file to a GIF aniimation
  • Writes the aniimation to the output file

This is equivalent to the following IM commands for the case of direction=right

  • ww=`convert -ping "$infile" -format "%w" info:`
  • (
    incr=`convert xc: -format "%[fx:round($ww/$frames)]" info:`
    for ((k=0; k dim1=$((k*incr))
    dim2=$((ww-dim1))
    if [ $dim1 -eq 0 ]; then
    convert "$infile" miff:-
    else
    convert \( "$infile" -scale ${dim1}x! \) \( "$infile" -scale ${dim2}x! \) +append miff:-
    fi
    done
    ) | convert -delay 20 - -loop 0 "$outfile"