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What we need:

1. Any amount of frames, that we want see in the video.
2. Virtual Dub (I used 1.9.4 x64)
3. XViD - (I used 1.2.1)

So:

1. Prepare frames (same quality, same resolution)

2. Turn Virtual Dub on
Go to: File -> Open video file
Change: Files of type: Image sequence(*.png, *.bmp,*.tga...)
Choose first frame of your sequence
Click: Open
go to: Video -> Frame rate
Change:
Source rate adjustment:
Select: "Change frame rate to (fps)" option. Enter needed frame rate.
Click: OK
Click: Play (don't forget to rewind the video to the start after you played it)
Adjust the speed of you video with the help of "try and error" method
Click: RMB on the video pane (input)
Select: Select the aspect ratio based on your frames ratio.
Note: Click: Video -> Compression
Select preferred codec and adjust it's settings
Click: OK
Click: File -> Save as AVI -> Select where you want to save it

3. Check you video file.

Edit:
Thank you, guys, for your help!

In step 2 I like adding fade between the layers so that one can get a smooth idea of the light being added in each step. Having the codecs installed the last step can be discarded since you can compress within VirtualDub.

But I think it's a much needed tutorial, I would just like it to have the pictures and the final video so that one could actually see it running.

Also, specify that its either NTSC or PAL depending on region not just PAL, where I live we use NTSC

Borgleader wrote:Also, specify that its either NTSC or PAL depending on region not just PAL, where I live we use NTSC

I think these settings have no effect unless you want to see the movie on a dvd player. From my understandment these settings were for tvs, not lcd connected to computers.

Cool...but I have one question - why are you using so many different programs? Can't you just open your png sequence in virtual dub and save as compressed xvid. Am I missing something?

@pixie
There is a difference in resolution and fps.
NTSC = 720×480 and 30fps
PAL = 720×576 and 25fps

suvakas wrote:Cool...but I have one question - why are you using so many different programs? Can't you just open your png sequence in virtual dub and save as compressed xvid. Am I missing something?

@pixie
There is a difference in resolution and fps.
NTSC = 720×480 and 30fps
PAL = 720×576 and 25fps

I know that they are different, I was just saying unless for displaying on tv screens these modes aren't of much relevance for being displayed on computers.

Well.. you were writing, that PAL/NTSC "have no effect", but they have - PAL is larger and has a lower fps - no matter on what screen.

@ dakiru
Thank you a lot! I gotta definitely start to play with this!

@ suv
If there is (and you know ) a simpler way to make a light animation (you say..virtual dub?) could you please post a small how-to? It's not that i don't appreciate dakiru's work, but - as he said - perhaps there could have been simpler methods.

suvakas wrote:Cool...but I have one question - why are you using so many different programs? Can't you just open your png sequence in virtual dub and save as compressed xvid. Am I missing something?

No, that's I am missing! I didn't find this feature before only after you pointed this out. I will update this small tut with your info. And no Movie Maker needed