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1.1 root 1: .TH FLICKS 9.1
2: .CT 1 comm_term
3: .SH NAME
4: flicks, fflicks, preflicks, 2mux \- movie graphics for 5620
5: .SH SYNOPSIS
6: .B flicks
7: [
8: .B -fmte
9: ]
10: .I file ...
11: .PP
12: .B preflicks
13: [
14: .B -fmtvloics
15: ]
16: .I file ...
17: .PP
18: .B fflicks
19: [
20: .I flickfile
21: ]
22: .SH DESCRIPTION
23: .I Flicks
24: interprets each of the
25: .I files
26: as a grey-scale frame in the form of
27: .IR picfile (5)
28: (or a square raster of unsigned bytes),
29: dithers them, and displays them on the terminal.
30: Once the frames have been downloaded the frames can be played
31: as a movie, controlled by a menu on button 3.
32: Most menu selections are self-explanatory.
33: .I Step
34: shows individual frames,
35: stepping forward with button 1, or backward with button 2.
36: Button 3 brings back the main menu.
37: .PP
38: The size of a frame is an option:
39: .TP
40: .B -f
41: full size: same size as the input (typically 512\(mu512)
42: .TP
43: .B -m
44: medium size: half the input size (typically 256\(mu256) default
45: .TP
46: .B -t
47: tiny size: quarter of the input size (typically 128\(mu128)
48: .PD
49: .PP
50: If only one image is processed, full size is the default. For more
51: than 11 pictures, tiny size is default. Anything in between is
52: medium size by default.
53: .PP
54: The frames are rendered with dithering by default,
55: and with error propagation if
56: .B -e
57: is specified.
58: .PP
59: .I Fflicks
60: downloads frames
61: that have been preprocessed by
62: .IR preflicks
63: into a
64: .I flickfile.
65: .I Fflicks
66: downloads much faster than
67: .I flicks.
68: .PP
69: The options for
70: .I preflicks
71: include
72: .BR -f ,
73: .BR -m ,
74: and
75: .B -t
76: as for
77: .I flicks,
78: plus
79: .TP
80: .B -l
81: Use logarithmic dither.
82: .TP
83: .B -v
84: Chatter on standard error.
85: .TP
86: .B -o
87: Write the flickfile onto standard output;
88: by default output goes into file
89: .BR _movie .
90: .TP
91: .B -i
92: Print a summary of the contents of
93: the flickfiles.
94: .TP
95: .B -c
96: Catenate named flickfiles onto the standard output.
97: .TP
98: .BI -s X , Y
99: the (one only) input file is assumed to be a sequence of
100: .IR X\(muY -byte
101: frames.
102: If
103: .I X
104: and
105: .I Y
106: may be omitted, 512\(mu512 is assumed.
107: .PP
108: .I Fflicks
109: display is controlled by a menu on button 3.
110: The selection `movie rate' tries to run the display at 24 frames/sec.
111: .PP
112: Frames prepared with
113: .I preflicks
114: are compacted.
115: Thus
116: .I fflicks
117: can play a longer sequence than
118: .IR flicks :
119: up to roughly 120 medium sized or 480 tiny frames (20 seconds of movie).
120: Still longer sequences (about twice as long) can be downloaded if
121: .I fflicks
122: is run within
123: .I 2mux
124: instead of
125: .I mux.
126: The price of compaction is speed.
127: Menu selections are available
128: for uncompacting some (even- or odd-numbered) frames.
129: .SH FILES
130: .B _movie
131: .br
132: .B /usr/jerq/lib/2term
133: .SH "SEE ALSO"
134: .IR pico (1),
135: .IR picfile (5),
136: .IR rebecca (9.1),
137: .IR flickfile (9.5),
138: .IR movie (9.1)
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