VideoCAT
version 1.2.1

Image capture for StopMotion Video Producers

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About
Image capture software based on Microsoft DirectShow API. The main focus is to provide a simple tool to make stopmotion and/or accelerated movies by grabing single frames in a regular interval. Frames are written as individual images for subsequent processing.

Among the features of VideoCAT:

  . Capture images with any device that suports DirectShow
  . Upload images using FTP
  . Overlay images to control your stopmotion scene
  . Just pick any color to use Chroma-Key
  . Ability to apply image masks




Downloads
 VideoCAT-1.2.1-win32-bin.zip - ZIP archive with executable
 VideoCAT-1.2.1-win32-src.zip - ZIP archive with source code

 stopmotion.avi - Example movie (divx 5.0.5)
 accelerated.avi - Example movie (divx 5.0.5)
 MaskAndChroma.avi - Example movie (XviD-1.0.1)




Changelog
  Changes since 1.2.0:

    . Replaced TVideoWindow with TDSVideoWindowEx2
    . Mask and background now accept JPG images
    . Default Mask transparency color is now < rgb(50,50,200)
    . Minor bugfixes

  Changes since 1.0.6rc6:

    . Replaced standard Delphi's TImage and TBitmap with TImage32 and TBitmap32 from Alex Denisov's Graphics32 project
    . Update DSPack to version 2.3.3

  Changes since 1.0.6rc5:

    . Faster overlay code
    . Chroma-key code tweaks
    . Fixed dialog box related bugs

  Changes since current-20040313:

    . Chroma-Key is now a bit faster
    . New file dialog windows
    . Key events are now sane
    . All windows minimize to tray correctly
    . Bitmap mask now works
    . Executable is now compressed with UPX

  Changes since current-20040228:

    . Initial support for image mask (currently disabled)
    . The time to capture and process a frame is now shown in the console
    . Changes in the configuration screen
    . The 'Formats' menu was not cleaned when changing devices
    . Minor bugs fixed

  Changes since 1.0.6rc3:

    . Date now aligns correctly to the right
    . Overlay now works fine
    . Chroma-key now works with more the one color (see help)
    . Manifest file is now compiled into the executable
    . Keyboard shortcuts
    . New 'Help' and 'About' box

  Changes since 1.0.5:

    . Redesigned user interface
    . "On the fly" Chroma-key
    . Now you can save/load your setup
    . More filename options
    . Keep track of total run time

  Changes since 1.0.4:

    . Image overlay for frame-to-frame control
    . Improved user interface
    . Better filename options
    . Fixed interval time selection bug
    . New interval time edit window




Tools
 JPGVideo - JPGVideo is used to create a video file from either a series or a single bitmap file
 VirtualDub - Video capture/processing utility for 32-bit Windows platform
 Ultimate Packer for eXecutables - free, high-performance executable packer for several different executable formats




Links
 DirectX - You need Microsoft DirectX 9.0 to run VideoCAT
 DSPack - DirectX components for Delphi 7 to compile VideoCAT
 Graphic32 - Graphics library for Delphi and Kylix/CLX.

 Sourceforge.net Project summary




Sourceforge Forums
 Feel free to visit and post comments in the forums!

 Developers - Post comments about features and development
 Help - Need help? Post your questions here!
 Open Discussion - Feel free to comment about VideoCAT




Contact
 E-mail the author or visit the Sourceforge.net Project summary to send comments and/or sugestions




Disclaimer
BECAUSE THE PROGRAM IS LICENSED FREE OF CHARGE, THERE IS NO WARRANTY FOR THE PROGRAM, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW. EXCEPT WHEN OTHERWISE STATED IN WRITING THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND/OR OTHER PARTIES PROVIDE THE PROGRAM "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE PROGRAM IS WITH YOU. SHOULD THE PROGRAM PROVE DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR OR CORRECTION.








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