Convert time-lapse or high-speed images to video, or video to GIF.
VideoMach is a multi-purpose video tool that can be used to:Convert video to animated GIF with best color fidelity and image quality in the industry. Convert GIF or FLC back to standard video. Convert high-speed images to slow-motion video. Display timecode on the video, with milliseconds or microseconds. Supports Phantom CINE files (Vision Research high-speed cameras). Supports IDT RAW files (IDT high-speed cameras). Supports BAYER, TIFF, PNG, JPEG, BMP and other image formats. Convert images and music to full-speed video. Display elapsed seconds, minutes, hours or days on the video. Stitch 2, 3, 4 or more videos side-by-side or in a grid. Possibility to create sprite sheets (multiple pictures from the same video on one page). Convert a video into a pile of images. Save currently displayed picture to a file. - Save audio from video to a separate file. Speed up or slow down videos. Display text and logos in the video. Apply video filters: Rotate, Resize, Crop, Sharpen, Brightness, Contrast, Equalize Colors and dozens of others.
Converted my time-lapse images to WMV in record time!
abraka_dabra
Pros
Opens images incredibly easy and quickly. I just open the first image and it does the rest. Supports WEBM so I can publish on YouTube.
Cons
Doesn't support all popular formats, but I'm quite satisfied with the ones it does.
Summary
Pretty good in what it does and the price is nice too.
Great program and it's FREE
katapult9
Pros
I just converted some time-lapse JPEGs to full-speed video and the program is FREE. Why is grendal87 mentioning false advertising, must be too much drinking...
Cons
Nothing special
Summary
Nice free program to convert time-lapse images and music into amusing video.
FALSE ADVERTIZING
grendal87
Pros
Great program
Cons
You have to pay and it's advertized as free....LIES!
Summary
Great - No really - This little software works.
Spiral1
Pros
We had a rush job, rebuilding an animation from hundreds of png files. I searched and stumbled on VideoMach, I was hesitant because votes people had left were not very good (3 stars out of 5). I took the chance and it worked well. Thanks a bunch.
Cons
When you finish converting a batch of images to an animation, it is not clear how to start a clean new batch, the interface looks like you keep adding more frames. Not a really big issue, I didn't have time for notes & restarted it between batches.
Summary
A great little software, works well. Use it on a more powerful machine, that will make a big difference in speed. When I tested it, there was a huge processing time difference between running it on a 4 year old XP laptop and a brand new Window 7 laptop from this year. I would suggest to the developer to add a batch processing feature where you can load multiple jobs upfront (different ones or sequential ones) and launch and forget it to come back later and find the completed jobs in corresponding folders or drives.
Good program that did the trick
tpkoons
Pros
I needed it for taking stills and making a video file and it did it very well. The controls fairly straight forward and I figured it out in about 1o minutes of trial and error.
Cons
I don't like the water mark at the beginning of the video output file. I suppose I could create a filler to catch the water mark but it is a pain. Enough of a hassle that I am still looking for alternatives
Summary
handy program if you into that kind of thing
littleshotter
Pros
a movie editor for free is great that allows you to join clips
Cons
toooo complicated to use and does all ways do what you want it to do in the order you tell it.
Summary
nice product.
Pretty simple for what I need
katapult9
Pros
It opens those 35,000 images that I generated much faster than others I tried (virtualdub, adobe premiere, ulead). Conversion is pretty straightforward. It says it's free for personal use but adds a small banner at start. Well, I can live with that.
Cons
Didn't open a flv file that I downloaded. Maybe I'm missing some codec.
Summary
If you're like me and render huge amounts of images (bmp/jpg) and want to convert them to xvid avi then it's a good solution. If you convert flvs then it has some problems (or maybe it's just my computer).
Hard to use for complex functions
caffeinebump
Pros
It's versatile -- you can place video effects anywhere in the video, and you can move audio files around or substitute different audio with amazing precision.
Cons
Hard to learn to do anything sophisticated. The controls can be difficult to work and the results are sometimes confusing and unexpected. It's tricky to figure out where your effects are going to end up in the final video when you have to place them relative to each clip. I have also had some problems with the final output (parts of clips repeat over and over again). I would not pay $30 for it.
Summary
Versatile!
caffeinebump
Pros
Makes video manipulation easy. I tried it for the crop function (meaning cutting out part of the image, not just clipping the ends of the video), and it works perfectly. It's easier to use than I expected, and it can do several functions (crop, resize, apply different audio, and compress) all in one pass without errors.
Cons
None so far. I am still using the trial version.
Summary
not good.
jacklyndoane
Pros
i like all the things you can do witht his product.
Cons
i didnt like that it didnt bring up my webcam. and i could not find where to bring it up in the menu.