vman45/tall-tale-magick

A low resolution storytelling tool made with linux shell scripts that use imagemagick, sox, and ffmpeg for building animations.

Tall Tale Magick

A storytelling tool made with linux shell scripts that use imagemagick, sox, and ffmpeg for building animations.

You can easily create an animation complete with sound using nothing except the command line.

To get started you will need:

• linux (a useful operating system for developers)
• wget
• imagemagick
• sox
• ffmpeg
• nautilus-open-terminal or similar (optional, allows easy access to a terminal by right clicking)

Step 1:

Create a new project by double clicking 'newProject.sh' and click 'Run in Terminal'. Type in the name of your new project and press enter.

Note: Make sure the permissions of 'newProject.sh' allows execution.

Step 2:

Get a terminal within the directory of your project folder (could use nautilus-open-terminal or similar). Type in:
$ ls (to view the contents of the directory)
$ bash (make sure there is a space after bash and double click 'getImgs.sh' within the terminal then middle click 'getImgs.sh' to copy it)
$ bash getImgs.sh (it should look like this)

Press enter and it should output:
usage:
$ bash ./getImgs.sh [image key word or phrase]

And you use it just like it says.

Note: This program will download images off the internet using 'wget' and a search engine.

Step 3:

$ bash moveToClips.sh (it should look like this)

Press enter and it should output:
usage:
$ bash ./moveToClips.sh [variable1:#] and or [variable2:#] ['./directory/image_filename' or drag and drop image file here]

example:
bash ./moveToClips.sh mask:2 blur:2.0 ./directory/image_filename

mask -- mask number to use
blur -- amount of blur

Now use the example and go into the 'images' folder to see the results.
$ bash ./moveToClips.sh mask:2 blur:2.0 (drag and drop image)

Note: It is also possible to use your own images.

Step 4:

$ bash createClip.sh (it should look like this)
Now go into the 'clips' folder and use the example and play around.

Step 5:

$ bash composeClips.sh (it should look like this)
Now go into the 'composedClips' folder and use the example.

Step 6:

$ bash finalizeComposedClips.sh (it should look like this)
Now go into the 'finalize' folder and use the example.

Step 7:

$ bash finalizeConvertToVid.sh (it should look like this)
Use the example.

Step 8:

$ bash getSnds.sh (it should look like this)

Note: This program will download sounds off the internet using 'wget' and a search engine.

Step 9:

$ bash moveToNormSnds.sh (it should look like this)
Now go into the 'sounds' folder and use the example.

Note: It is also possible to use your own sounds.

Step 10:

$ bash finalizeMixAudio.sh (it should look like this)
Go into both the 'normSnds' and 'finalize' folders and try out the different options.