Table of Contents

Disclaimer i

1 Animation File Formats 1

1.1 Selected Animation File Formats in Detail 2

1.1.1 FLI, FLC 2

1.1.2 GRASP 10

1.1.3 MPEG 12

1.2 Animation File Formats Short Summary 18

1.2.1 ANM 18

1.2.2 AVI 18

1.2.3 DL 19

1.2.4 DPX 19

1.2.5 FLM 19

1.2.6 FLX 19

1.2.7 GIF 19

1.2.8 IFF ANIM 20

1.2.9 MovieSetter 20

1.2.10 NEOchrome Animation 21

1.2.11 PFX 21

1.2.12 QuickTime 21

1.2.13 VICAR 22

2 Animation Tools 24

2.1 Macintosh 25

2.1.1 AVI to QT Utility 1.0 25

2.1.2 DoubleMPEG 25

2.1.3 EasyPlay 2.0 26

2.1.4 Fast Player 1.1 26

2.1.5 GifBuilder 0.3.2  27

2.1.6 GraphicConverter V1.7.7/1 27

2.1.7 MacAnim Viewer 1.1 27

2.1.8 MakeItMooV 1.2 28

2.1.9 Martin Hash's 3-Dimensional Animation 29

2.1.10 MoviePlayer 2.0 29

2.1.11 MPEG Dropper 1.0b2 29

2.1.12 MPEG2Decoder 30

2.1.13 MPEG Player 0.3 30

2.1.14 MPEGSplit 31

2.1.15 MPEG to QuickTime 0.3 31

2.2.16 Sculpt 3D 31

2.1.17 Sparkle 2.4.5 32

2.1.18 Video for Windows Converter 1.1 32

2.2 Unix 33

2.2.1 AERO 33

2.2.2 animate 3.6.3 33

2.2.3 avi2yuv 0.4 34

2.2.4 CmPlayer 34

2.2.5 MPEG-1 Video Software Encoder 1.2 35

2.2.6 MpegUtil 1.0 35

2.2.7 MPEG Blocks Analyser 1.0 36

2.2.8 MPEG Video Software Decoder 1.0 36

2.2.9 MPEG Video Software Decoder 2.3 37

2.2.10 MPEG Video Statistics Gatherer 2.2b 37

2.2.11 Mv2mpeg 37

2.2.12 XAnim 38

2.3 DOS 40

2.3.1 Autodesk Animator Public Domain Player 1.0 40

2.3.2 AviRip 3.0 40

2.3.3 CMPEG 1.0 40

2.3.4 DL-CONVERTER 2.1 41

2.3.5 DL-CONVERTER 2 to 3 41

2.3.6 DL Viewer 3.5 42

2.3.7 DMPEG 1.1 42

2.3.8 FlickPlay 0.79 42

2.3.9 FLISee 3.0 43

2.3.10 GLplay 6.085 43

2.3.11 MPEG Split 0.1 43

2.3.12 QuickFLI 44

2.3.13 QuickView 1.03a 44

2.3.14 RawRip 3.0 45

2.3.15 SmartVid 1.02.006 45

2.3.16 Trilobyte FLICK & Groovie Player 0.7 46

2.3.17 Video for DOS 1.7 46

2.3.18 VMPEG 1.2a 46

2.4 Windows 48

2.4.1 3D Choreographer 2.0 48

2.4.2 Animator Pro 1.3a 48

2.4.3 Autodesk Animator, Studio for Windows 49

2.4.4 Canyon's Movie Toolkit 1.20 49

2.4.5 GIF Construction Set for Windows 1.0 50

2.4.6 Martin Hash's 3-Dimensional Animation 50

2.4.7 Microsoft 3D Movie Maker 53

2.4.8 MPEGPLAY 1.00 53

2.4.9 NET TOOB 2.51 54

2.4.10 SmartVid 1.02.006 54

2.4.11 SoftF/X 55

2.4.12 SoundTrack 56

2.4.13 Starlet Movie 56

2.4.14 Video Express Viewer 56

2.4.15 Video for Windows 57

2.4.16 VMPEG 1.7 Lite 57

2.5 SGI 59

2.5.1 Animator 7.0 59

2.5.2 GIG 3DGO 59

2.5.3 PowerAnimator 7.0 59

2.5.4 SoftImage Creative Environment 2.65 60

2.5.5 TDI Explore 3.0.1 62

2.5.6 Vertigo 9.5 63

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