Topic: Image Salsa questions

[Cienega32]

Is the 'Weather Edition' the version of choice?

Can I use the data tags from WeatherLink? I see they mention 2 other softwares but not WL.

Is this what I need to create those great banner sigs I see here?

Would I need the Movie Salsa to create those time lapse plays that many of you have available?


I'm getting bored and am wanting to try the Salsa but want to get what I need.
Thanks for any input.

[ncpilot]

If you want a challenge, you might take a look at ImageMagick--it's free, and will create composited images.

http://www.imagemagick.org/script/index.php

I use it to add a row at the bottom of an image which contains some weather info... you can click on the "hi-res" image on my web page to see... (it's fairly large, and I didn't want to embed in this post).

[Cienega32]

Isn't Image Salsa what most use with their video cams?

[kray1000]

Isn't Image Salsa what most use with their video cams?

ImageSalsa is what I use, in conjuction with VWS.  Never tried it with WeatherLink, but if it can produce a comma-delimited file of data values in a specific sequence, I see no reason why WL wouldn't work.  And yes, you do need the weather edition if you want IS to add your weather data, as I've done.



I use Anole's PHP sticker script for my signature rather than ImageSalsa.  But others using a webcam image in their signatures use IS to create their stickers.

I do use MovieSalsa to create my weather movies.

[ncpilot]

Somewhere in a previous post... can't remember which subforum... I detailed how I do it with ImageMagick...

This is the template I run in WeatherLink: (saved as a *.bat file) I used the multiple "set" statements because I was running into problems trying to create one long ImageMagick command line...

"convert" is the ImageMagick command...
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set stationdate=<!--stationDate-->
set stationtime=<!--stationTime-->
set outsidetemp=<!--outsideTemp-->
set hioutsidetemp=<!--hiOutsideTemp-->
set hioutsidetemptime=<!--hiOutsideTempTime-->
set lowoutsidetemp=<!--lowOutsideTemp-->
set lowoutsidetemptime=<!--lowOutsideTempTime-->
set humidity=<!--outsideHumidity-->

IF EXIST capture_1.jpg convert capture_1.jpg -size 1x25 xc:Yellow -background Yellow -append -gravity South -pointsize 18 -draw "text 0,0 '%stationdate% %stationtime% Currently %outsidetemp%F  Hi %hioutsidetemp%F at %hioutsidetemptime%  Lo %lowoutsidetemp%F at %lowoutsidetemptime%  %humidity%%% Humidity'" tagged\newimage.jpg
======================================================

"capture_1.jpg" is the image file save by my P&S camera... the ImageMagick command creates a border at the bottom of the image with all those weather variables...

The resulting *.bat file then looks like this--with the data substituted:

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set stationdate=03/16/08
set stationtime= 6:59p
set outsidetemp=59.9
set hioutsidetemp=62.3
set hioutsidetemptime= 4:05p
set lowoutsidetemp=53.3
set lowoutsidetemptime=12:46p
set humidity=52

IF EXIST capture_1.jpg convert capture_1.jpg -size 1x25 xc:Yellow -background Yellow -append -gravity South -pointsize 18 -draw "text 0,0 '%stationdate% %stationtime% Currently %outsidetemp%F  Hi %hioutsidetemp%F at %hioutsidetemptime%  Lo %lowoutsidetemp%F at %lowoutsidetemptime%  %humidity%%% Humidity'" tagged\newimage.jpg
======================================================

I save the file in a directory that's being monitored by Fling, an FTP program that will watch a folder, and when a file appears, will FTP to wherever...

The batch file itself is run using Windows scheduler...

I believe ImageMagick will also create movies from single images...

And................. it's all free!

[Cienega32]

Thanks for the info folks and ncpilot - thanks for the in-depth usage of IM. Nice.