Re: [microsound] photosynthesis

[Andrei <andrei@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Just a note that I wasn't able to open any raw data files in Photoshop
(on a Mac) until I added a .raw extension to the file names.
Before doing that I kept getting a "... not the right kind of document"
message.

Andrei


On Thu, 16 May 2002, Eloy Anzola wrote:

> Hello.
>
> > using
> > SoundHack (you mean "Save A Copy..." as QuickTime, right ?)
>
> Not at all.
>
> In SoundHack > Hack > QtCoder
>
> This will save the sonogram as a quicktime movie.
>
>
> Editing movie frames with Photoshop is a whole other topic,
> I'm sure the web is full of awesome tutorials.
>
> but the most basic, useful for this task , is to export
> the frames as a picture sequence, which Quicktime Pro will
> easily do.
>
> Then you edit the pictures in Photoshop which you could
> then convert back to sound with Soundhack.
>
> ... if you want you could asamble a new movie with Quicktime,
> iMovie, AE, Flash... and then convert to sound in Soundhack...
>
> Exporting/Importing raw or headerless data is a cool way to
> generate samples and images, but it will probably never represent
> a sound in any meaningful way.
>
> hope this helps,
> regards,
>
> Eloy
>
>
> > From: Andrei <andrei@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > I don't know why this isn't working for me.
> >
> > I downloaded Amadeus II and exported an AIFF file as Raw data and still
> > get that "not the right kind of document" message from Photoshop.
> > Then I tried your advice of exporting an AIFF as a QuickTime file using
> > SoundHack (you mean "Save A Copy..." as QuickTime, right ?) and I still
> > get that message from Photoshop.
> >
> > What am I missing ?
> > Am I supposed to open it in a certain way in Photoshop or do I have to
> > give the file an extension or something ?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Andrei