How to save a stack of images as an AVI file using ImageJ.

 

  1. Open the stack or File-->Import Image Sequence.
  2. Adjust and crop the movie to your liking.
  3. If you want it to loop, thry these macros even though the file size will double:  http://rsb.info.nih.gov/ij/macros/LoopStack.txt or ../macros/loop-stack.txt
  4. Set the speed for the animation to play at.

  5. SaveAs an AVI file.

 

We like to use this software to compress the AVI files for friendlier use.
You can get it at http://www.virtualdub.org/.

And to get the .avi into PowerPoint:
avi-into-powerpoint.gif (54163 bytes)

 

Click here for example movies.