DesignSeries00014.pngExporting solar animations

Tool

Tool set

Heliodon

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Visualization

The same type of solar animation effects that can be seen in the drawing in interactive mode can be exported to a movie.

To export a solar animation:

1.      Insert at least one heliodon object as described in Inserting a heliodon object.

2.Select the desired view and render mode.

3.Select the heliodon, and click Solar Animation from the Object Info palette. Alternatively, double-click a heliodon object.

The Solar Animation dialog box opens.

4.Click the Interactive tab, and set the date and time.

5.Click the Export Movie tab. Set the Animate view and the export options. The solar animation occurs based either on time or date settings.

6.Click OK, and if showing the time of day or month and day, click in the drawing when prompted, to set the text location.

The Video Settings dialog box opens.

7.Click OK.

The Select Movie Filename dialog box opens.

8.Specify the location to save the movie file. By default, the file is named with the location and the date.

A message displays the progress of the export, and the movie is created.

Click to end the export early. The solar animation movie is created up to that point.

9.View the movie in the application of your choice to watch the solar animation.

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Creating interactive solar animations

Creating solar animations

Inserting a heliodon object

Solar studies

 

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