Recording movies and sun studies, parameters

Tool(s): Record Movie + Record Sun Study

Mode

Create slide show, Create AVI movie

You can specify whether the movie is to be saved as a slide show, as an AVI movie, or both.

calculation

Animation/Render

Choose Animation if you want to display the images using the settings in animation window.

Choose Render if you want to render the images and specify the method.

Render method:

You can choose from the following rendering methods:

• Flat Shading
• Gouraud Shading
• Phong Shading
• Ray Tracing
• Quick Ray
• Global illumination

Destination size:

Cameras (for recording movies only)

Start:

Specify the camera with which recording is to start.

Target:

Specify the camera with which recording is to end.

Number of entries

The number of cameras and intermediate images entered in Set Camera Path is displayed here.

Time (for recording sun study only)

Sun:

Click Sun... and make settings for the position of the sun (north, location's longitude and latitude, day, summertime).
Click OK to confirm the settings.

Start, target time:

Use this to enter the start and end time of the sun study.

Parameters

Running speed (for recording movies only)

Interval in min.: (for recording sun study only)

Images/sec:

Number of images, total time in sec:

Indicates how many images will be calculated and how long the running time of the movie or sun study will be. You can alter these values by changing the Running speed parameter or Interval in min and Images/sec parameters.

Slide show

Name:

Enter a name and path where the slide show is to be saved.

Format:

Define the format for the individual images in the show.

The images created for a show are given the name 'Name of show + 5-digit serial number of image + format extension'. All common formats are supported.

Avi movie

Name:

Enter a name and path where the AVI movie is to be saved.

Compression:

You can use this button to specify whether the movie is to be saved in uncompressed format or in compressed format using a compression method installed on your computer. Compressed formats require less space.
We recommend Microsoft Video 1 (low compression, high quality) and Microsoft MPEG-4 Video Codec V2 (high compression, low quality).
Other codecs require a certain resolution (e.g. 640 x 480), or restrictions apply and/or there is a loss of quality.

Some codecs cannot process large images (the bitmap size must not exceed 320*240 or 640*480). Larger sizes lead to error messages.

Please consult the manufacturer of the selected codecs or use a different compression method.

We recommend the following compression methods: Microsoft Video 1 (low compression, high quality) and Microsoft MPEG-4 Video Codec V2 (high compression, low quality).