Playing Animations

Once you have accumulated a number of points, you will want to play the animation to see if you are capturing the sequences you want.

Playing. You can start playing back the movie by hitting the "Play Animation" button. Each viewpoint and all intermediate points will be displayed on screen in sequence. There are several parameters that control the speed and smoothness of the play back:

Intermediates. This options controls the number of intermediate points the computer generates between each pair of viewpoints. The more points, the smoother the animation, but the slower the play back.  The “Intermediates” value and the “Frames/Second” value control how long the animation will last.

Frames/Second. This options sets the number of frames per second that the Viewer will use to play back the animation. This is number is only a maximum limit for the playback. If the computer is slow, the cave is large or one of the more complex viewing options is used, the program may not be able to keep up with the frame rate.

Stop Button. The Stop Button allows you to abort an animation before it has finished playing.

Animation Time. This box displays the number of minutes and second the animation will run. The animation time is determined by the “Intermediates” and “Frames/Second” options described above. (Since the computer may not be able to keep up with the number of frames per second specified, the actual time may be slower than estimated.)