gm_animate(1)

1gm_animate(1)                 Grass User's Manual                gm_animate(1)
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ANIMATION TOOL (gis.m)

6       The  Animation  Tool is an interactive interface to display a series of
7       raster maps as an animation. Rasters can be added individually or as  a
8       prefix followed by a sequential number suffix.
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10   Using the Animation Tool
11       The  Animation Tool is started from the File menu or from the animation
12       button () on the GIS Manager toolbar.
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14       The main animation window has a toolbar for selecting maps  to  display
15       and  controling the animation, and a display area. The display area can
16       show a single, full-screen animation, or two to four simultaneous quar‐
17       ter-screen animations.
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19   Selecting Maps to Animate
20       Click the maps button () on the main animation window toolbar to open a
21       map selection window.
22       A map or map series must be entered in the entry for frame 1. If a  map
23       series is only entered for frame 1, a single, full-frame animation will
24       be displayed. If map series are entered for other frames, two  to  four
25       quarter-frame  animations  will be displayed (see example image above).
26       Raster maps can be added individually or as  a  prefix  followed  by  a
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29                     To enter maps individually, enter each map name separated
30                     by a comma (no space) from the previous map name (see the
31                     entry for frame 3 in the example image above).
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33                     For a map series entered in the prefix/suffix format, the
34                     suffix can be specified as a range  of  numbers  in  side
35                     parentheses.  In the example image above, "map(1-4)" will
36                     specified raster maps map1 through map4.
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38                     The suffix for a map series also can be  specified  using
39                     Unix-style   wildcard   matching.  In  the  examle  above
40                     "rdbuffer[0-1][1-9]"  specifies  raster  maps  rdbuffer01
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43                     Multiple  specification  forms  can  be mixed on a single
44                     entry line. For example, you could specify  "rast-a,rast-
45                     b,rast-(1-50),rast[0-9][0-9]".  This will specify rast-a,
46                     rast-b,  rast-1  through  rast-50,  and  rast00   through
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49   Controlling the Animation
50       The animation can be controlled in various ways by using the buttons on
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53       The rewind button will set the display to the first animation frame.
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55       The reverse button will play the animation in reverse order.
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57       The reverse step button will step through the animation frame by  frame
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60       The  pause  button will stop the animation at whatever frame is visible
61       when the animation is stopped.  The animation will  be  continued  from
62       this frame when a forward or reverse button is pressed.
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64       The forward step button will step through the animation frame by frame.
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66       The  play  button  will  display the maps of the animation in the order
67       they are listed in the map selection window.
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69       The slow button will increase the time between the display of each con‐
70       secutive frame in the animation, causing it to to slow down.
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72       The fast button will decrease the time between the display of each con‐
73       secutive frame in the animation, causing it to to speed up.
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75       The repeat switch will cause the animation  to  repeatedly  cycle  from
76       first  to  last frame if the play button is pressed, or cycle from last
77       to first if the reverse button is pressed.
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79       The alternating switch will cause the  animation  to  alternately  play
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82       [Names] The names switch will cause the file names of the maps used for
83       the animation to display in the lower left  corner  of  each  animation
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86       The Exit button will quit the Animation Tool.
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AUTHORS

97       Michael Barton, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA
98       Glynn Clements
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100       Last changed: $Date: 2007-11-18 21:17:33 +0100 (Sun, 18 Nov 2007) $
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