Exporting Animations

You can export animations from the Animation control dialog, or, for Ensight format, from the Select Animation dialog.

Exporting Ensight from the Select Animation Dialog

1. Create the animation you want to export.

2. In the Select Animation dialog, select Export...

3. This opens the Browser window.
   

   Navigate to the desired location and provide a file name. The format will be Ensight .case files.

4. When you select Save, the Ensight Case File Options dialog opens.
   
   The binary option permits a more compact and efficient animation creation process in Ensight. The Single File options leverages the Ensight transient dataset capability to export all frames of field/geometry data to a single case file. On OK, every visible and animatable field plot should generate a case file with name in the format of “UserTypedName_fieldPlotName.case”

Exporting from the Animation Control Dialog

1. Create the animation you want to export.
2. In the play panel, click Export....

   

   The Export File dialog box appears.

   

3. Specify the directory to Save in, the File name, and use the Save as type drop-down menu to select Animated GIF File (.gif), AVI File (.avi), or WebM File (.webm).

   The Animation Options dialog box appears.

   

4. To replace colors in the file with 256 shades of gray, select Grayscale.

   Grayscale animations tend to use less memory than full color animations.

5. For AVI format export, specify the Compression factor (the default is 85) and one of the following Compression types:
   • INTEL Indeo
   • Cinepak
   • Microsoft Video 1
   • None
6. For GIF format export, specify the number of loops. The default "0" denotes infinite loops.
7. Click OK to close the Animation Options dialog box.

   The animation is exported to the file format you specified.