Making Movies in Visit

1. Once you have drawn your plot, press the Play button on the main screen. This will give you a preview of your animation.

2. Click File->Save Movie and follow the on-screen instructions. If saving frames as .png files, follow the next step to convert the images into a movie.

3. Type "convert -quality 100 file_name00*.png movie.gif" from the command line within the directory the movie stills are located. This command strings together the .png files into an animated .gif file called "movie.gif". The asterisk indicates "all files that begin with…". message