Create .AVI File

Create Animation File

At this point you can close the settings window and press the Run Animation button.

The first thing that will happen is that the CODEC selection and/or configuration window. Since we've chosen HAV format, this window has only two options:

While the animator is running it will add another module to your application automatically. In the Applications window you will now see:

$image\animator_output_images.jpg$

This special module is automatically saving images and building them into an animation in HAV format. Because it does not need to save all the image frames in advance it is both quicker and more efficient (disk space) than other approaches.

While the Animator is running it will tell you its current status (Scene and Frame) and an estimated time of completion as shown below:

$image\animator_completion.jpg$

Since we chose the HAV format we need to have the HAV player, Imagen, installed to view our animation. The installer is included with C Tech software. If you haven't installed it, it is on the EVS/MVS CD or can be downloaded from http://www.gromada.com.

If you have Imagen installed, when the animation is complete it should open up in Imagen and look like:

$image\moyager.jpg$

If you create an AVI file or MPG file, you will have more options for compression (codecs) and animation players (though Imagen is a good player for all types).

This application, with the final settings for the animator, has been saved as ctech\Applications\Workbooks\animation_workbook_final.v.