Can GrADS "animated time sequences" be captured to a file

[Armelle Reca C. Remedio]

Hi!

What we normally do here is:

1. create a script to print all the 45 images using the printim command.
set t 1
printim image01.gif
....
set t 45
printim image45.gif

2. then in linux, use the command:
convert -delay 10 *.gif <name_of_new_file>.gif

this will convert the 45 images that you have into one gif file with a delay of
10 steps. sometimes, depending on your pc platform, the images skip files
especially if its too many. this is the method we use to create a "movie" file.
there might be a better way in doing this.

hope this helps.

sincerely,
melle

Quoting Tom Hardy <tomhardy at COX.NET>:

> Hello:
>
> I have a 3-D (lon, lat, time)  45 year series of ERA-40 data that displays
> wonderfully with GrADS. Is it possible to capture the display to a common
> format that can be played without GrADS? Either a Linux or Windows solution
> works for me. As an aside, I can't find a GrADS email archive, is there one?
> Thanks.
>
> Tom
>


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