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               examples/extended/visualization/movies
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This example illustrates how to create a movie.

See https://geant4-userdoc.web.cern.ch/UsersGuides/ForApplicationDeveloper/html/Visualization/makingamovie.html#.

A) USING /vis/viewer/save AND /vis/viewer/interpolate
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1) a) To see a pre-prepared example, start this example in interactive mode
      (i.e., without any command line arguments). Just type
        /vis/viewer/interpolate viewfiles/movie-1
      If you want to see an electromagnetic shower
        /run/beamOn
        /vis/viewer/interpolate viewfiles/movie-1

   b) To make your own movie, save a sequence of views with
      "/vis/viewer/save". Then "fly through" with "/vis/viewer/interpolate".

      The procedure is: choose a view, save, choose another view, save, and
      so on until you have, say, 10 saved views. Then you may
        /vis/viewer/interpolate

      Note: This saves views to your current working directory. It is
      always good to remove any pre-existing saved files:
        rm *.g4view
      or save them, e.g.
        mkdir views
        mv *.g4view views
      which can subsequently be interpolated with
        /vis/viewer/interpolate views

   c) Then you have a choice of how to export the movie - see 3 below.

2) You can use time-slicing to see particles progress through time

   a) To see a pre-prepared example
        /vis/modeling/trajectories/drawByCharge-0/default/setTimeSliceInterval 0.01 ns
        /run/beamOn
        /vis/viewer/interpolate viewfiles/movie-2

   b) To make your own movie
        /vis/scene/add/trajectories rich
        /vis/modeling/trajectories/drawByCharge-0/default/setTimeSliceInterval 0.01 ns
        # Optionally add features (see guidance on /vis/viewer/set/timeWindow/)
        /vis/viewer/set/timeWindow/displayLightFront true 0 0 -20 cm -0.01 ns
        /vis/viewer/set/timeWindow/displayHeadTime true
        /vis/viewer/set/timeWindow/fadeFactor 1
        /run/beamOn
        # Then set a time window and save
        /vis/viewer/set/timeWindow/startTime 0 ns .1 ns
        /vis/viewer/save
        # Then zoom, pan etc to a view of interest
        # Then set the next time window and save
        /vis/viewer/set/timeWindow/startTime .5 ns .1 ns
        /vis/viewer/save
        # Then zoom, pan etc to a view of interest
        # Then set the next time window and save
        /vis/viewer/set/timeWindow/startTime 1 ns .1 ns
        /vis/viewer/save
        # Then another view, the next time window, and a save...
        # ...repeat a few more times
        # Then try
        /vis/viewer/interpolate

3) How to export images using /vis/viewer/interpolate (OpenGL only)
        /vis/viewer/interpolate ! ! ! ! export
   This produces lots of files.
   You can change export format with (for example)
        /vis/ogl/set/exportFormat jpg
   Then import them into your favourite movie maker - see
   https://geant4-userdoc.web.cern.ch/UsersGuides/ForApplicationDeveloper/html/Visualization/makingamovie.html#

B) THE OLD WAY
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These files are inherited from the old "novice" example N03. They draw (and
optionally, save) views using a macro loop. They have not been tested
recently. Best to run in batch mode in the build directory. E.g.

    ./movies -m visTutor/exN03Vis12.mac
    ./movies -m visTutor/exN03Vis13.mac


John Allison
15th February 2021