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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Yay, found the other answer but
I figured I&#8217;d post it if anyone needed the information.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>For rendering, the Update()
method on the vtkWindowToImageFilter doesn&#8217;t work.&nbsp; Instead,
filter.Update() should be filter.Modified().&nbsp; Then the AVI will render
each frame.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Bill<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> William E Lucarell
[mailto:welucarell@equityeng.com] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, February 27, 2008 2:42 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'William E Lucarell'; vtkusers@vtk.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [vtkusers] vtkAVIWriter rendering and speed problems<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>I found out how to slow the
framers per second on my own.&nbsp; Just call writer.Write() in an n-count for
loop.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Example:&nbsp; for (int k = 0; k
&lt; 15; k++) writer.Write();<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>The movie, unlike the render
window, still doesn&#8217;t update the image based on the change in scalars, though.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>
vtkusers-bounces+welucarell=equityeng.com@vtk.org
[mailto:vtkusers-bounces+welucarell=equityeng.com@vtk.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>William
E Lucarell<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, February 27, 2008 1:40 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> vtkusers@vtk.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [vtkusers] vtkAVIWriter rendering and speed problems<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal>I am using vtkAVIWriter to generate an AVI movie in
Java.&nbsp; However, there are two problems:<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>1)<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></span><![endif]>I can&#8217;t adjust the speed in frames per second so that
every 200-500 milliseconds, the frame will change.<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>2)<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></span><![endif]>Even though I change the scalars and update the window
to image filter, the image will not change colors based on the scalar changes.<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal>Below is a code snippet:<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; public void createAVI () {<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; // Prepare the
filter and AVI writer<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; filter = new
vtkWindowToImageFilter();<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
filter.SetInput(renWin.GetRenderWindow());<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; writerAVI = new
vtkAVIWriter();<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
writerAVI.SetInput(filter.GetOutput());<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
writerAVI.SetFileName(&quot;c://movie.avi&quot;);<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
writerAVI.Start();<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; // Write each
frame of the movie<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;for (int i = 0; i
&lt; 10; i++) {<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
TestMesh.GetPointData().SetScalars(scalars[i]);<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
renWin.GetRenderWindow().Render();<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
filter.Update();<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
writerAVI.Write();<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; }<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; // Close the AVI
writer<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; writerAVI.End();<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal>//&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
TestMesh.GetPointData().SetScalars(scalars[0]);<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; renWin.Render();<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; }<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal>What am I missing? Thanks for your help in advance.<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:#00337F'>Bill Lucarell</span></i></b><span style='font-size:8.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:navy'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

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