orbanim(1) --- Imcat Users Guide --- section: imcattools_orbits --- last changed: Sun Apr 13 HST


NAME

orbanim - generate an animation of orbit trajectories

SYNOPSIS

orbanim np nframes Nx Ny [-r rname] [-d decay_factor] [-b bgfits]

DESCRIPTION

orbabim reads from stdin a catalog containing a set of nframes sets of np particles with coordinates x[2]. It generates a 3D fits image f[nframes][N][N] showing the positions of the particles in the frames.

The -r option is used to modulate the brightness of points. If r is less than 1, a single pixel is painted with the value r and if r is greater than one, a disk of radius r is painted.

With -d option, displayed intensity decays exponentially, with successive frames reduced by a factor decay_factor.

With -b option we use the image 'bgfits' as a background image.

AUTHOR

Nick Kaiser --- kaiser@hawaii.edu


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