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Movie.py
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Render a simple movie of the current models being rotated around the look-at vector of the camera by 360 degrees. Output is written as POVRay models, so make sure your file system has sufficient space left if you render larger surfaces.
# The step size in degrees between subsequent frames.
# 2 obviously leads to 180 frames being generated
step = 5
# directory for storing the POVRay files
# (Warning: these can get HUGE!)
movie_dir = '.'
# base filename for the movie files. a number and .pob will be appended
movie_base = 'movie'
import os
camera = Camera(getScene().getStage().getCamera())
vv = Vector3(camera.getViewPoint())
la = Vector3(camera.getLookAtPosition())
# Compute rotation matrix for rotation about (camera) Y-axis
frame_angle = Angle(step, 0)
matrix = Matrix4x4()
matrix.setRotation(frame_angle, camera.getLookUpVector())
for snap in range(360. / step):
print "writing snapshot",snap, "of", (360 / step)
vv = camera.getViewPoint() - la
vv = Vector3(matrix.m11 * vv.x + matrix.m12 * vv.y + matrix.m13 * vv.z + matrix.m14, matrix.m21 * vv.x + matrix.m22 * vv.y + matrix.m23 * vv.z +matrix.m24, matrix.m31 * vv.x + matrix.m32 * vv.y + matrix.m33 * vv.z + matrix.m34)
camera.setViewPoint(vv + la)
getScene().setCamera(camera)
filename = os.path.join(movie_dir, movie_base + "_%04d.pov" % snap)
getScene().exportScene(POVRenderer(filename))
step = 5
# directory for storing the POVRay files
# (Warning: these can get HUGE!)
movie_dir = '.'
# base filename for the movie files. a number and .pob will be appended
movie_base = 'movie'
import os
camera = Camera(getScene().getStage().getCamera())
vv = Vector3(camera.getViewPoint())
la = Vector3(camera.getLookAtPosition())
# Compute rotation matrix for rotation about (camera) Y-axis
frame_angle = Angle(step, 0)
matrix = Matrix4x4()
matrix.setRotation(frame_angle, camera.getLookUpVector())
for snap in range(360. / step):
print "writing snapshot",snap, "of", (360 / step)
vv = camera.getViewPoint() - la
vv = Vector3(matrix.m11 * vv.x + matrix.m12 * vv.y + matrix.m13 * vv.z + matrix.m14, matrix.m21 * vv.x + matrix.m22 * vv.y + matrix.m23 * vv.z +matrix.m24, matrix.m31 * vv.x + matrix.m32 * vv.y + matrix.m33 * vv.z + matrix.m34)
camera.setViewPoint(vv + la)
getScene().setCamera(camera)
filename = os.path.join(movie_dir, movie_base + "_%04d.pov" % snap)
getScene().exportScene(POVRenderer(filename))
