Animation Tool

Create dynamic visualizations of your scan data using the animation tool.

Example of downloaded GIF directly from Voyager!

Overview

• File type: GIF, MP4, or WEBM
• Dimensions: 1920 x 1080 (Standard), 1920 x 1920 (Square), 1640 x 856 (Landscape), and 360 x 800 (Mobile)
• Video type: Boomerang (not available for MP4s and WEBMs), Loop (not available for MP4s and WEBMs), or Standard
• Transparent background toggle (only for GIFs)

Step-by-step guide to create your own animated bookmarks

1. Select a Data Object or Bookmark

• Choose any data object or bookmark in the data panel or bookmark panel.
  Note: Objects with revolving slice planes or custom slice planes cannot be animated currently.
• Click the ‘Animation’ button in the toolbar.

Example of the Animation toolbar icon in Voyager.

2. Configure Your Animation

• A new animation workflow bookmark will open.
  Note: An in-progress animation bookmark will have blue diagonal stripes if selected and green diagonal stripes if navigated away.
• In this in-progress or pre-confirmed state, you can:
  • Modify attributes in the attributes panel such as;
  • Viewport settings: Adjust legend visibility
  • Crop
  • Slices
  • Range map
• Adjust animation settings such as:
  • Duration: select a length of time between 1-14 seconds
  • Animation type: Scrub or orbit
  • Animation trim: Adjust by dragging handles on the left/right of the timecode
• Adjust the scan object position:
  • Object rotation: Click and drag to rotate, and/or right-click and drag to reposition the entire object.
    Note: the object will orbit around the center of the viewport.
  • Dual viewport animation: Open a second viewport by clicking the small window icon (top-right corner of the viewport).
    Note: Both viewports will have the same animation settings and attributes.
• Once satisfied with your animation, click ‘Confirm’. Your attributes and animations settings will lock.

Example of pre-confirmed orbit animation workflow with adjustments to the object positioning, trimming the timecode, and other animation settings and attribute changes.

Example of pre-confirmed scrub animation workflow with an additional viewport, trimming the timecode, and other animation settings and attribute changes.

3. Downloading and Sharing the Animation Bookmark

• Now you have a completed animation bookmark! Here is what you can do with it:
  • Deep linking: Right-click the bookmark and select ‘Copy link’ to generate a deep link to the specific animated bookmark. Users who receive and click that link will drop directly into the animation bookmark within the project.
  • Download your animated bookmark. You can adjust these download settings:
    Note: Do not navigate away during download or the download will stop (this will be fixed in mid-March 2025).  First-time downloads may be slow, but subsequent downloads with the same settings will be quick.
    • File type: GIF, MP4, or WEBM
    • Transparent background toggle (only for GIFs)
    • Dimensions: 1920 x 1080 (Standard), 1920 x 1920 (Square), 1640 x 856 (Landscape), and 360 x 800 (Mobile)
    • Quality: High, Medium, or Low
      Note: this selection affects download time
    • Video type: Boomerang, Loop, or Standard

Example of post-confirmed orbit animation workflow with adjustments made to the video settings and showcasing the animation deep link.

Example of post-confirmed scrub animation workflow with adjustments made to the video settings.