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The \fBanimate\fP program is an interactive image sequence display tool. 
This application allows you to input an image that contains multiple 
data bands and sequence through those data bands.  
Alternatively, you
may provide a basename that describes a set of single band images located
in the same directory, and use these as input to animate.  
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Currently, \fBanimate\fP can utilize a maximum of 256 colors.  
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The display features provided by \fBanimate\fP include:
.sp
.IP 1)
Forward and reverse sequencing.
.IP 2)
Different sequencing mechanisms (looping, single stepping, auto reverse).
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Variable sequencing speed.
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Optional display of frame number
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Optional display of animation on root window
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Clip masks and Shape Masks
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\fBAnimate\fP can be executed from within \fBcantata\fP, or directly from
the command line. When using the command line interface, a single multiband
image or a set of single band images must be specified at the time of execution.
This is done by providing one of the [-i filename] or [-base basename] option 
flags. 
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To see a demo of the \fBanimate\fP program, execute:
.sp
.ps 9
.vs 11
\f(CW
% animate -i $KHOROS_HOME/data/sequences/bush/bushes -jp $KHOROS_HOME/repos/journals/animate.jp
\fP
.ps 11
.vs 13
.sp 2
