This section explains how PV‑WAVE can help you visualize your data dynamically with animation.

An animation is a series of still frames shown sequentially to create the illusion of motion. In PV-WAVE, a series of frames can be represented by a 3D array (for example, a 3D array could hold forty, 300-by-300 pixel images), and can be played back as an animated sequence.

Figure 8-2: MRI Data for Human Head shows the Gallery demo, MRI data of a human head is displayed as a series of translucent images, which produces animation that simulates full-circle rotations.

For more information on animation, see the PV‑WAVE User’s Guide and the PV‑WAVE Reference.