Capturing Movies

Capturing Movies

Starting with D3PLOT 18.0, MP4 movies and animated GIFs can be captured with a D3PLOT Item in REPORTER in place of a static image. The process for Capture is unchanged: just right-click on the Capture button in D3PLOT (either in the REPORTER panel or at the top of the target window) to reveal the new Movie (MP4) and GIF options.

When selecting an existing D3PLOT Item in the REPORTER Item Tree, the Update Capture button will always update to switch to that Item type (Image, Movie, or GIF). Left-clicking the Update Capture button will then replace the current capture with one of the same type without the need to use the drop-down menu again. The drop-down menu can be used if switching type (e.g. PNG Image to MP4 Movie) is desired.

Settings such as frame rate and quality are determined by their current status in the Images -> Write -> Movies panel so be sure to check these before performing a Capture.