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Re: HELP! [message #6571 is a reply to message #273]

Fri, 12 July 1996 00:00

Andy Loughe
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Registered: November 1995

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Gideon Z Romm wrote:
>
> Hi. I am working in a neuroscience lab, and we just got a beautiful new
> computer and installed IDL. My boss wants me to program a movie, given a
> raster plot of neuron firings versus time, and a .tif graphic file of the
> ganglia, using IDL. My first question is: can this be done? And my
> second question is: Given that I have never used IDL before in my life
> and have only just seen it today, what is the best way of accomodating
> myself quickly to a software package as rich and powerful as IDL. How
> the hell do I learn enough to make a movie, as quickly and easily as IDL
> proposes it can make it?
>
> Thanks to anyone who can help.
>
> Gadi

Ok, it has been a looooooooong time
since I did anything like this, but
if you can display the image in the
manner most pleasing to you, you can
read these into an Xinteranimate loop
which will win the praise of your boss
for years to come!

Answer: Use tv and xinteranimate.

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