[R] movie3d function in the rgl package

[Dani]

Dear list,

I'm using the function "movie3d" in the package "rgl" to create a .gif
animation of a 3d graphic.  The program "ImageMagik" is working
properly, R packages are working, basic examples available in the
manual also working fine.

Problem Solved: when I tried to create more complex movies, i.e.
combining different views and zooming, the R-console crashed or
returned error playing the function returned by par3dinterp, using
heterogeneous parameters. When not crashing, "Error:
length(userMatrix) == 16 * length(times) is not TRUE."
Counterexample:
#rotating
v=seq(from=1,to=61,by=2.5)
for (i in 1:length(v)){
  rgl.viewpoint(270+v[i],80-(v[i]/1))     #This is a counterexample
  M <- par3d()
  lista[[k]]=M;
  k=k+1;
}
#zooming
v=seq(from=1,to=0.12,by=-0.02)
for (i in 1:length(v)){
 par3d(zoom=v[i])
 M <- par3d()
 lista[[k]]=M; k=k+1;
}
#-------------- Ending view
rgl.viewpoint(326,40)
par3d(zoom=1)
M <- par3d()
lista[[k]]=M; k=k+1;

p = par3dinterp(lista)
play3d(p) # or movie3d (p,12)
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Light: after 2 weeks fighting with the function + a bag of coffee, I
found this function really helpful and I WANTED TO SHARE since I
didn't find anything like that in the web.
Step 1: set the zooming parameters to each view you want in a separate
vector (list_zooming) while accumulating the views in the
list_userMatrix
#rotating
v=seq(from=1,to=61,by=30)#2.5)
for (i in 1:length(v))
{
  rgl.viewpoint(270+v[i],80-(v[i]/1))
  M <- par3d("userMatrix")            #This is an example who runs perfectly
  list_userMatrix[[k]]=M;
  k=k+1;
}
list_z=rep(1,length(v)); list_zooming=c(list_zooming,list_z)

#zooming
v=c(1,0.12)#seq(from=1,to=0.12,by=-0.2)
for (i in 1:length(v))
{
 list_zooming=c(list_zooming,v[i])
 M <- par3d("userMatrix")
 list_userMatrix[[k]]=M; k=k+1;
}
#--------------
rgl.viewpoint(345,30)
par3d(zoom=0.1)
M <- par3d("userMatrix")
list_userMatrix[[k]]=M; k=k+1;

p = par3dinterp( userMatrix=list_userMatrix,zoom=list_zooming)

movie3d (p,duration=12)#as.integer(length(list_userMatrix)))
#play3d(p)

Hope it was helpful! Good lucky!
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Daniela