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Using (New) Graphics in an IDL widget program, part II

Posted on April 12, 2012 by

Last week, I demonstrated how to set up a widget interface that embeds an IDL 8 (aka New) Graphics (NG) window with the WIDGET_WINDOW function. This week, let’s see how event handling works in this program. (Get the full program … Continue reading →

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Making movies with IDL, part II

Posted on January 19, 2012 by

Last week, I gave an example of making a movie with IDLffVideoWrite and DG. This week, I’ll use NG to make a similar movie. The example is again written as a procedure. Start the program by declaring some test data … Continue reading →

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Making movies with IDL, part I

Posted on January 12, 2012 by

Over the years there have been many ways to make movies with IDL, but none of them have been great. I think we now have a robust solution: the IDLffVideoWrite class, introduced in IDL 8.1, wraps FFmpeg, which can create … Continue reading →

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