NSTX Plasma Movies

Create NSTX Plasma Movies

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Enter information and click on the MAKE MOVIE box, below.

Shot Number: search for desired shot numbers)

Select Camera 1:

Displayed Label:

Magnify:
Gamma:
Saturation:
Min to show:
Max to show:
Smoothing:
Rotate:
Flip Horizontally

Select Camera 2:

Displayed Label:

Magnify:
Gamma:
Saturation:
Min to show:
Max to show:
Smoothing:
Rotate:
Flip Horizontally

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List of common camera locations in 2010

skip frames for every one output (in camera1)

(if frames all black, set max-to-show lower, like to 255)

Animation Range:
Time: to sec (blanks OK, but long movies are very large)
Frames per second:

Optionally, select or type in up to 2 MDSplus signals to plot vs. time:

(Typed signal names must include the tree followed by 2 colons, e.g., \wf::ip)

See the NSTX Signals and Labels page or the MDSplus Tree Search Tool.

X-Y Plot Range:
Time: to sec. (if blank will use time of Ip)

X-Y Plot Labels:
None From MDSplus Tagname These: Y Labels:
First Signal Label:
Second Signal Label:

Location of signal labels: above plot inside plot box
Size of inside titles: (0-4)

Just see preview of output

(movies can take 10 minutes or more to create and be very, very large, e.g., over 1 GB)
(go to download page; you may find your animations already exits!).

To adjust X-Y plot placement:

Fraction at top of page: Fraction for X-Y plot:
Fraction to left of X-Y plot: Fraction to right of X-Y plot:

Items below are optional:

Width of output window: (pixels)

Median-Smoothing for X-Y data: (Defaults to no smoothing)

IDL Color Table for Monochrome camera: (0-41; 0 is gray scale)
Color of vertical time line: Color of second signal:
Format to use for time displayed in millseconds: (blank is default)

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Edited 06-Aug-2024 by: G. Zimmer