User Documentation

• FunctionBasics - The principles and interaction of Functions
• GraphicalProgramming - How to use the Program tab
• Making movies
  • MovieMakingOverview - An overview of the steps involved in making movies
  • MovieGlossary - Definitions of terms used by the movie-making system
  • CreatingASimpleMovie - A walkthrough of creating a simple movie flythrough
  • MoviePathEditor - A demonstration of using the path editor to create a complex path
  • RenderingMovies - How to use a movie file to render a flythrough of a visualization into a directory of images
  • CreatingStereoMovies - How to set up a stereo movie
  • DisplayingCameraPath - How to include the camera path in a movie
  • GeneratingMovies - How to create a QuickTime^? movie file from a directory of images
  • MovieEditor - Reference for the Flythrough tab
  • MovieMakerCommandLine - A set of options and examples for using the Movie Maker software from the command line.

Video Tutorials

Videos in Flash format:

• Graphical programming
  • How to display stars from a file
  • How to manage large programs

Videos in QuickTime^? format:

• Graphical programming (note: these videos show an older version of the interface)
  • How to display stars from a file (31MB)
  • How to control a camera (25MB)
  • How to visualize stars on two cameras (44MB)
• Movie creation
  • How to run a saved .movie File (85MB) / low quality (55MB)
  • How to generate a movie file from a directory of images (120MB) / low quality (73MB)
  • How to generate an AVI movie file (166MB) / low quality (102MB)

Developer Documentation

• The Function system
  • FunctionImplementationDetails - How the Function system works internally, including useful information for plugin writers
  • FunctionDataStreaming - How to use the data streaming capabilities of the system to process data concurrently
  • StarPercentFunctionWalkthrough - A walk-through of the code required to create a function
• The Sprache subsystem
  • SpracheCommandDefinition - The syntax for defining Sprache commands
  • SpracheCommandFlow - How commands move through the system
• The Event subsystem
  • EventSubsystem - An overview of how to use events
  • EventList - A list of all supported events
• GraphicalProgrammingArchitecture - The inner workings of the Program tab
  • GraphicalProgrammingToDoList - What remains to be done in the Program tab
• PluginSubsystem^?
• JarStructure
• Making movies
  • MovieFileFormat
  • PathEditorInternals
  • MovieMakerInternals
• DrawingOn2DCameras

• SettingUpEclipse

Package Documentation

• ritopt - Command-line option parser
  • Local Javadocs
• JEP - Java Expression Parser
  • Local documentation
    • Operator and function list
  • Local Javadocs
• One-JAR - Loader to run from a JAR

Website Documentation

• MakingWebEdits^?
• UploadingFiles

• CreatingVideoTutorials^?