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How to | Import and Export Animations
After creating or editing an animation in Mathematica, you can export it for use in other programs. Mathematica is capable of importing and exporting animations in several formats.
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View the elements available for Import in a QuickTime file in the Mathematica documentation ExampleData directory:
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Import the QuickTime file as an animation::
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You can also export animations that you create in Mathematica.
Create an animation of the plot of  Sin (a+x), where the value of a is continuously changed:
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Export the animation to the "AVI" format, as "animate.avi". The % symbol specifies the most recent output, in this case the animation, for Export:
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If you wish to make changes to your exported animations, you can import them back into Mathematica.
Import "animate.avi":
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