
a few notes regarding making movies of stellar evolution

First step is to create a set of log files:

   in the inlist file, 
      set profile_interval to a small number (e.g., 3)
      set max_num_profile_models = 99
      set max_model_number to that the run will stop after making the number of profiles you want
   clear out the logs_and_profiles directory so the logs will start at 1
   run star to create the logs
   
   
Second step is to create pdfs, one per log file:
   
   edit movie_batch.rb
      set figure name
      and first and last log numbers

   rm movie_out/*.pdf
   ruby < movie_batch.rb
   ls movie_out


Last step is to turn the pdfs into a movie.

   for mac, GraphicConverter is good for this (see Tioga Tutorial Animation).
   
   for linux one good choice is to use the convert tool from ImageMagick 
   and mencoder from mplayer.
