There are several reasons to use Geomview and StageManager to generate frames for your movies:

• The output from Geomview is of a high quality, inclusing such features as lighting models and smooth shading.

• Geomview handles data in arbitrary dimensions.

• StageManager handles both the frame generation and the combining of these frame sinto a movie, so this is an all-in-one package.

• StageManager has a convenient means of saving .gif image snapshots for use as stills in a web page.

• StageManager provides a powerful scripting language designed specifically for making movies with Geomview.

• StageManager can make frames appropriate for videotape as well as MPEG movies.

Some examples of animations produced using Geomview and Stage Manager can be viewed from the Center's Topological Zoo.

On the other hand, developing such animations is a seriously advanced topic, only to be tried by those of you who have Unix resources, technical confidence, and a willingness to work with un-guaranteed year-old instructions that don't tell you how to get it, and that I've just learnt is not in the latest Geomview distribution as I'd thought. Let me know if you really want this, and I'll let you know once I figure out how to get you a copy!