# Animation Camera Orbit Python
**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/animation-camera-orbit-python/2907
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Tags:** python
**Created:** [November 5, 2019, 1:03pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/animation-camera-orbit-python/2907 "2019-11-05T13:03:39Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@gilcu2](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/gilcu2)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2019, 1:03pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/animation-camera-orbit-python/2907/1 "2019-11-05T13:03:39Z")
Hello, How can reproduce the Animation by Camera Orbit of the graphic client in Python?
Thanks
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2019, 9:56am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/animation-camera-orbit-python/2907/2 "2019-11-07T09:56:18Z")
Just use the Python trace in ParaView to generate a trace to use in pvpython.
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### Author:  [@gilcu2](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/gilcu2)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2019, 9:13am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/animation-camera-orbit-python/2907/3 "2019-11-08T09:13:48Z")
Hi Mathieu, thanks. The problem is that the trace generate the positions of the camera for an specific case I want a general orbit procedure given camera and positions and rotation center. At the end I am doing this:
```
def saveAnimationOrbit(render_view, path, resolution, animation):
num_of_keyframes = animation.frames
animationScene = simple.GetAnimationScene()
animationScene.ViewModules = [render_view]
animationScene.NumberOfFrames = num_of_keyframes
cameraAnimationCue = simple.GetCameraTrack(view=render_view)
camera = render_view.GetActiveCamera()
cue = []
for i in range(0, num_of_keyframes):
camera.Azimuth(360.0 / num_of_keyframes)
keyFrame = simple.CameraKeyFrame()
keyFrame.KeyTime = i * 1.0 / num_of_keyframes
keyFrame.Position = camera.GetPosition()
keyFrame.FocalPoint = camera.GetFocalPoint()
keyFrame.ViewUp = camera.GetViewUp()
keyFrame.ViewAngle = camera.GetViewAngle()
cue.append(keyFrame)
cameraAnimationCue.KeyFrames = cue
simple.SaveAnimation(path, render_view, ImageResolution=resolution, FrameWindow=[0, num_of_keyframes - 1],
FrameRate=animation.frame_rate)
```
What do you think?
Thanks
Reynaldo
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2019, 9:16am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/animation-camera-orbit-python/2907/4 "2019-11-08T09:16:22Z")
Seems good enough ! Thanks for sharing your script.
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### Author:  [@gilcu2](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/gilcu2)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2019, 9:31am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/animation-camera-orbit-python/2907/5 "2019-11-08T09:31:07Z")
Is there a way in the previous script to interpolate frames in order to not render all?
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2019, 9:34am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/animation-camera-orbit-python/2907/6 "2019-11-08T09:34:56Z")
I do not think so.