Animations: could it be a little bit more user friendly?

I have 5.13.2. I can’t find the Animation view anywhere. Any ideas?

It is called Time Manager now.

I see. Animation view is still referenced in the documentation though.

I used to be able to produce animations of a vibration mode. However I’m stuck now. This produces only a single frame: Why?


The playback is okay, I can see the animation, but the export produces just a single frame.

Edit: I figured it out. But it is bizarre: The default setting is


and I think one would be justified in thinking “this will export all frames”.
No, it has to be stated explicitly

Especially perplexing given that the default view of this dialogue is

so that the frame window is hidden.

https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/-/issues/22752

Also, for vibrations, you may find the Animate Modes filter may be what you are looking for.

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