Difference between Save Animation, Save Screenshot and Export Scene

ParaView Support
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Could someone clarify what the difference is between Save Animation (i.e., create a movie), Save Screenshot (grab a snapshot of the screen) and Export Scene? My question is, what is Export Scene compared to the other two?
Thanks.

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  • Save Screenshot saves the currently active view or all views at the currently loaded timestep
  • Save Animation saves a single file containing a movie or a series of 2D image files
  • Export Scene may export all the geometry, coloring, background colors, and possibly other elements in the current scene to a 3D file format that can contain those elements and which can be loaded into other programs for 3D viewing. Examples of formats are Alembic and glTF.
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thanks. Instead of arm waving when giving tutorials, I will cut and paste that right into the text.

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Could you show me how to create a file that I can upload into a web browser, that I can then rotate? I know we used to have this, but can’t find it. I think it was a vrml or something. So - Open can.exo, paint by Displ, export scene, open in web browser, spin.
Thanks

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Another example is webgl. I can’t figure out how to create this.

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Maybe you are looking to export your scene to Glance for a light web based visualization?
https://www.kitware.com//exporting-paraview-scenes-to-paraview-glance/