# How can I open various 2D .vtu plots and make a animation?
**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-can-i-open-various-2d-vtu-plots-and-make-a-animation/12927
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Tags:** python, vtk
**Created:** [September 25, 2023, 11:43pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-can-i-open-various-2d-vtu-plots-and-make-a-animation/12927 "2023-09-25T23:43:24Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@mraianeto](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mraianeto)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2023, 11:43pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-can-i-open-various-2d-vtu-plots-and-make-a-animation/12927/1 "2023-09-25T23:43:24Z")
So, I have almost 500 .vtu files and .dat files from a computer simulation. It is a fluid simulation and I have a routine using ipython to plot each time stamp of the evolution of the fluid dynamics. The output, as I said, is given by two files: a .dat file and a .vtu file.
Therefore, my question is: how can I convert a vtu file into a jpg or png image?
(I opened a .vtu file from the output, but all that I receive was a white disk)
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2023, 9:08am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-can-i-open-various-2d-vtu-plots-and-make-a-animation/12927/2 "2023-09-26T09:08:54Z")
Yes, you can, please share your data.
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### Author:  [@mraianeto](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mraianeto)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2023, 3:56pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-can-i-open-various-2d-vtu-plots-and-make-a-animation/12927/3 "2023-09-26T15:56:13Z")
How can I share the data, Mathieu?
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2023, 3:57pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-can-i-open-various-2d-vtu-plots-and-make-a-animation/12927/4 "2023-09-26T15:57:06Z")
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### Author:  [@mraianeto](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mraianeto)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2023, 4:32pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-can-i-open-various-2d-vtu-plots-and-make-a-animation/12927/5 "2023-09-26T16:32:44Z")
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2023, 7:45am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-can-i-open-various-2d-vtu-plots-and-make-a-animation/12927/6 "2023-09-27T07:45:14Z")
- Open a .vtu file
- Color by the array you want to visualize
- Save a screenshot
