# Save animation as a series of objects?

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/save-animation-as-a-series-of-objects/5065
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [August 10, 2020, 2:23pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/save-animation-as-a-series-of-objects/5065 "2020-08-10T14:23:34Z")
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### Author: ![cobo](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/f17d59/32.png) [@cobo](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/cobo)
#### Post date: [August 10, 2020, 2:23pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/save-animation-as-a-series-of-objects/5065/1 "2020-08-10T14:23:34Z")

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I just saved an animation in PV that is generated by some filter as a numbered series of objects: First go to step 0, “save data” (filename00.vtu), go to step 1, save data as filename01.vtu, etc. etc. This works nicely: Afterwards I can simply load this sequence and repeat the animation without the (rather complex) initial filter.

But I was asking myself whether there is not an easier way to achieve this!? I know that there is a “save animation” function in the File menu, but that generates movies, not a sequence of data objects. Is there any trick that I am missing so far?

Thanks for helpful hints!

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### Author: ![Kenneth\_Moreland](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/kenneth_moreland/32/15033_2.png) [@Kenneth\_Moreland](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Kenneth_Moreland)
#### Post date: [August 10, 2020, 2:34pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/save-animation-as-a-series-of-objects/5065/2 "2020-08-10T14:34:15Z")

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In the options dialog box (after the file browser), turn on the `Write timesteps as file-series` option.

![2020-08-10_08-29-45](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/2X/0/02f205df19e85d31134b95644443656f29b6bbca.png)

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### Author: ![utkarsh.ayachit](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/utkarsh.ayachit/32/39_2.png) [@utkarsh.ayachit](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/utkarsh.ayachit)
#### Post date: [August 10, 2020, 2:50pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/save-animation-as-a-series-of-objects/5065/3 "2020-08-10T14:50:17Z")

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Also, with 5.9, [Extract Generators](https://docs.paraview.org/en/latest/UsersGuide/savingResults.html#extract-generators) together with **File \> Save Extracts** can be used to achieve the same effect.

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### Author: ![cobo](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/f17d59/32.png) [@cobo](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/cobo)
#### Post date: [August 10, 2020, 3:00pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/save-animation-as-a-series-of-objects/5065/4 "2020-08-10T15:00:28Z")

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Thanks to both!

ParaView - always good for surprising and very helpful surprises!