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With this small extension, you can export any part of a given Animal animation as a (set of) image(s)! To do so, follow these simple steps:

1. Download the archive imageExport.zip attached to this blog entry to the path where you installed Animal.
2. Unzip the file. This should generate a new file in the subdirectory animal/exchange/ImageSequenceExporter.class
3. Download the archive JimiProClasses.zip attached to this blog entry.
4. Copy the (uncompressed) ZIP file into your CLASSPATH.
5. Update your Animal JAR file using the following command: jar -uvf Animal-x.y.z.jar animal

   Note: you will have to update the version number given for the JAR file according to the version of Animal you are running.
   This will add the unzipped directory with the class file to your JAR file.

6. Use any editor to edit the configuration file "exporters.dat" that should be stored in the same place as your Animal installation. If you cannot find the file, extract it from the JAR as follows: jar -xvf Animal-x.y.z.jar exporters.dat
   Please add the following lines to the file (or skip some of them):

   image/apf animal.exchange.ImageSequenceExporter
   image/bmp animal.exchange.ImageSequenceExporter
   image/cur animal.exchange.ImageSequenceExporter
   image/ico animal.exchange.ImageSequenceExporter
   image/jpg animal.exchange.ImageSequenceExporter
   image/pcx animal.exchange.ImageSequenceExporter
   image/pict animal.exchange.ImageSequenceExporter
   image/png animal.exchange.ImageSequenceExporter
   image/psd animal.exchange.ImageSequenceExporter
   image/ras animal.exchange.ImageSequenceExporter
   image/tga animal.exchange.ImageSequenceExporter
   image/xbm animal.exchange.ImageSequenceExporter
   image/xpm animal.exchange.ImageSequenceExporter

   If you want the additions to be permanent, update the exporters.dat file in your JAR: jar -uvf Animal-x.y.z.jar exporters.dat

7. Re-run Animal. If you choose Save As...or Export, you should now be able to select the image formats.