Animating a .tif sequence

[SarahMcCabe]

              I have 12 years of 89 daily .tifs. (Snow/Climate derived from MODIS)  I think I want to animate them, but there is no time field in these 1band Zero/One .tifs.  The only time stamp is in the file name.  How would I animate them?

[JimCousins]

add your rasters to a map, group them, and order them appropriately, and then use the animation toolbar to create a group animation. This can be exported to a .avi file. If you need a different format, such as a .gif animation, you will have to search for software to create that from your images, as ArcMap does not have that capability.

[SarahMcCabe]

I will try that -   you mean, group them in a Layer, in sequence?

Never heard of the animation toolbar.  Missed that somehow.

[JimCousins]

Yes. If you search help on “Making a group layer animation”, you will see some available options and some instructions. Give me a reply if you get hung up, and I, or someone else on the list will help you.

Regards,

Jim

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