CyAnimator is a Cytoscape app for creating simple animations of Cytoscape networks. The tool allows you to take a series of snapshots (CyAnimator calls them frames) of Cytoscape networks. For example, the first frame might be of a network zoomed out and the second frame might focus on a specific group of nodes. Once these two frames are captured by the tool, it can animate between them by interpolating the changes in location, zoom, node color, node size, edge thickness, presence or absence of annotations, etc. Detailed instructions on how to use CyAnimator are available at: http://www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/cytoscape/CyAnimator/index.shtml
CyAnimator features include:
* Simple interface for adjusting animation durations -- simply drag the thumbnail on the timeline
* Ability to interpolate colors, positions, custom graphics, widths, transparency, and annotations
* Movies may be saved as MP4, animated GIFs, or simply save all of the interpolated frames
* Timelines are saved as part of the session
