Scry: A distributed image handling system
Scry is a distributed image handling system that provides both image compression and transport on local and wide area networks, and a collection of higher level graphics and scientific visualization functions. The system can be distributed among workstations, between supercomputers and workstations, and between supercomputers, workstations and video animation controllers. The system is most commonly used to produce video based movie displays of time dependent data and complex 3D data sets, and to handle the images resulting from certain image processing operations. In the scientific visualization process, the system is typically used in one of two configurations. In the first, the supercomputer application generates data (e.g., flow field vectors) that are compressed and sent to a graphics workstation over a wide area network. The graphics workstation environment is used to design and debug the graphics visualization for a movie. Finally, the raster images that represent the frames of the movie are compressed and sent over a local area network to the video animation controller. This report discusses the use of this program.
- Research Organization:
- Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- DOE/ER
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC03-76SF00098
- OSTI ID:
- 5453382
- Report Number(s):
- LBL-26796; ON: DE90003105
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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