diff --git a/examples/webgl/animation.py b/examples/webgl/animation.py
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+"""
+==============
+make animation
+==============
+The dynamic viewer generated by cortex can be used to make an animation 
+such as a transition between inflated and flattened brain or a rotating 
+brain, of a cortical surface. We show here an example.
+
+"""
+
+import cortex
+
+# gather data Volume
+volume = cortex.Volume.random(subject='S1', xfmname='fullhead')
+
+# select path for the animated movie on disk
+animation_path = '/path/to/save/animation'
+
+# create viewer (additional viewer parameters can be specified here,
+# such as omitting ROI labels for example)
+handle = cortex.webgl.show(data=volume)
+
+# Called after a call of the form: js_handle = cortex.webgl.show(DataViewObject)
+# Start with left hemisphere view
+start_view = dict(azimuth=90, altitude=90.5)
+
+# utility functions to set the different views
+prefix = dict(altitude='camera.', azimuth='camera.',
+              pivot='surface.{subject}.', radius='camera.',
+              unfold='surface.{subject}.')
+_tolists = lambda p: {prefix[k]+k:[v] for k,v in p.items()}
+
+handle._set_view(**_tolists(start_view))
+
+# Initialize list
+animation = []
+# Append 5 key frames for a simple rotation
+for az, idx in zip([90, 180, 270, 360, 450], [0, .5, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0]):
+    animation.append({'state':'camera.azimuth', 'idx':idx, 'value':[az]})
+# Animate! (use default settings)
+handle.makeMovie(animation, filename=os.path.join(movie_path,'brainmovie%07d.png'))
+
+# the 'movie_path' directory will now have all the frames of the animation
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diff --git a/examples/webgl/save_3d_views.py b/examples/webgl/save_3d_views.py
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+"""
+=============
+Save 3D views
+=============
+The dynamic viewer generated by cortex can be used to produce images
+of brains in 3D. This examples show how different views can be 
+captured into '.png' images after a dynamic viewer is instantiated.
+
+"""
+
+import os
+import time
+import cortex
+
+# gather data Volume
+volume = cortex.Volume.random(subject='S1', xfmname='fullhead')
+
+# select path for the generated images on disk
+image_path = '/path/to/save/images'
+
+# pattern of the saved images names
+file_pattern = '{base}_{view}_{surface}.png'
+# in this case, let's use 'test' as a base name:
+base_str = 'test'
+
+# create viewer (additional viewer parameters can be specified here,
+# such as omitting ROI labels for example)
+handle = cortex.webgl.show(data=volume)
+
+# wait to make sure the viewer was instantiated:
+time.sleep(5.0)
+
+# Set up params 
+
+# projection parameters
+basic = dict(radius=400) # projection=['orthographic'], 
+
+# different views available, more views can be added  and the
+# existing list can be removed
+views = dict(lateral=dict(altitude=90.5, azimuth=181, pivot=180),
+             medial=dict(altitude=90.5, azimuth=0, pivot=180),
+             front=dict(altitude=90.5, azimuth=0, pivot=0),
+             back=dict(altitude=90.5, azimuth=181, pivot=0),
+             top=dict(altitude=0, azimuth=180, pivot=0),
+             bottom=dict(altitude=180, azimuth=0, pivot=0)
+            )
+
+# different surfaces options can be used
+surfaces = dict(inflated=dict(unfold=0.5),
+                fiducial=dict(unfold=0.0))
+
+
+# utility functions to set the different views
+prefix = dict(altitude='camera.', azimuth='camera.',
+              pivot='surface.{subject}.', radius='camera.',
+              unfold='surface.{subject}.')
+_tolists = lambda p: {prefix[k]+k:[v] for k,v in p.items()}
+_combine = lambda a,b: ( lambda c: [c, c.update(b)][0] )(dict(a))
+
+
+# Save images by iterating over the different views and surfaces
+for view,vparams in views.items():
+    for surf,sparams in surfaces.items():
+        # Combine basic, view, and surface parameters
+        params = _combine(_combine(basic, vparams), sparams)
+        # Set the view
+        handle._set_view(**_tolists(params))
+        # Save image
+        filename = file_pattern.format(base=base_str, view=view, surface=surf)
+        output_path = os.path.join(image_path, filename)
+        handle.getImage(output_path, size =(1920, 1080))
+
+        # the block below trims the edges of the image:
+        # wait for image to be written
+        while not os.path.exists(output_path):
+            pass
+        time.sleep(0.5)
+        try:
+            import subprocess
+            subprocess.call(['convert', '-trim', output_path, output_path])
+        except:
+            pass
+        
+# Close the window!
+handle.close()
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