Once an animation has been defined in ParaView, the Animation control area can be used to play through the frames of the animation. The top set of buttons work similar to a VCR - the first button can be used to return to the beginning, the next button will play, the center square will stop the animation if it is playing, the double right arrows will go to the end, and the final button is a toggle button which can be used to enable a looping mode. The Time slider can be used to jump to a particular frame. The Start, Step, and End values define the length and resolution of the animation.