matplotlib.animation.ImageMagickFileWriter

class matplotlib.animation.ImageMagickFileWriter(*args, **kwargs)[source]

File-based animated gif writer.

Frames are written to temporary files on disk and then stitched together at the end.

__init__(*args, **kwargs)

Methods

__init__(*args, **kwargs)
bin_path()
cleanup() Clean-up and collect the process used to write the movie file.
finish() Finish any processing for writing the movie.
grab_frame(**savefig_kwargs) Grab the image information from the figure and save as a movie frame.
isAvailable()
saving(fig, outfile, dpi, *args, **kwargs) Context manager to facilitate writing the movie file.
setup(fig, outfile[, dpi, frame_prefix, ...]) Setup for writing the movie file.

Attributes

args_key
clear_temp
delay
exec_key
frame_format Format (png, jpeg, etc.) to use for saving the frames, which can be decided by the individual subclasses.
frame_size A tuple (width, height) in pixels of a movie frame.
output_args
supported_formats
supported_formats = ['png', 'jpeg', 'ppm', 'tiff', 'sgi', 'bmp', 'pbm', 'raw', 'rgba']