matplotlib.animation.PillowWriter

class matplotlib.animation.PillowWriter(fps=5, metadata=None, codec=None, bitrate=None) [source]
__init__(self, fps=5, metadata=None, codec=None, bitrate=None)

Initialize self. See help(type(self)) for accurate signature.

Methods

__init__(self[, fps, metadata, codec, bitrate]) Initialize self.
finish(self) Finish any processing for writing the movie.
grab_frame(self, **savefig_kwargs) Grab the image information from the figure and save as a movie frame.
isAvailable()
saving(self, fig, outfile, dpi, *args, **kwargs) Context manager to facilitate writing the movie file.
setup(self, fig, outfile[, dpi]) Setup for writing the movie file.

Attributes

frame_size A tuple (width, height) in pixels of a movie frame.
finish(self) [source]

Finish any processing for writing the movie.

grab_frame(self, **savefig_kwargs) [source]

Grab the image information from the figure and save as a movie frame.

All keyword arguments in savefig_kwargs are passed on to the savefig call that saves the figure.

classmethod isAvailable() [source]
setup(self, fig, outfile, dpi=None) [source]

Setup for writing the movie file.

Parameters:
figFigure

The figure object that contains the information for frames.

outfilestr

The filename of the resulting movie file.

dpifloat, default: fig.dpi

The DPI (or resolution) for the file. This controls the size in pixels of the resulting movie file.

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