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.