matplotlib.animation.PillowWriter

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

__init__ ( fps=5, metadata=None, codec=None, bitrate=None ) [source]

Methods

__init__([fps, metadata, codec, bitrate])
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])	Setup for writing the movie file.

Attributes

frame_size

A tuple (width, height) in pixels of a movie frame.

finish ( ) [source]

Finish any processing for writing the movie.

grab_frame ( **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 ( fig, outfile, dpi=None ) [source]

Setup for writing the movie file.

Parameters

fig Figure

The figure object that contains the information for frames.

outfile str

The filename of the resulting movie file.

dpi float, default: fig.dpi

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