matplotlib.animation.ArtistAnimation

class matplotlib.animation.ArtistAnimation(fig, artists, *args, **kwargs)

TimedAnimation subclass that creates an animation by using a fixed set of Artist objects.

Before creating an instance, all plotting should have taken place and the relevant artists saved.

Note

You must store the created Animation in a variable that lives as long as the animation should run. Otherwise, the Animation object will be garbage-collected and the animation stops.

Parameters:

figFigure

The figure object used to get needed events, such as draw or resize.

artistslist

Each list entry is a collection of Artist objects that are made visible on the corresponding frame. Other artists are made invisible.

intervalint, default: 200

Delay between frames in milliseconds.

repeat_delayint, default: 0

The delay in milliseconds between consecutive animation runs, if repeat is True.

repeatbool, default: True

Whether the animation repeats when the sequence of frames is completed.

blitbool, default: False

Whether blitting is used to optimize drawing.

__init__(fig, artists, *args, **kwargs)

Methods

__init__(fig, artists, *args, **kwargs)
new_frame_seq()	Return a new sequence of frame information.
new_saved_frame_seq()	Return a new sequence of saved/cached frame information.
pause()	Pause the animation.
resume()	Resume the animation.
save(filename[, writer, fps, dpi, codec, ...])	Save the animation as a movie file by drawing every frame.
to_html5_video([embed_limit])	Convert the animation to an HTML5 <video> tag.
to_jshtml([fps, embed_frames, default_mode])	Generate HTML representation of the animation.