I am trying to save the frames from a matplotlib animation and I have a question that is undoubtedly based on a profound lack of understanding about how matplotlib/python works, but I'm hoping someone can offer me an explanation. The following code is excerpted from the animation examples "animation_blit_wx.py". The example works fine unless I include the #***** line meant to record the animations in included. If the line is included, the animated line is no longer drawn to the screen or to the sequence of plots I am trying to save. That is, the background is displayed and saved, but not the animated line. Why?
def update_line(*args):
global blit_time
if update_line.background is None:
update_line.background = canvas.copy_from_bbox(ax.bbox)
# restore the clean slate background
canvas.restore_region(update_line.background)
# update the data
line.set_ydata(npy.sin(x+update_line.cnt/10.0))
# just draw the animated artist
ax.draw_artist(line)
# just redraw the axes rectangle
t = time.time()
canvas.blit(ax.bbox)
blit_time += time.time() - t
#***** plt.savefig('f' + str(update_line.cnt) + '.png') *****
I cannot see what is wrong, but after saving each figure you should
add plt.clf() in order to delete the image and preventing memory
leaks, because MPL stores one image in top of the other.
For the filecode I suggest you to use something like:
where head is the name, digits an int and format usually .png.
Which backend are you using? Do you need it to be displayed on screen?
If not, the backend Agg is best.
Regards,
David.
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On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 5:28 AM, David Pine <djpine@...287...> wrote:
I am trying to save the frames from a matplotlib animation and I have a question that is undoubtedly based on a profound lack of understanding about how matplotlib/python works, but I'm hoping someone can offer me an explanation. The following code is excerpted from the animation examples "animation_blit_wx.py". The example works fine unless I include the #***** line meant to record the animations in included. If the line is included, the animated line is no longer drawn to the screen or to the sequence of plots I am trying to save. That is, the background is displayed and saved, but not the animated line. Why?
def update_line(*args):
global blit_time
if update_line.background is None:
update_line.background = canvas.copy_from_bbox(ax.bbox)
# restore the clean slate background
canvas.restore_region(update_line.background)
# update the data
line.set_ydata(npy.sin(x+update_line.cnt/10.0))
# just draw the animated artist
ax.draw_artist(line)
# just redraw the axes rectangle
t = time.time()
canvas.blit(ax.bbox)
blit_time += time.time() - t
#***** plt.savefig('f' + str(update_line.cnt) + '.png') *****
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Technically speaking, animation to the screen is completely different from what you are trying to do here. When showing an animation to the screen, a bunch of tricks are needed to make it efficient and for looping. However, if you only wish to save the individual frames, I would suggest that you just simply create your figures normally (none of this blitting and update_lines stuff) and save each of them as you would normally. Be sure to call clf() to prevent memory usage to grow out of control.
Persoanlly, I then use ImageMagick to merge the image files together into an animated gif:
The experimental Animation module will have some preliminary support for saving animations (that feature isn’t cross-platform right now).
Ben Root
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On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 10:28 PM, David Pine <djpine@…287…> wrote:
I am trying to save the frames from a matplotlib animation and I have a question that is undoubtedly based on a profound lack of understanding about how matplotlib/python works, but I’m hoping someone can offer me an explanation. The following code is excerpted from the animation examples “animation_blit_wx.py”. The example works fine unless I include the #***** line meant to record the animations in included. If the line is included, the animated line is no longer drawn to the screen or to the sequence of plots I am trying to save. That is, the background is displayed and saved, but not the animated line. Why?
def update_line(*args):
global blit_time
if update_line.background is None:
update_line.background = canvas.copy_from_bbox(ax.bbox)
# restore the clean slate background
canvas.restore_region(update_line.background)
# update the data
line.set_ydata(npy.sin(x+update_line.cnt/10.0))
# just draw the animated artist
ax.draw_artist(line)
# just redraw the axes rectangle
t = time.time()
canvas.blit(ax.bbox)
blit_time += time.time() - t
#***** plt.savefig('f' + str(update_line.cnt) + '.png') *****
if update_line.cnt == NBLITS:
# print the timing info and quit
frame_time = time.time() - tstart
print '%d frames: %.2f seconds' % (NBLITS, frame_time)
print '%d blits: %.2f seconds' % (NBLITS, blit_time)
print
print 'FPS: %.2f' % (NBLITS/frame_time)
print 'BPS: %.2f' % (NBLITS/blit_time)
sys.exit()
update_line.cnt += 1
wx.WakeUpIdle()