matplotlib.animation.ImageMagickFileWriter#

class matplotlib.animation.ImageMagickFileWriter(*args, **kwargs)[source]#

File-based animated gif writer.

Frames are written to temporary files on disk and then stitched together at the end.

__init__(*args, **kwargs)[source]#

Methods

__init__(*args, **kwargs)

bin_path()

Return the binary path to the commandline tool used by a specific subclass.

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()

Return whether a MovieWriter subclass is actually available.

saving(fig, outfile, dpi, *args, **kwargs)

Context manager to facilitate writing the movie file.

setup(fig, outfile[, dpi, frame_prefix])

Setup for writing the movie file.

Attributes

delay

frame_format

Format (png, jpeg, etc.) to use for saving the frames, which can be decided by the individual subclasses.

frame_size

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

input_names

output_args

supported_formats

property input_names#
supported_formats = ['png', 'jpeg', 'tiff', 'raw', 'rgba']#