""" ========================= Simple animation examples ========================= This example contains two animations. The first is a random walk plot. The second is an image animation. """ import numpy as np import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import matplotlib.animation as animation def update_line(num, data, line): line.set_data(data[..., :num]) return line, fig1 = plt.figure() data = np.random.rand(2, 25) l, = plt.plot([], [], 'r-') plt.xlim(0, 1) plt.ylim(0, 1) plt.xlabel('x') plt.title('test') line_ani = animation.FuncAnimation(fig1, update_line, 25, fargs=(data, l), interval=50, blit=True) # To save the animation, use the command: line_ani.save('lines.mp4') fig2 = plt.figure() x = np.arange(-9, 10) y = np.arange(-9, 10).reshape(-1, 1) base = np.hypot(x, y) ims = [] for add in np.arange(15): ims.append((plt.pcolor(x, y, base + add, norm=plt.Normalize(0, 30)),)) im_ani = animation.ArtistAnimation(fig2, ims, interval=50, repeat_delay=3000, blit=True) # To save this second animation with some metadata, use the following command: # im_ani.save('im.mp4', metadata={'artist':'Guido'}) plt.show()