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matplotlib.animation.ImageMagickFileWriter

class matplotlib.animation.ImageMagickFileWriter(*args, **kwargs)

File-based animated gif writer.

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

__init__(*args, **kwargs)

Methods

__init__(*args, **kwargs)
bin_path() Returns the binary path to the commandline tool used by a specific subclass.
cleanup()
finish()
grab_frame(**savefig_kwargs) Grab the image information from the figure and save as a movie frame.
isAvailable() Check to see if a ImageMagickWriter is actually available.
saving(*args, **kw) Context manager to facilitate writing the movie file.
setup(fig, outfile, dpi[, frame_prefix, ...]) Perform setup for writing the movie file.

Attributes

args_key
delay
exec_key
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.
output_args
supported_formats