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Can you recommend any alternative?

by yeellow 4y ago

bradrn 4y ago
In Haskell, https://reanimate.github.io/ https://reanimate.github.io/ is very good.
knolan 4y ago
You could also learn Blender. It’s pretty accessible these days and you can easily script it with Python.
jasonjmcghee 4y ago
p5.js is quite good. My biggest problem with Manim is the long feedback loop as you (last time i used it) have to render the animation to view it. But it is a really valuable tool. With p5.js you can get an instant feedback loop and have the animation frame number available with a little effort. I coded this up and someone shared it here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31311463 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31311463
Flockster 4y ago
The community version is https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim And there is for Julia: https://github.com/JuliaAnimators/Javis.jl https://github.com/JuliaAnimators/Javis.jl
rg111 4y ago
I have transitioned to PowerPoint. I create animations and then export a video file.
- yeellow 4y ago
  Thanks, it's a bit unexpected. How good is Power Point for math intensive animations? I am not sure I could easily (or at all) recreate most of the demos from mainm repo, but maybe I am missing something. I will have a look, I am intrigued.
  - rg111 4y ago
    I have made animations with it with enough Math and Deep Learning that were presented both in-company and outside where work done with animations made in PP even won awards. The Deep Learning papers one sees in NeurIPS, ICML, CVPR, etc. almost all have diagrams made in PP in them. Using PP has made my life easier. I even use Google Docs when I do not need animation. I am a primary Linux user, and I keep at least one machine running Windows because of PP.
  - Jaxan 4y ago
    Mathologer on YouTube uses PowerPoint (or keynote, don’t remember exactly). He has great math animations. I’m sure it takes a ton of time to make. (It would also take a ton of time to make with manim.)
    - rg111 4y ago
      I have actually done both, and the time taken to do the same task in PowerPoint is much lower. I would say 1/5th or 2/5th. Also, as I said, the experience of writing code with Manim Community is not good. If you have experience using prewritten libraries (i.e. you are not an academic or traditional Data Scienctist, and have proper programming experience), you will see that Manim is a bad tool. Not mincing words. Yes, it takes time. But you get better and spee increases.

Can you recommend any alternative?

bradrn 4y ago

In Haskell, https://reanimate.github.io/ https://reanimate.github.io/ is very good.

knolan 4y ago

You could also learn Blender. It’s pretty accessible these days and you can easily script it with Python.

jasonjmcghee 4y ago

p5.js is quite good. My biggest problem with Manim is the long feedback loop as you (last time i used it) have to render the animation to view it. But it is a really valuable tool. With p5.js you can get an instant feedback loop and have the animation frame number available with a little effort. I coded this up and someone shared it here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31311463 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31311463

Flockster 4y ago

The community version is https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim And there is for Julia: https://github.com/JuliaAnimators/Javis.jl https://github.com/JuliaAnimators/Javis.jl

rg111 4y ago

I have transitioned to PowerPoint. I create animations and then export a video file.

yeellow 4y ago
Thanks, it's a bit unexpected. How good is Power Point for math intensive animations? I am not sure I could easily (or at all) recreate most of the demos from mainm repo, but maybe I am missing something. I will have a look, I am intrigued.
- rg111 4y ago
  I have made animations with it with enough Math and Deep Learning that were presented both in-company and outside where work done with animations made in PP even won awards. The Deep Learning papers one sees in NeurIPS, ICML, CVPR, etc. almost all have diagrams made in PP in them. Using PP has made my life easier. I even use Google Docs when I do not need animation. I am a primary Linux user, and I keep at least one machine running Windows because of PP.
- Jaxan 4y ago
  Mathologer on YouTube uses PowerPoint (or keynote, don’t remember exactly). He has great math animations. I’m sure it takes a ton of time to make. (It would also take a ton of time to make with manim.)
  - rg111 4y ago
    I have actually done both, and the time taken to do the same task in PowerPoint is much lower. I would say 1/5th or 2/5th. Also, as I said, the experience of writing code with Manim Community is not good. If you have experience using prewritten libraries (i.e. you are not an academic or traditional Data Scienctist, and have proper programming experience), you will see that Manim is a bad tool. Not mincing words. Yes, it takes time. But you get better and spee increases.