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Vector Animations with Python (2014)

150 points by s1291 4y ago

ozmaverick72 4y ago
Seems to be getting 503 on retrieving some GIFS - i can only see the Japanese flag image and the rest are blank - is that happening for anyone else ?
- Galanwe 4y ago
  Works fine for me, got all images
  - tuukkah 4y ago
    Except the first one which is on a CloudFront endpoint that has been removed? https://d13yacurqjgara.cloudfront.net/users/583436/screenshots/1692659/spiral.gif https://d13yacurqjgara.cloudfront.net/users/583436/screensho...
- stall84 4y ago
  my GET had the first gif right in the center missing as well.. oh well.. i am behind a VPN
Galanwe 4y ago
This seems nice, though my understanding is that the animation part is mainly to be handled by the user, in a loop, from a counter. What I like from things like manim, is that the whole interpolation / transformation / animation is abstracted away. Manim is sadly video only though, svg output would be really cool.
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B3QL 4y ago
The animations are made using MoviePy library which is quite popular but struggles with finding new contributors [0]. I tried to bring that information to broader audience without a success [1], so I will take the opportunity here for greater good. If you have ideas how rescue the MoviePy project or simply want to help. Please contribute to ongoing discussion on GH [0]. [0]https://github.com/Zulko/moviepy/issues/1874 https://github.com/Zulko/moviepy/issues/1874 [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33864865 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33864865
- knighthack 4y ago
  I've been using Moviepy for a while and am surprised to read this! Will see what can be done.
  - B3QL 4y ago
    Great to here that! Thanks!
- lionkor 4y ago
  moviepy author is the same as OP, no?
  - B3QL 4y ago
    Original MovePy author is https://github.com/Zulko https://github.com/Zulko which is also the author of the article.
luxcem 4y ago
Reminds me of https://github.com/3b1b/manim https://github.com/3b1b/manim , a python library for animation that was made by the author of 3Blue1Brown videos.
HoleyMole 4y ago
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- MonkeyClub 4y ago
  Begone foul fiend!
  - ykonstant 4y ago
    Hey, bots are humans, too! ...wait.
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billfruit 4y ago
Can it do 3d?
MengerSponge 4y ago
A loosely related complaint: it's surprisingly hard to present 3d animations. I've held my nose and used p5.js and three.js. Web VPython is almost what I want, but it's a nightmare to host locally. Just making an arrow (cylinder with conical cap) in three.js or p5.js is kind of tedious.

150 points by s1291 4y ago

Seems to be getting 503 on retrieving some GIFS - i can only see the Japanese flag image and the rest are blank - is that happening for anyone else ?

Galanwe 4y ago
Works fine for me, got all images
- tuukkah 4y ago
  Except the first one which is on a CloudFront endpoint that has been removed? https://d13yacurqjgara.cloudfront.net/users/583436/screenshots/1692659/spiral.gif https://d13yacurqjgara.cloudfront.net/users/583436/screensho...
stall84 4y ago
my GET had the first gif right in the center missing as well.. oh well.. i am behind a VPN

Galanwe 4y ago

This seems nice, though my understanding is that the animation part is mainly to be handled by the user, in a loop, from a counter. What I like from things like manim, is that the whole interpolation / transformation / animation is abstracted away. Manim is sadly video only though, svg output would be really cool.

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B3QL 4y ago

The animations are made using MoviePy library which is quite popular but struggles with finding new contributors [0]. I tried to bring that information to broader audience without a success [1], so I will take the opportunity here for greater good. If you have ideas how rescue the MoviePy project or simply want to help. Please contribute to ongoing discussion on GH [0]. [0]https://github.com/Zulko/moviepy/issues/1874 https://github.com/Zulko/moviepy/issues/1874 [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33864865 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33864865

knighthack 4y ago
I've been using Moviepy for a while and am surprised to read this! Will see what can be done.
- B3QL 4y ago
  Great to here that! Thanks!
lionkor 4y ago
moviepy author is the same as OP, no?
- B3QL 4y ago
  Original MovePy author is https://github.com/Zulko https://github.com/Zulko which is also the author of the article.

luxcem 4y ago

Reminds me of https://github.com/3b1b/manim https://github.com/3b1b/manim , a python library for animation that was made by the author of 3Blue1Brown videos.

HoleyMole 4y ago

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MonkeyClub 4y ago
Begone foul fiend!
- ykonstant 4y ago
  Hey, bots are humans, too! ...wait.
- deleted 4y ago
  [deleted]

billfruit 4y ago

Can it do 3d?

MengerSponge 4y ago

A loosely related complaint: it's surprisingly hard to present 3d animations. I've held my nose and used p5.js and three.js. Web VPython is almost what I want, but it's a nightmare to host locally. Just making an arrow (cylinder with conical cap) in three.js or p5.js is kind of tedious.