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Fantastic work. I’ve been using the Manim library a lot for my YouTube videos - but I’ve been looking for a replacement. I see that you already have some anima

Fantastic work. I’ve been using the Manim library a lot for my YouTube videos - but I’ve been looking for a replacement. I see that you already have some animation support. Great work.

tunesmith 4y ago
I've been curious about Manim for a while. Why are you looking for a replacement?
- sitkack 4y ago
  There is Manim and Manim.community [2], most development happens around community. [2] https://www.manim.community/ https://www.manim.community/
- iamflimflam1 4y ago
  I’ve used it for a few videos. But I find it pretty hard to use. It’s great if you are doing things that are covered by examples. But anything off the beaten track involves knowing about how it’s implemented. I do like it - but don’t have the time to invest in understanding how it works under the hood. It’s also quite slow (at least on my computer) - the feedback from making changes in the python code - to seeing results can often involve re-rendering the entire video.
ipsum2 4y ago
@stevenpetryk do you see Mafs becoming a library supporting similar features to Manim?
- stevenpetryk 4y ago
  No, Mafs prioritizes interactivity, not sequenced animations. I would expect explainers using Mafs would be something like this page[1] where there are many interactive visualizations at various levels of abstraction as concepts are elucidated. [1]: https://ciechanow.ski/mechanical-watch/ https://ciechanow.ski/mechanical-watch/
_gabe_ 4y ago
I just so happen to be working on a real-time gui-focused replacement for manim :) It still has a ways to go, but I was able to create one video with it so far and I'm working on all the pain points I ran into while using it. Feel free to check it out if you're interested! https://github.com/ambrosiogabe/MathAnimation https://github.com/ambrosiogabe/MathAnimation
- solarkraft 4y ago
  I just so happen to be looking for a simple-enough morph/"magic move"-based animation software. This looks promising! Especially since I love the style of manim videos.

Fantastic work. I’ve been using the Manim library a lot for my YouTube videos - but I’ve been looking for a replacement. I see that you already have some animation support. Great work.

tunesmith 4y ago

I've been curious about Manim for a while. Why are you looking for a replacement?

sitkack 4y ago
There is Manim and Manim.community [2], most development happens around community. [2] https://www.manim.community/ https://www.manim.community/
iamflimflam1 4y ago
I’ve used it for a few videos. But I find it pretty hard to use. It’s great if you are doing things that are covered by examples. But anything off the beaten track involves knowing about how it’s implemented. I do like it - but don’t have the time to invest in understanding how it works under the hood. It’s also quite slow (at least on my computer) - the feedback from making changes in the python code - to seeing results can often involve re-rendering the entire video.

ipsum2 4y ago

@stevenpetryk do you see Mafs becoming a library supporting similar features to Manim?

stevenpetryk 4y ago
No, Mafs prioritizes interactivity, not sequenced animations. I would expect explainers using Mafs would be something like this page[1] where there are many interactive visualizations at various levels of abstraction as concepts are elucidated. [1]: https://ciechanow.ski/mechanical-watch/ https://ciechanow.ski/mechanical-watch/

_gabe_ 4y ago

I just so happen to be working on a real-time gui-focused replacement for manim :) It still has a ways to go, but I was able to create one video with it so far and I'm working on all the pain points I ran into while using it. Feel free to check it out if you're interested! https://github.com/ambrosiogabe/MathAnimation https://github.com/ambrosiogabe/MathAnimation

solarkraft 4y ago
I just so happen to be looking for a simple-enough morph/"magic move"-based animation software. This looks promising! Especially since I love the style of manim videos.