Manim: Animation engine for explanatory math videos(github.com)
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Manim: Animation engine for explanatory math videos
https://github.com/3b1b/manim
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If you like this, also check out the Haskell reanimate[1] library. It's a library for animated diagrams inspired by Manim but with a different API design and feature set.
Here's a snippet to trace out a rotating rectangle:
[1]: https://github.com/reanimate/reanimate
[2]: https://hackage.haskell.org/package/reanimate-1.1.2.1/docs/R...
Here's a snippet to trace out a rotating rectangle:
do s <- fork $ newSpriteA drawBox
v <- spriteVar s 0 rotate
tweenVar v 2 $ \val -> fromToS val 90
[1]: https://github.com/reanimate/reanimate
[2]: https://hackage.haskell.org/package/reanimate-1.1.2.1/docs/R...
Thank you for the library tip!
One thing I don’t think a lot of people appreciate is that Manim is the spiritual successor to Bentley and Kernighan’s Anim, an early system for algorithm visualization: https://static.usenix.org/publications/compsystems/1991/win_...
Great timing! I've been looking for something like this to generate code walkthroughs (among other things).
After a bit of playing around, here is a simple video (with linked source) of using Manim (the community edition) to generate a quick walkthrough:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-pvpQsZD_I
Most of this could also be created via an editor like DaVinci Resolve, but the programmer in me likes the consistency and flexibility of a code-driven video.
After a bit of playing around, here is a simple video (with linked source) of using Manim (the community edition) to generate a quick walkthrough:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-pvpQsZD_I
Most of this could also be created via an editor like DaVinci Resolve, but the programmer in me likes the consistency and flexibility of a code-driven video.
Cool demo. I tried using manim a while ago but struggled setting it up and creating anything worthwhile. This looks like a solid and simple starting point to expand from, thanks!
Nice! Is there a steep learning curve with Manim? How long did it take to create that video?
Sadly, it took me a few hours, but only because I went down a rabbit hole of trying to render a colorized code snippet without knowing the Code class existed. I got to the point of a custom Tex template that used listings, only to find out Manim strips any color, so I attempted to parse the SVG and reinsert color using Manim APIs... only to find out Code did everything I wanted and more :)
Once I found out about Code, I'd say probably 15 minutes to land on the opacity strategy and a few minutes to learn how to control the camera, so in the end, not bad. The limiting factor is now figuring out what I want it to do in the first place.
Once I found out about Code, I'd say probably 15 minutes to land on the opacity strategy and a few minutes to learn how to control the camera, so in the end, not bad. The limiting factor is now figuring out what I want it to do in the first place.
If you haven't heard of 3 Blue 1 Brown, congrats[0] because you are in for a treat. He is simply one of the best intuitive math video creators in the game right now. I can't even a good intro, just find something interesting or something you're confused about and enjoy[1]
[0]: https://xkcd.com/1053/ [1]: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYO_jab_esuFRV4b17AJtAw
[0]: https://xkcd.com/1053/ [1]: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYO_jab_esuFRV4b17AJtAw
BTW, he's currently co-teaching a course on Julia with some really great lectures on computational thinking:
https://computationalthinking.mit.edu/Fall20/
He also had a nice video about epidemics/pandemics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxAaO2rsdIs
All using manim for visualizations.
https://computationalthinking.mit.edu/Fall20/
He also had a nice video about epidemics/pandemics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxAaO2rsdIs
All using manim for visualizations.
If interested in animation and Julia you might wanna have a look at: https://github.com/Wikunia/Javis.jl
We are currently working on v0.3 with a cleaner syntax. Coming in about a week
I just started watching the intro to linear algebra course this morning, so this is quite the coincidence! I'm really appreciating how visual the explanations are, I find it much easier to reason about these things geometrically.
Grant Sanderson, the creator of Manim, talked about Manim on the Lex Fridman podcast[0]. He emphasized that he is no software engineer and did not plan on making Manim publicly available when he started.
[0] https://lexfridman.com/grant-sanderson-2/
[0] https://lexfridman.com/grant-sanderson-2/
Thanks for the reference! Here's the video version of the podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_6AYX42gkU
Can it do stuff in 3d, like vectors in space and geometry of solids? At a first glance it is not clear if it can or cannot.
Also is there a comparable tools that do such interactive math animation in 3d.
Also is there a comparable tools that do such interactive math animation in 3d.
Rich Text Effects in Godot 3.2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ep3tsI-MWIw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ep3tsI-MWIw
https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim