manim

Manim: an animation engine for precise programmatic animations

Ready to run

• Install python
• Install FFmpeg to render manim
  • Windows
    1. Download FFmpeg: https://ffmpeg.org/download.html#build-windows
    2. Unzip and rename the folder to ffmpeg
    3. Move it into the root of C:/
    4. Run cmd as an administrator
    5. Set the PATH environment variable for ffmpeg: setx /m PATH "C:/ffmpeg/bin;%PATH%"
    6. Restart cmd and to check whether FFmpeg is installed successfully: ffmpeg -version
  • Reference here: https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/how-to-install-ffmpeg-on-windows/
  • Notice
    • FFmpeg : a cross-platform & open-source software utility to record, convert and stream video/autio files.
    • NOT ffmpeg python package
• Install Tex Live to run manim
  • Linux
    • sudo apt-get install texlive-latex-extra
  • Windows
    • Download install file here: https://tug.org/texlive/windows.html
    • MUST run install-tl-windows.exe as an administrator
      • Notice: it can take long time!

Install 'Manim'

• Conda

  • conda create -n my-environment python=3.10
    conda activate my-environment
    conda install -c conda-forge manim
    

Run 'Manim'

• manim -pql -i <file_name.py> <class_name>
  • e.g., manim -pql gradient.py ConvexPlot