matplotlib save animation in gif error

Question

I want to save matplotlib animation in gif format.

I succeded to save animation to mp4 format, using code

import matplotlib
matplotlib.use(\"Agg\")

         


        

Answer 1

Just a reminder, before you use Matplotlib and ImageMagick to convert images or videos to gif, you need to modify Matplotlib's config and add ImageMagick's path.

The following code will show you the config file path of Matplotlib

import matplotlib
matplotlib.matplotlib_fname()

For me the path is

C:\Anaconda\lib\site-packages\matplotlib\mpl-data\matplotlibrc

Then changing animation.convert_path

#animation.convert_path: 'convert' # Path to ImageMagick's convert binary.
                                   # On Windows use the full path since convert
                                   # is also the name of a system tool.

by adding convert.exe path to it

animation.convert_path: C:\Program Files\ImageMagick-6.9.2-Q16-HDRI\convert.exe

Don't forget to remove the # before animation.convert_path.

After the above modification, Matplotlib and ImageMagick will perfectly work and output the gif file you want.

Hope it helps.