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

Still had some trouble on Mac OS X, but the answers above pointed me in the right direction.

What I did came down to:

1. brew install imagemagick
2. edit the path file on location /etc/path (sudo vim path) and added the location of bin folder of imagemagick, in my case: /usr/local/Cellar/imagemagick/6.9.6-4/bin

3. changed the settings of matplotlibrc as described above. You can find the location of matplotlibrc by doing in Python: import matplotlib matplotlib.matplotlib_fname() The settings you need to adjust can be found at the end of the file. I adjusted the following ones (commented out). Please note that those settings are not in 'quotes':

   animation.writer : imagemagick

   animation.codec : mpeg4

   animation.bitrate: -1

   animation.frame_format: png

   animation.convert_path: convert