save_animation

odl.solvers.util.callback.save_animation(filename, writer=None, writer_kwargs=None, dpi=None, saving_kwargs=None, fig=None, step=1)

Context manager for creating animations from a series of plots.

The context manager uses matplotlib.animation to generate the animation.

Parameters:

filenamestr

Name of the generated output file.

writerstr

Back-end for generating the movie file. Available writers can be checked with the command matplotlib.animation.writers.list(). See the matplotlib animation writers doc for details. For the default None, the first writer from the list of available ones is chosen.

writer_kwargsdict

Keyword arguments passed to the writer class constructor. See the matplotlib animation writers doc for details.

dpifloat, optional

Resolution of the saved frames in DPI. For None, the figure resolution fig.dpi is used, which is the default resolution if fig is None.

saving_kwargsdict

Keyword arguments passed to the saving method of the writer instance. See the matplotlib animation writers doc for details.

figmatplotlib.figure.Figure, optional

Matplotlib figure used for plotting. For the default None, a new figure is created.

steppositive int, optional

Number of iterations between frames.