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AnimationVideo
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    • FrameListVideo
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    • VideoMap

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      • FrameListVideo
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AnimationVideo[fexpr,{u,umin,umax}]

generates a video of fexpr in which u varies from umin to umax.

AnimationVideo[fexpr,{u,umin,umax,du}]

takes u to vary in steps du.

AnimationVideo[fexpr,{u,{u1,u2,…}}]

makes u take on values u1, u2, ….

Details and Options
Details and Options Details and Options
Examples  
Basic Examples  
Scope  
Options  
DefaultDuration  
FrameRate  
Applications  
Basic Applications  
Animation by Interpolation  
Animation by Evolution  
Animation over Time  
Animated Text  
See Also
Related Guides
History
Cite this Page
BUILT-IN SYMBOL
  • See Also
    • SlideShowVideo
    • FrameListVideo
    • TourVideo
    • Tour3DVideo
    • VideoGenerator
    • Animate
    • ListAnimate
    • Video
    • VideoMap

    • Formats
    • MP4
    • QuickTime
  • Related Guides
    • Video Creation
    • Video Processing
    • Video Computation: Update History
    • See Also
      • SlideShowVideo
      • FrameListVideo
      • TourVideo
      • Tour3DVideo
      • VideoGenerator
      • Animate
      • ListAnimate
      • Video
      • VideoMap

      • Formats
      • MP4
      • QuickTime
    • Related Guides
      • Video Creation
      • Video Processing
      • Video Computation: Update History

AnimationVideo

AnimationVideo[fexpr,{u,umin,umax}]

generates a video of fexpr in which u varies from umin to umax.

AnimationVideo[fexpr,{u,umin,umax,du}]

takes u to vary in steps du.

AnimationVideo[fexpr,{u,{u1,u2,…}}]

makes u take on values u1, u2, ….

Details and Options

  • AnimationVideo can be used to generate video objects algorithmically. It is typically used for creating video of a time-varying plot, a rotating 3D object, etc.
  • The expression fexpr should evaluate to an Image or Graphics object.
  • To generate frames in parallel, use Parallelize[AnimationVideo[…]].
  • By default, AnimationVideo places the new video under the "Video" directory in $WolframDocumentsDirectory.
  • The following options are supported:
  • BitRateAutomaticapproximate bit rate to use
    CompressionLevelAutomaticcompression level to use
    DefaultDuration 5.the default duration
    FrameRate Automaticthe frame rate to use
    GeneratedAssetFormatAutomaticthe file format of the result
    GeneratedAssetLocation$GeneratedAssetLocationthe location of the result
    OverwriteTargetFalsewhether to overwrite an existing file
    RasterSizeAutomaticthe raster size used to rasterize expressions
    VideoEncodingAutomaticvideo encoding to use
    VideoTransparencyFalsewhether the output video should have a transparency channel
  • If an explicit setting is specified for FrameRate, it takes precedence over the setting for DefaultDuration.

Examples

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Basic Examples  (2)

Generate a video of a varying plot:

Generate video from rotating 3D graphics:

Scope  (3)

Generate a video by rasterizing the current value of the iterator:

Specify the start, end and step values for the iterator:

Specify a list of specific values for the iterator:

Options  (4)

DefaultDuration  (2)

The default duration of a generated video is 5 seconds:

Specify a different duration:

If both a step specification and a frame rate are specified, the DefaultDuration option is ignored:

FrameRate  (2)

If a step is specified, the frame rate will be computed from the number of generated frames and the requested duration:

If no step is specified, the generated video will have a frame rate of 30 frames/second:

Specify a different frame rate:

Applications  (9)

Basic Applications  (4)

Generate a video with frames of evolving hue:

Create a video from a rotating image:

Create a repeating image effect:

Zoom out from your current location:

Animation by Interpolation  (1)

Generate trajectories of a thousand marbles and visualize them bouncing in a box.

Define the trajectory equations and additional variables:

Compute the trajectories:

Create a video of the motion trajectories:

Animation by Evolution  (2)

Generate an evolving cellular automaton:

Make a spherical cow:

Compute the equivalent spherical radius:

Displace the points to the boundary of the sphere:

Generate the video:

Animation over Time  (1)

Stand and watch the night sky change:

Animated Text  (1)

Generate video of a text one character at a time:

See Also

SlideShowVideo  FrameListVideo  TourVideo  Tour3DVideo  VideoGenerator  Animate  ListAnimate  Video  VideoMap

Formats: MP4  QuickTime

Related Guides

    ▪
  • Video Creation
  • ▪
  • Video Processing
  • ▪
  • Video Computation: Update History

History

Introduced in 2021 (12.3)

Wolfram Research (2021), AnimationVideo, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/AnimationVideo.html.

Text

Wolfram Research (2021), AnimationVideo, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/AnimationVideo.html.

CMS

Wolfram Language. 2021. "AnimationVideo." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/AnimationVideo.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (2021). AnimationVideo. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/AnimationVideo.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_animationvideo, author="Wolfram Research", title="{AnimationVideo}", year="2021", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/AnimationVideo.html}", note=[Accessed: 01-December-2025]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2025_animationvideo, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={AnimationVideo}, year={2021}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/AnimationVideo.html}, note=[Accessed: 01-December-2025]}

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