Python 3.13.5 : the manim python module - part 001.

I used this package few days ago and now I wrote about how can used it.

Update the new release of pip is available: 25.0.1 -> 25.1.1 , run this command:

python.exe -m pip install --upgrade pip

The documentation can be found on the official website.

pip install manim
Collecting manim
  Downloading manim-0.19.0-py3-none-any.whl.metadata (11 kB)
...
Successfully installed Pillow-11.2.1 Pygments-2.19.1 audioop-lts-0.2.1 av-13.1.0 beautifulsoup4-4.13.4 click-8.2.1 cloup-3.0.7 colorama-0.4.6 decorator-5.2.1 glcontext-3.0.0 isosurfaces-0.1.2 manim-0.19.0 manimpango-0.6.0 mapbox-earcut-1.0.3 markdown-it-py-3.0.0 mdurl-0.1.2 moderngl-5.12.0 moderngl-window-3.1.1 networkx-3.5 numpy-2.3.0 pycairo-1.28.0 pydub-0.25.1 pyglet-2.1.6 pyglm-2.8.2 rich-14.0.0 scipy-1.15.3 screeninfo-0.8.1 skia-pathops-0.8.0.post2 soupsieve-2.7 srt-3.5.3 svgelements-1.9.6 tqdm-4.67.1 typing-extensions-4.14.0 watchdog-6.0.0

Let's see how can be used to see the help area:

python.exe -m manim render --help
Manim Community v0.19.0

Usage: python -m manim render ...

Let's use this source code:

from manim import *

class AdvancedAnimation(Scene):
    def construct(self):
        # Scene 1: Introduction
        title = Text("Advanced Animation with Manim").scale(0.76)
        self.play(FadeIn(title))
        self.wait(2)

        # Scene 2: Custom Animation
        circle = Circle().set_fill(color=BLUE, opacity=0.5)
        square = Square().set_fill(color=RED, opacity=0.5)
        self.add(circle, square)
        self.play(
            Rotate(circle, angle=TAU),
            Rotate(square, angle=-TAU),
            run_time=2,
            rate_func=linear
        )
        self.wait()

        # Scene 3: Text Animation
        text = Text("This is a custom text animation", font_size=40).to_edge(UP)
        self.play(Write(text), run_time=2)
        self.wait()

        # Scene 4: Shapes Manipulation
        triangle = Triangle().shift(RIGHT * 2)
        self.play(GrowFromCenter(triangle), run_time=1.5)
        self.wait()

        # Scene 5: Transition to next scene
        self.play(Uncreate(triangle), FadeOut(text))

        # Scene 6: Final Animation
        final_text = Text("This is the end of our animation", font_size=50).to_edge(DOWN)
        self.play(FadeIn(final_text), run_time=1.5)
        self.wait(2)

# Run the animation
AdvancedAnimation()

Use this command to render:

python.exe -m manim render manim_test_001.py AdvancedAnimation -p
AdvancedAnimation -p
Manim Community v0.19.0

[06/27/25 19:52:43] INFO     Animation 0 : Partial movie file      scene_file_writer.py:588
                             written in
                             'D:\PythonProjects\manim_projects\med
                             ia\videos\manim_test_001\1080p60\part
                             ial_movie_files\AdvancedAnimation\397
                             7891868_355746014_223132457.mp4'
...
[06/27/25 19:53:56] INFO     Previewed File at:                             file_ops.py:237
                             'D:\PythonProjects\manim_projects\media\videos
                             \manim_test_001\1080p60\AdvancedAnimation.mp4'

The result comes with many files, see this 1080p60 video result:

Manim python example.

I have written before about manim as a Python package in this tutorial.

It's quite powerful for animation and I recommend it to content producers who need a tool for school board-like graphics.

Today I'm back with a link that a document written in Jupiter notebook with Manim package from manim community, see this link.

Python 3.10.7 : Manim python package - part 001.

Manim is an engine for precise programmatic animations, designed for creating explanatory math videos, see the official GitHub repo.

Let's install this python package.

python.exe -m pip install manim
...
Successfully installed Pillow-9.2.0 Pygments-2.12.0 certifi-2022.6.15 charset-no
rmalizer-2.1.0 click-8.1.3 click-default-group-1.2.2 cloup-0.13.1 colour-0.1.5 c
ommonmark-0.9.1 decorator-5.1.1 glcontext-2.3.6 idna-3.3 isosurfaces-0.1.0 manim
-0.16.0.post0 manimpango-0.4.1 mapbox-earcut-0.12.11 moderngl-5.6.4 moderngl-win
dow-2.4.1 multipledispatch-0.6.0 networkx-2.8.5 pycairo-1.21.0 pydub-0.25.1 pygl
et-1.5.26 pyrr-0.10.3 requests-2.28.1 rich-12.5.1 scipy-1.9.0 screeninfo-0.8 ski
a-pathops-0.7.2 srt-3.5.2 tqdm-4.64.0 urllib3-1.26.11 watchdog-2.1.9 

You need to install the ffmepg software and add this to the environment path.

The default source code for create a circle is this:

from manim import *

# a simple python class
class DefaultClassExample(Scene):
    def construct(self):
        # add a circle 
        circle = Circle()
        # create a animation 
        self.play(Create(circle))

Use this command to create a video with this source code

manim -pql manim_001.py test
Manim Community v0.16.0.post0
...
INFO     Previewed File at: 'C:\Python310\media\videos\manim_001\480p15\DefaultClassExample.mp4'
...

This is the result of this command: