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There are 2 ways that you can play two or more animations in Manim at the same time. One is by using a VGruop() to group objects together and then play that group on the screen; the second is by providing multiple animation commands inside the self.play() command. Let’s explore both of them. How to … Read more

An updater function in Manim redraws a mobject on the screen for every new frame being played. You can use it to continually update things like the size, position, or value of an object during an animation. How to use the always_redraw updater function in Manim The most convenient way to add an updater in … Read more

A ValueTracker in Manim tracks a value of some sort of a number. You can’t show the actual value tracker on the screen because it works in the background. A value tracker is used to increase or decrease a value while an animation is playing. You can attach the ValueTracker to another mobject and then … Read more

To change the animation play time in Manim use the run_time parameter inside of the self.play() command. By default, each animation in Manim lasts 1 second. How to change the speed of an animation in Manim You can use the run_time parameter to change how long a Manim animation plays on the screen. Example: Output: … Read more

In this guide: What is a VGroup in Manim? A VGroup in Manim allows you to group multiple objects. It’s useful if you want to move, align, change colors, transform, or in any other way animate multiple objects together on the screen. You can think of it as a layer group in Photoshop. Every effect … Read more

There are a few different methods that you can use to align text or other elements next to each other in Manim. Table of contents: How to left align text in Manim To align multiple Text objects to the left side put them inside of a VGruop and then align all of the objects inside … Read more

If you just installed Manim and you haven’t started creating animations I recommend first reading this guide on How To Run Manim In VS Code. It will teach you how to set up Visual Studio Code for the best Manim experience. But if you already installed it here’s how to get started creating animations: 1. … Read more

If you’re using VS Code to create Manim animations then you can set your output quality to 4k in 3 different ways. Method 1: use the Manim CFG file to set the default output quality to 4k The first way and easiest for me is to create a Manim config file that will let you … Read more

The Text object in Manim allows you to animate text. There are many Text parameters such as font, size, stroke or color as well as many different ways that you can animate your Manim text. I want to go over the different ways that you can use the Manim Text object for beginners. Table of … Read more