Animate frames

animate_frames creates an animation from a list of frames computed with frames_spatial.

animate_frames(frames, out_file, fps = 25, width = 700, height = 700,
  res = 100, display = TRUE, overwrite = FALSE, verbose = TRUE,
  ...)

Arguments

frames	list of ggplot2 objects, crated with frames_spatial.
out_file	character, the output file path, e.g. "/dir/to/file.mov". The file extension must correspond to a file format known by the available renderers of the running system. Use suggest_formats to get a vector of suggested known file formats.
fps	numeric, the number of frames to be displayed per second. Default is 2.
width	numeric, width of the output animation in pixels.
height	numeric, height of the output animation in pixels.
res	numeric, resolution of the output animation in ppi.
display	logical, whether the animation should be displayed after rendering or not.
overwrite	logical, wether to overwrite an existing file, if out_file is already present.
verbose	logical, if TRUE, messages on the function's progress are displayed (default).
...	additional arguments to be passed to the render function.

Value

None or an R graphics window displaying the animation

Details

An appropriate render function is selected depending on the file extension in out_file: For .gif files, gifski::save_gif is used, for any other (video) format, av::av_capture_graphics is used.

See also

frames_spatial frames_graph join_frames

Examples

# NOT RUN {
library(moveVis)
library(move)

data("move_data", "basemap_data")
# align movement
m <- align_move(move_data, res = 4, unit = "mins")

# create spatial frames with frames_spatial:
r_list <- basemap_data[[1]]
r_times <- basemap_data[[2]]

# }# NOT RUN {
frames <- frames_spatial(m, r_list = r_list, r_times = r_times, r_type = "gradient",
                         fade_raster = TRUE)

# customize
frames <- add_colourscale(frames, type = "gradient",
                          colours = c("orange", "white", "darkgreen"), legend_title = "NDVI")
frames <- add_northarrow(frames, position = "bottomleft")
frames <- add_scalebar(frames, colour = "white", position = "bottomright")

frames <- add_progress(frames)
frames <- add_timestamps(frames, m, type = "label")

# check available formats
suggest_formats()

# animate frames as GIF
animate_frames(frames, out_file = tempfile(fileext = ".gif"))

# animate frames as mov
animate_frames(frames, out_file = tempfile(fileext = ".gif"))
# }