Animation

Animating plots

Create animations to visualize data changing over time. Display changing data in real time or record a movie or GIF to replay later. To get started, see Create a Simple Animation.

Functions

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Play Movies and Create Frames

`movie`	Play recorded movie frames
`getframe`	Capture axes or figure as movie frame
`frame2im`	Return image data associated with movie frame
`im2frame`	Convert image to movie frame

Create Animations

`animatedline`	Create animated line
`addpoints`	Add points to animated line
`getpoints`	Return points that define animated line
`clearpoints`	Clear points from animated line
`comet`	2-D comet plot
`comet3`	3-D comet plot
`streamparticles`	Plot stream particles

Refresh Graphics

`drawnow`	Update figures and process callbacks
`pause`	Stop MATLAB execution temporarily
`refreshdata`	Refresh charted data
`linkdata`	Automatically update charted data

Properties

AnimatedLine Properties

Line animation appearance and behavior

Topics

Create a Simple Animation
Animations are an effective way to visualize data changing over time.
Animation Techniques
You can use several techniques for creating animations in MATLAB^®.
Animate Triangle Within Circle
This example shows how to animate a triangle looping around the inside of a circle by updating the data properties of the triangle.
Animating a Surface
This example shows how to animate a surface.
Move Group of Objects Along Line
This example shows how to move a group of objects together along a line using transforms.
Create Stream Particle Animations
Visualize the speed and direction of particles within vector fields using streamlines.