Manim Usage Guide

This guide will help you get started with creating animations using Manim. Below are the essential commands you need to know.

Creating a Manim Scene

My custom user snippet for starting a new scene.py is:

gomanim or manim

Which effectively types:

from manim import *
from components.watermark import create_watermark

class Classname(Scene):
    def construct(self):
        self.construction()
        self.animate_scene()

    def construction(self):
        """
        Define and position the elements of the scene.
        """

    def animate_scene(self):
        """
        Add elements to the scene and animate them.
        """
        # Add watermark
        watermark = create_watermark()
        self.add(watermark)

Running Manim

In the terminal, I need to go to the directory of scene.py and type:

manim scene.py [Class name]

or alternatively

python -m manim scene.py [Class name]

Video Settings

For Low Quality preview videos:

manim -pql scene.py [Class name]

For High Quality final videos:

manim -pqk scene.py [Class name]

To change the aspect ratio and resolution of videos add this:

from manim import *

# For vertical content
config.pixel_width = 1080
config.pixel_height = 1920
config.frame_width = 9
config.frame_height = 16

class ClassName(Scene):
    def construct(self):

Creating a GIF's

I can also create GIF's of different qualities with the flag:

manim --format=gif scene.py [Class name]

Getting last frame

You can get the last frame of scene with:

manim -sqk scene.py [Class name]