animate

Animate graphs

Syntax

animate 
filename
,
graphs(_all | g1 g2 g3...)
[imagickpath(path) delay(#) noloop showcommand keepeps]

Required

graphs(_all \| g1 g2 g3...)	graphs to be added to the movie

Optional

imagickpath(path)	path of ImageMagick
delay(#)	milliseconds between frames
noloop	no loop of movie
showcommand	display ImageMagick command
keepeps	keep .eps files

Description

animate produces .eps files for each graph and adds them together to an animated-gif filename. Command requires ImageMagick to be installed on the computer.

Examples

. webuse uslifeexp
. graph drop _all
. forvalues i = 1900(10)2000 {
      scatter le year if year <= `i', xscale(range(1900 2000)) name(le`i')
}
. animate lifemovie, graphs(_all)

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