Manim – Mathematical Animation Framework

Changelog

The full curated and commented changelog can be found at https://docs.manim.community/en/latest/changelog/0.19.0-changelog.html.

What's Changed

• feat: Add three animations that together simulate a typing animation by @VinhPhmCng in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3612
• Fixed action for building downloadable documentation by @JasonGrace2282 in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3737
• [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate by @pre-commit-ci in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3739
• Fixes #3744 - underline tag should be <u></u> in the documentation. by @anagorko in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3745
• Bump tqdm from 4.66.1 to 4.66.3 by @dependabot in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3746
• Bump jinja2 from 3.1.3 to 3.1.4 by @dependabot in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3750
• Add typehints to manim.utils.iterables by @JasonGrace2282 in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3751
• Let SceneFileWriter access ffmpeg via av instead of via external process by @behackl in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3501
• Use --py39-plus in pre-commit by @JasonGrace2282 in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3761
• Optimized manim.utils.bezier.is_closed() by @chopan050 in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3768
• Created and optimized Bézier splitting functions such as partial_bezier_points() in manim.utils.bezier by @chopan050 in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3766
• Bump requests from 2.31.0 to 2.32.0 by @dependabot in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3776
• Fix assertions and improve error messages when adding submobjects by @chopan050 in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3756
• Add pyproject for ruff formatting by @JasonGrace2282 in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3777
• pre-commit change to ruff by @JasonGrace2282 in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3779
• Ignore Ruff format in git blame by @Viicos in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3781
• Fixed there_and_back_with_pause() rate function behaviour with different pause_ratio values by @jkjkil4 in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3778
• Optimize VMobject methods which append to points by @chopan050 in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3765
• Add @ shorthand for CoordinateSystem methods coords_to_point (c2p) and point_to_coords (p2c) by @JasonGrace2282 in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3754
• [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate by @pre-commit-ci in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3784
• [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate by @pre-commit-ci in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3794
• Add Ruff Lint by @JasonGrace2282 in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3780
• Replace Pyupgrade with Ruff rule by @JasonGrace2282 in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3795
• Bump tornado from 6.4 to 6.4.1 by @dependabot in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3796
• Fixing the get_nth_subpath function in "opengl_vectorized_mobject.py". by @yang-tsao in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3790
• [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate by @pre-commit-ci in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3801
• Add typings to OpenGLMobject by @chopan050 in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3803
• fix: importing manim should not trigger pygments.styles.get_all_styles by @goldenphoenix713 in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3797
• [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate by @pre-commit-ci in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3809
• Bump urllib3 from 2.2.1 to 2.2.2 by @dependabot in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3810
• Fix MacOS LaTeX CI by @JasonGrace2282 in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3812
• Fixed infinite loop in OpenGL BackgroundRectangle.get_color() by @camburd2 in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3732
• docs(contributing): add manim.typing guide by @JasonGrace2282 in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3669
• Fix DiGraph edges not fading correctly on FadeIn and FadeOut by @Nikhil-42 in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3786
• [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate by @pre-commit-ci in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3823
• feat(autoaliasattr): Implement Documentation of TypeVar's by @JasonGrace2282 in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3818
• Fixed Arrow3D.put_start_and_end_on() to use the actual end of the arrow by @SirJamesClarkMaxwell in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3706
• Optimized manim.utils.bezier.get_smooth_cubic_bezier_handle_points() by @chopan050 in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3767
• Fix docker build by @JasonGrace2282 in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3827
• Doc: add docstrings to Brace by @biinnnggggg in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3715
• [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate by @pre-commit-ci in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3834
• Bump docker/build-push-action from 5 to 6 by @dependabot in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3835
• [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate by @pre-commit-ci in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3844
• Bump certifi from 2024.2.2 to 2024.7.4 by @dependabot in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3841
• Fix incorrect version number in plugin section in docs by @JasonGrace2282 in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3849
• Bump zipp from 3.18.2 to 3.19.1 by @dependabot in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3847
• Rename manim.typing.Image type aliases to PixelArray to avoid conflict with PIL.Image by @chopan050 in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3851
• Change from tempconfig to a config fixture in tests by @JasonGrace2282 in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3853
• Fix :attr:.ManimConfig.format not updating movie file extension by @JasonGrace2282 in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3839
• Rewrite manim.utils.bezier.get_quadratic_approximation_of_cubic() to produce curves which can be animated smoothly by @chopan050 in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3829
• Log execution time of scene rendering in the Manim Checkhealth command by @chopan050 in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3855
• Optimize VMobject.pointwise_become_partial() by @chopan050 in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3760
• Update installation instructions for MacOS (via dedicated brew formula) by @Elastino in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3857
• Update docker to use ENV x=y instead of ENV x y by @JasonGrace2282 in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3858
• Fixed behavior of config.background_opacity < 1 and duplicated log messages by @abul4fia in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3680
• [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate by @pre-commit-ci in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3865
• Fix pre-commit linting by @JasonGrace2282 in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3877
• Use ruff for pytest style by @JasonGrace2282 in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3872
• feat: set_default for Animation class by @christopher-hampson in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3876
• Use ruff instead of flake8-simplify by @JasonGrace2282 in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3873
• [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate by @pre-commit-ci in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3880
• Change flake8-comprehensions and flake8-bugbear to ruff by @JasonGrace2282 in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3882
• Rename parameters and variables conflicting with builtin functions by @JasonGrace2282 in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3884
• Added colorscale to axes.plot() by @alembcke in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3148
• Fix :meth:.OpenGLMobject.invert not reassembling family by @JasonGrace2282 in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3885
• Experimenting with an HSV class by @MrDiver in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3518
• Fix typo from HSV PR by @JasonGrace2282 in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3887
• [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate by @pre-commit-ci in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3889
• Replace the TypeError message code in the _typecheck_input method in … by @irvanalhaq9 in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3890
• Significantly reduce rendering time with a separate thread for writing frames to stream by @smu160 in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3888
• [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate by @pre-commit-ci in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3896
• Lock poetry.lock by @JasonGrace2282 in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3895
• fix a wrong type mark in a function head. by @fogsong233 in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3902
• [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate by @pre-commit-ci in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3904
• bugfix: convert non-.wav/.raw files to .wav before passing to pydub by @behackl in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3832
• [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate by @pre-commit-ci in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3911
• fix type hint, change int to float by @irvanalhaq9 in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3916
• [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate by @pre-commit-ci in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3918
• Simplify Sector Class by Removing Redundant Parameters by @irvanalhaq9 in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3922
• Changing the 'side_length' attribute to a property by @irvanalhaq9 in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3901
• Standardize docstrings with ruff pydocstyle rules by @JasonGrace2282 in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3881
• feat: preserve original TeX colors by @christopher-hampson in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3903
• Use Ruff pygrep rules by @JasonGrace2282 in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3923
• Bump cryptography from 43.0.0 to 43.0.1 by @dependabot in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3931
• Fix np.float_ to np.float64 while using numpy >= 2.0 by @geoochi in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3940
• os.system -> subprocess by @achille-fouilleul in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3955
• Set AAC codec for audio in mp4 files, add transcoding utility by @achille-fouilleul in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3956
• Optimized interpolate and bezier in manim.utils.bezier by @chopan050 in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3960
• Fix: .to_edge()'s example demonstration in docs by @DuskyElf in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3958
• Use Github Markdown on README by @JasonGrace2282 in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3925
• Fixed typehint in types.rst and replaced outdated reference to manim.typing.Image with manim.typing.PixelArray by @JasonGrace2282 in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3878
• Improve line rendering performance by decreasing redundant subdivision count by @nitzanbueno in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3893
• Fix typehints of ParametricFunction by @JasonGrace2282 in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3926
• [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate by @pre-commit-ci in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3929
• VGroup can now be initialized with VMobject iterables by @NikhilaGurusinghe in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3966
• 3098 Refining documentations for moving_camera_scene module by @Jackyuanx in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3972
• Allow videos to be embedded in Google Colab without explicitly setting config.media_embed = True by @skusel in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3974
• Type annotation work in manim/mobject/geometry/ by @henrikmidtiby in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3961
• Added new PointND and PointND_Array type aliases by @chopan050 in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3980
• Refactored run_time validation for Animation and Scene.wait() by @chopan050 in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3982
• Add scale_stroke boolean parameter to VMobject.scale() to allow scaling stroke_width along with the VMobject by @Boris-Filin in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3965
• Allow :class:.SurroundingRectangle to accept multiple Mobjects by @Boris-Filin in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3964
• Feat: dvipsnames and svgnames color palettes by @christopher-hampson in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3913
• Add type hints to manim.cli module by @chopan050 in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3988
• Add a time property to scene by @JasonGrace2282 in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3997
• Stop ignoring manim.plugins errors in mypy.ini by @chopan050 in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/4006
• Add typings to manim/__main__.py by @chopan050 in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/4007
• Fix scene skipping for config.upto_animation_number (-n flag in CLI) set to 0 to end after first animation by @behackl in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/4013
• Bump tornado from 6.4.1 to 6.4.2 by @dependabot in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/4023
• [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate by @pre-commit-ci in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3987
• Add darker, lighter and contrasting methods to ManimColor by @hchargois in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3992
• Added ConvexHull, ConvexHull3D, Label and LabeledPolygram by @JayGupta797 in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3933
• Allow animations with run_time=0 and implement convenience Add animation by @chopan050 in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/4017
• Add support for Python 3.13 by @JasonGrace2282 in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3967
• Pin version of pyav to avoid breaking changes in their API by @behackl in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/4037
• Add a delay parameter to turn_animation_into_updater by @ChungLeeCN in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/4039
• Add support in documentation for type aliases using Python 3.12 type definition by @chopan050 in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/4044
• Rewrite installation instructions by @JasonGrace2282 in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3930
• Fix typehint of :meth:.Scene.play to allow .animate by @JasonGrace2282 in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/4038
• Call .finish() for every animation in AnimationGroup on finish by @Laifsyn in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3951
• Fix SyntaxWarnings when building the docs and bump readthedocs to Python 3.13 by @JasonGrace2282 in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3924
• Rename InternalPoint3D to Point3D, Point3D to Point3DLike and other point-related type aliases by @chopan050 in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/4027
• Add type annotations to manim.utils.* by @henrikmidtiby in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3999
• Fix VMobject.add_points_as_corners() to return self and safely handle empty points parameter by @chopan050 in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/4091
• Remove duplicate all declarations in vectorized_mobject.py by @irvanalhaq9 in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/4108
• Corrected spelling mistake in documentation by @modjfy in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/4107
• Remove PT004 from Ruff ignore by @JasonGrace2282 in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/4102
• Add Homotopy example for waving square by @irvanalhaq9 in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/4100
• Fix of ImageMobject opacity bug by @henrikmidtiby in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/4089
• Fix broken link to Poetry installation in contribution docs by @fmuenkel in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/4116
• Add Noto fonts install command to Dockerfile by @Reckadon in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/4069
• [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate by @pre-commit-ci in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/4035
• Add hash to ManimColor by @sophiawisdom in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/4051
• Completely rewrite Code mobject + add support for short notation RGB(A) hex code specifications to ManimColor by @behackl in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/4115
• Update README and documentation landing page, improve way how 3b1b is credited by @czuzu in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/4077
• Draw more accurate circular Arcs for larger angles by @chopan050 in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/4034
• Polish documentation of manim.utils.color.core and remove interpolate_array() by @chopan050 in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/4065
• Create changelog for 0.19.0 by @JasonGrace2282 in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/4032

New Contributors

• @VinhPhmCng made their first contribution in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3612
• @anagorko made their first contribution in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3745
• @jkjkil4 made their first contribution in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3778
• @yang-tsao made their first contribution in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3790
• @goldenphoenix713 made their first contribution in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3797
• @camburd2 made their first contribution in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3732
• @Elastino made their first contribution in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3857
• @christopher-hampson made their first contribution in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3876
• @irvanalhaq9 made their first contribution in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3890
• @smu160 made their first contribution in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3888
• @fogsong233 made their first contribution in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3902
• @achille-fouilleul made their first contribution in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3955
• @DuskyElf made their first contribution in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3958
• @nitzanbueno made their first contribution in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3893
• @NikhilaGurusinghe made their first contribution in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3966
• @Jackyuanx made their first contribution in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3972
• @skusel made their first contribution in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3974
• @henrikmidtiby made their first contribution in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3961
• @Boris-Filin made their first contribution in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3965
• @hchargois made their first contribution in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3992
• @JayGupta797 made their first contribution in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3933
• @ChungLeeCN made their first contribution in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/4039
• @Laifsyn made their first contribution in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3951
• @modjfy made their first contribution in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/4107
• @fmuenkel made their first contribution in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/4116
• @Reckadon made their first contribution in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/4069
• @sophiawisdom made their first contribution in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/4051
• @czuzu made their first contribution in https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/4077

Full Changelog: https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/compare/v0.18.1...v0.19.0