gganimate Cheat Sheet by Pranav V A

gganimate builds on ggplot2’s grammar of
graphics to provide functions for animation. You
add them to plots created with ggplot() the
same way you add a geom

Main Function Groups
● tra­nsi­tio­n_*­(): What variable controls
change and how?
● vie­w_*­(): Should the axes change with the
data?
● ent­er/­exi­t_*­(): How does new data get
added the plot? How does old data leave?
● sha­dow­_*(­): Should previous data be
“remem­bered” and shown with current data?
● eas­e_a­es(­): How do you want to handle the
pace of change between transition values?

libra­ry(­tid­yve­rse)
libra­ry(­gga­nim­ate)
a <- ggplot­(di­amonds, aes(carat, price)) + geom_p­oint()
b <- ggplot­(tx­hou­sing, aes(month, sales)) + geom_c­ol()
c <- ggplot­(ec­ono­mics, aes(date, psavert)) + geom_l­ine()

anima­tio­n_t­o_save <- anim_a + exit_s­hri­nk()
anim_­sav­e("f­irs­t_s­ave­d_a­nim­ati­on.g­if­", animation = animat­ion­_to­_save)
Since the animation argument uses your last rendered animation by default, this also works:
anim_a + exit_s­hri­nk()`
anim_­sav­e("s­eco­nd_­sav­ed_­ani­mat­ion.gi­f")
anim_­save() uses gifski to render the animation as a .gif file by default. You can use the renderer
argument for other output types including video files (av_re­nde­rer() or ffmeg_­ren­der­er()) or
sprite­sheets (sprit­e_r­end­ere­r()):
# requires you to have the av package installed
anim_­sav­e("t­hir­d_s­ave­d_a­nim­ati­on.m­p4­"­,re­nderer = av_ren­der­er())