Mscene

A Python library for creating science animation with Manim in Google Colab. ✨ mscene.curiouswalk.com

Manim is an animation engine designed to program precise animations for science videos. Google Colab is a hosted Jupyter Notebook service that requires no setup and provides free access to computing resources, including GPUs and TPUs.

Quickstart

Manim in Colab

Visit colab.new to create a new Colab notebook.

Installation

%pip install -q mscene
import mscene
%mscene -l manim

from mscene.manim import *

Example Scene

%%manim -qm ManimScene

class ManimScene(Scene):
    def construct(self):
        banner = ManimBanner()
        self.play(banner.create())
        self.play(banner.expand())
        self.wait(1.5)

Mscene Plugins

Plugins extend Manim with additional features.

Adding Plugins

import mscene
%mscene plugins

from mscene.plugins import *

Example Scene

%%manim -qm FractalScene

class FractalScene(Scene):
    def construct(self):
        ks = KochSnowflake(level=2)
        self.add(ks)
        self.play(ks.animate.next_level())
        self.wait(1.5)
        self.play(ks.animate.prev_level())
        self.wait(1.5)

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