README.md

Manim Slides

Tool for live presentations using either Manim (community edition) or ManimGL. Manim Slides will automatically detect the one you are using!

Note

This project extends the work of manim-presentation, with a lot more features!

• Installation
• Usage
• Comparison with Similar Tools
• F.A.Q
• Citing
• Contributing
  • Reporting an Issue
  • Seeking for Help
  • Contact

Installation

Manim Slides requires either Manim or ManimGL to be installed, along with their dependencies. Please checkout the documentation for detailed install instructions.

Usage

Using Manim Slides is a two-step process:

1. Render animations using Slide (resp. ThreeDSlide) as a base class instead of Scene (resp. ThreeDScene), and add calls to self.next_slide() every time you want to create a new slide.
2. Run manim-slides on rendered animations and display them like a PowerPoint presentation.

The documentation is available online.

Basic Example

Call self.next_slide() every time you want to create a pause between animations, and self.next_slide(loop=True) if you want the next slide to loop over animations until the user presses continue:

from manim import *  # or: from manimlib import *

from manim_slides import Slide


class BasicExample(Slide):
    def construct(self):
        circle = Circle(radius=3, color=BLUE)
        dot = Dot()

        self.play(GrowFromCenter(circle))
        self.next_slide()  # Waits user to press continue to go to the next slide

        self.next_slide(loop=True)  # Start loop
        self.play(MoveAlongPath(dot, circle), run_time=2, rate_func=linear)
        self.next_slide()  # This will start a new non-looping slide

        self.play(dot.animate.move_to(ORIGIN))

First, render the animation files:

manim-slides render example.py BasicExample
# or use ManimGL
manim-slides render --GL example.py BasicExample

Note

Using manim-slides render makes sure to use the manim (or manimlib) library that was installed in the same Python environment. Put simply, this is a wrapper around manim render [ARGS]... (or manimgl [ARGS]...).

To start the presentation using Scene1, Scene2 and so on, run:

manim-slides [OPTIONS] Scene1 Scene2...

In our example:

manim-slides BasicExample

For detailed usage documentation, run manim-slides --help, or go to the documentation.

Interactive Tutorial

Click on the image to watch a slides presentation that explains to you how to use Manim Slides.

More Examples

More examples are available in the example.py file, if you downloaded the git repository.

Comparison with Similar Tools

There exists a variety of tools that allows to create slides presentations containing Manim animations.

Below is a comparison of the most used ones with Manim Slides:

Project name	Manim Slides	Manim Presentation	Manim Editor	Jupyter Notebooks
Link
Activity
Usage	Command-line	Command-line	Web Browser	Notebook
Note	Requires minimal modif. in scenes files	Requires minimal modif. in scenes files	Requires the usage of sections, and configuration through graphical interface	Relies on nbconvert to create slides from a Notebook
Support for ManimGL	Yes	No	No	No
Web Browser presentations	Yes	No	Yes	No
Offline presentations	Yes, with Qt	Yes, with OpenCV	No	No

Citing

If you use this project, please cite it using the following reference:

@article{Jerome_Eertmans_Manim_Slides_A_2023,
	title        = {{Manim Slides: A Python package for presenting Manim content anywhere}},
	author       = {{Jérome Eertmans}},
	year         = 2023,
	month        = aug,
	journal      = {Journal of Open Source Education},
	volume       = 6,
	doi          = {10.21105/jose.00206}
}

or by linking this GitHub repository at the end of the presentation.

Contributing

Contributions are more than welcome! Please read through our contributing section.

Reporting an Issue

If you think you found a bug, an error in the documentation, or wish there was some feature that is currently missing, we would love to hear from you!

The best way to reach us is via the GitHub issues. If your problem is not covered by an already existing (closed or open) issue, then we suggest you create a new issue. You can choose from a list of templates, or open a blank issue if your issue does not fit one of the proposed topics.

The more precise you are in the description of your problem, the faster we will be able to help you!

Seeking for help

Sometimes, you may have a question about Manim Slides, not necessarily an issue.

First, make sure to read the F.A.Q to see if your question has already been answered. If not, please follow the recommendation (from that page) to reach us for questions.

Contact

Finally, if you do not have any GitHub account, or just wish to contact the author of Manim Slides, you can do so at: jeertmans@icloud.com.