Animation

Animating plots

Create animations to visualize data changing over time. Display changing data in real time or record a movie or GIF to replay later.

Functions

`movie`	Play recorded movie frames
`getframe`	Capture axes or figure as movie frame
`frame2im`	Return image data associated with movie frame
`im2frame`	Convert image to movie frame

`animatedline`	Create animated line
`addpoints`	Add points to animated line
`getpoints`	Return points that define animated line
`clearpoints`	Clear points from animated line
`comet`	2-D comet plot
`comet3`	3-D comet plot

`drawnow`	Update figures and process callbacks
`refreshdata`	Refresh charted data

Line animation appearance and behavior

Animation Techniques
You can use three basic techniques for creating animations in MATLAB^®.
Trace Marker Along Line
This example shows how to trace a marker along a line by updating the data properties of the marker.
Line Animations
This example shows how to create an animation of two growing lines.
Move Group of Objects Along Line
This example shows how to move a group of objects together along a line using transforms.
Animate Graphics Object
This example shows how to animate a triangle looping around the inside of a circle by updating the data properties of the triangle.
Create Stream Particle Animations
Visualize the speed and direction of particles within vector fields using streamlines.
Record Animation for Playback
These examples show how to record animations as movies that you can replay.
Animating a Surface
This example shows how to animate a surface.