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CaftBotti / manim_pi_creatures

All pi creatures that appear in 3b1b video, used for making pi creature scenes. Star please!
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Which version of Manim does it work with? #1

Open tarkesdora opened 11 months ago

tarkesdora commented 11 months ago

Does this work only in Old Manim cairo version ? How about in Manim CE version?

CaftBotti commented 11 months ago

Currently, it works only on cairo-backend, because cairo-backend is the only version with the function of creating pi creature scenes. Pi creatures have been removed in recent versions of manim, both 3b1b/manim and community version.

But there's a good solution: rewrite the four files in the for_3b1b_videos folder as the code that is runnable for ManimCE. And it will certainly produce the same effect as in cairo-backend.

tarkesdora commented 11 months ago

Thanks for responding. Similarly, if I create SVG files for other greek letters, it would function the same with this code?

CaftBotti commented 11 months ago

Yes, if you replace the pi's body with SVG paths of greek letters using editors like Adobe Illustrator, you will get a Tau creature scene, etc. In fact, you can change your pi into any shapes you like.

But there is one thing you have to notice: you should only "change" the paths of body, eyes and mouth, but don't "add" or "delete" paths. For example, please don't draw a new path on the SVG file even a very small draw. This is because the change of the amount of paths has a possibility of making your new creature look "weird".