To save an animation, simply add the save_path kwarg and specify the path where you want to save the movie, including the extension. NOTE: this depends on having ffmpeg installed on your computer.
# Code source: Andrew Heusser
# License: MIT
import hypertools as hyp
import scipy.io as sio
import numpy as np
data=sio.loadmat('example_data/weights.mat')
w=data['weights'][0]
w = [i for i in w]
aligned_w = hyp.tools.align(w)
w1 = np.mean(aligned_w[:17],0)
w2 = np.mean(aligned_w[18:],0)
hyp.plot([w1,w2], animate=True, zoom=2.5, save_path='animation.mp4')
Total running time of the script: ( 0 minutes 0.000 seconds)