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Code for the manim-generated scenes used in 3blue1brown videos

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Code for the manim-generated scenes used in 3blue1brown videos

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Some open source resources to add to awesome-manim: 3blue1brown's Manim Python code for teaching transformers: 3b1b/videos videos/_2024/transformers: https://github.com/3b1b/videos/tree/e317d6c5eaa8370a2deb4d14... Notes re: "Manim: Animation engine for explanatory math videos" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44995308 ; ManimML, manim-web (Typescript), manim-web react ManimScene and/or reactive-manim "Show HN: I ported Manim to TypeScript (run 3b1B math animations in the browser)" re: manim-web: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47155375 philip-murray/reactive-manim: A component library for ManimCE, supporting component composition and automatic animation. Supports declarative syntax for writing components inspired by React.js. https://github.com/philip-murray/reactive-manim For stateful sims with a reset button like for example
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the PHET.colorado.edu exercises; https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49053601 > R3F ReactThreeFiber and Drei (ThreeJS) and NextJS with OpenNext ManimGL: https://github.com/MathItYT/manimgl Manim + WebGL (PyO3, Rust, wgpu, WASM) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49091703 : MathItYT/mathlikeanim-rs: A Rust library to create interactive mathematical animations https://github.com/MathItYT/mathlikeanim-rs
In Show HN: Manim (3Blue1Brown's animation engine) in the browser via WebGPU
there is at least one video, if not a series of videos, where he explains his process in detail, showing the coding process and everything. it is a collaboration with another person where, if i recall, he is teaching them. i will see if i can find it. edit: "How I animate 3Blue1Brown | A Manim demo with Ben Sparks" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbu7Zu5X1zI more on workflow: https://github.com/3b1b/videos?tab=readme-ov-file#workflow code for videos: https://github.com/3b1b/videos manim: https://github.com/3b1b/manim manim community edition: https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/
In How and why to take a logarithm of an image [video]
For anyone interested in the code used in his animations, the repo is here: https://github.com/3b1b/videos It's pretty impressive. A lot of work goes into these videos. My other favourite YouTube math guy is eigenchris. His tensor calculus series is legendary: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJHszsWbB6hpk5h8lSfBk... In complete contrast to 3b1b, eigenchris creates his videos entirely in PowerPoint, which makes me laugh even as I type this.
In 3Blue1Brown Calculus Blog Series
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