gif creation in r

There are several ways to produce a gif in R. If you want to transform the images into gif directly on your computer, you will need imageMagick .

Here's an example using the magick package and the image_graph() to save each graphic to an object, image_animate() to animation and image_write() to save the gif.

Saving the plot of each interaction with the image_graph() function:

    library(magick)

    # atenção que pode demorar alguns minutos
    x<-1
    y<-1
    for(i in 1:250){
      y[i]<-sum(rnorm(i))/i
      x[i]<-i
        name <- paste0('fig', i)
        assign(name, image_graph(res = 65))
        plot(y~x, type="l")
        dev.off()
    }

Now that each plot is saved to a different object ( figi ), we can join all into a vector:

    # vetor de nomes
    figs <- paste0('fig', 1:250)

    # unindo os plots
    img <- mget(figs)
    img <- image_join(img)

Creating and saving gif:

    gif <- image_animate(img, fps = 10, dispose = "previous")

    image_write(gif, "gif.gif")

Reference for more features of the magick package can be found here .

EDIT :

Depending on the quantity and complexity of the created figures, it is important to remember the available memory:

# remover todos os plots da memória
rm(list = ls()[ls() %in% paste0('fig', 1:250)])