A Grammar of Animated Graphics

The grammar of graphics as implemented in the 'ggplot2' package has been successful in providing a powerful API for creating static visualisation. In order to extend the API for animated graphics this package provides a completely new set of grammar, fully compatible with 'ggplot2' for specifying transitions and animations in a flexible and extensible way.

News

gganimate 1.0.2

Fix registration of S3 methods for suggested packages

gganimate 1.0.1

Fix bug in transitions when the group aesthetic was late evalued (#262)
Better fade support for geom_smooth(). Both ribbon and line will now fade.
Fix bug in transitions when group aesthetic was a string that could be interpreted as a double (#266)
Fix bug in shadow_mark() where future shadows were drawn above the main frame data.
Better error messages when a layer type is not supported by the transition
Fix bug where transitions didn't work with difftime/hms for specifying durations when transition variable was a POSIX or date class.
Fix bug where using a view would modify the plot coordinate system in-place, resulting in modifications to the original plot object.
view_follow now works with transformed scales.