AnimationGroup: optimized interpolate() and fixed alpha bug on finish()

manim/animation/animation.py

@@ -403,6 +403,7 @@ def set_run_time(self, run_time: float) -> Animation:
         self.run_time = run_time
         return self
 
+    # TODO: is this getter even necessary?
     def get_run_time(self) -> float:
         """Get the run time of the animation.
 

manim/animation/composition.py

@@ -8,21 +8,19 @@
 
 import numpy as np
 
+from manim._config import config
+from manim.animation.animation import Animation, prepare_animation
+from manim.constants import RendererType
+from manim.mobject.mobject import Group, Mobject
 from manim.mobject.opengl.opengl_mobject import OpenGLGroup
+from manim.scene.scene import Scene
+from manim.utils.iterables import remove_list_redundancies
 from manim.utils.parameter_parsing import flatten_iterable_parameters
-
-from .._config import config
-from ..animation.animation import Animation, prepare_animation
-from ..constants import RendererType
-from ..mobject.mobject import Group, Mobject
-from ..scene.scene import Scene
-from ..utils.iterables import remove_list_redundancies
-from ..utils.rate_functions import linear
+from manim.utils.rate_functions import linear
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from manim.mobject.opengl.opengl_vectorized_mobject import OpenGLVGroup
-
-    from ..mobject.types.vectorized_mobject import VGroup
+    from manim.mobject.types.vectorized_mobject import VGroup
 
 __all__ = ["AnimationGroup", "Succession", "LaggedStart", "LaggedStartMap"]
 
@@ -94,6 +92,7 @@ def begin(self) -> None:
                 f"{self} has a run_time of 0 seconds, this cannot be "
                 f"rendered correctly. {tmp}."
             )
+        self.anim_group_time = 0.0
         if self.suspend_mobject_updating:
             self.group.suspend_updating()
         for anim in self.animations:
@@ -104,8 +103,9 @@ def _setup_scene(self, scene) -> None:
             anim._setup_scene(scene)
 
     def finish(self) -> None:
-        for anim in self.animations:
-            anim.finish()
+        self.interpolate(1)
+        self.anims_begun[:] = False
+        self.anims_finished[:] = False
         if self.suspend_mobject_updating:
             self.group.resume_updating()
 
@@ -117,7 +117,9 @@ def clean_up_from_scene(self, scene: Scene) -> None:
             anim.clean_up_from_scene(scene)
 
     def update_mobjects(self, dt: float) -> None:
-        for anim in self.animations:
+        for anim in self.anims_with_timings["anim"][
+            self.anims_begun & ~self.anims_finished
+        ]:
             anim.update_mobjects(dt)
 
     def init_run_time(self, run_time) -> float:
@@ -134,37 +136,59 @@ def init_run_time(self, run_time) -> float:
             The duration of the animation in seconds.
         """
         self.build_animations_with_timings()
-        if self.anims_with_timings:
-            self.max_end_time = np.max([awt[2] for awt in self.anims_with_timings])
-        else:
-            self.max_end_time = 0
+        # Note: if lag_ratio < 1, then not necessarily the final animation's
+        # end time will be the max end time!
+        self.max_end_time = max(self.anims_with_timings["end"], default=0)
         return self.max_end_time if run_time is None else run_time
 
     def build_animations_with_timings(self) -> None:
         """Creates a list of triplets of the form (anim, start_time, end_time)."""
-        self.anims_with_timings = []
-        curr_time: float = 0
-        for anim in self.animations:
-            start_time: float = curr_time
-            end_time: float = start_time + anim.get_run_time()
-            self.anims_with_timings.append((anim, start_time, end_time))
-            # Start time of next animation is based on the lag_ratio
-            curr_time = (1 - self.lag_ratio) * start_time + self.lag_ratio * end_time
+        run_times = np.array([anim.run_time for anim in self.animations])
+        num_animations = run_times.shape[0]
+        dtype = [("anim", "O"), ("start", "f8"), ("end", "f8")]
+        self.anims_with_timings = np.zeros(num_animations, dtype=dtype)
+        self.anims_begun = np.zeros(num_animations, dtype=bool)
+        self.anims_finished = np.zeros(num_animations, dtype=bool)
+        if num_animations == 0:
+            return
+
+        lags = run_times[:-1] * self.lag_ratio
+        self.anims_with_timings["anim"] = self.animations
+        self.anims_with_timings["start"][1:] = np.add.accumulate(lags)
+        self.anims_with_timings["end"] = self.anims_with_timings["start"] + run_times
 
     def interpolate(self, alpha: float) -> None:
         # Note, if the run_time of AnimationGroup has been
         # set to something other than its default, these
         # times might not correspond to actual times,
         # e.g. of the surrounding scene.  Instead they'd
         # be a rescaled version.  But that's okay!
-        time = self.rate_func(alpha) * self.max_end_time
-        for anim, start_time, end_time in self.anims_with_timings:
-            anim_time = end_time - start_time
-            if anim_time == 0:
-                sub_alpha = 0
-            else:
-                sub_alpha = np.clip((time - start_time) / anim_time, 0, 1)
-            anim.interpolate(sub_alpha)
+        anim_group_time = self.rate_func(alpha) * self.max_end_time
+        time_goes_back = anim_group_time < self.anim_group_time
+
+        # Only update ongoing animations
+        awt = self.anims_with_timings
+        new_begun = anim_group_time >= awt["start"]
+        new_finished = anim_group_time > awt["end"]
+        to_update = awt[
+            (self.anims_begun | new_begun) & (~self.anims_finished | ~new_finished)
+        ]
+
+        run_times = to_update["end"] - to_update["start"]
+        null = run_times == 0.0
+        sub_alphas = anim_group_time - to_update["start"]
+        sub_alphas[~null] /= run_times[~null]
+        if time_goes_back:
+            sub_alphas[null | (sub_alphas < 0)] = 0
+        else:
+            sub_alphas[null | (sub_alphas > 1)] = 1
+
+        for anim_to_update, sub_alpha in zip(to_update["anim"], sub_alphas):
+            anim_to_update.interpolate(sub_alpha)
+
+        self.anim_group_time = anim_group_time
+        self.anims_begun = new_begun
+        self.anims_finished = new_finished
 
 
 class Succession(AnimationGroup):
@@ -239,8 +263,8 @@ def update_active_animation(self, index: int) -> None:
             self.active_animation = self.animations[index]
             self.active_animation._setup_scene(self.scene)
             self.active_animation.begin()
-            self.active_start_time = self.anims_with_timings[index][1]
-            self.active_end_time = self.anims_with_timings[index][2]
+            self.active_start_time = self.anims_with_timings[index]["start"]
+            self.active_end_time = self.anims_with_timings[index]["end"]
 
     def next_animation(self) -> None:
         """Proceeds to the next animation.
@@ -257,7 +281,7 @@ def interpolate(self, alpha: float) -> None:
             self.next_animation()
         if self.active_animation is not None and self.active_start_time is not None:
             elapsed = current_time - self.active_start_time
-            active_run_time = self.active_animation.get_run_time()
+            active_run_time = self.active_animation.run_time
             subalpha = elapsed / active_run_time if active_run_time != 0.0 else 1.0
             self.active_animation.interpolate(subalpha)
 

tests/module/animation/test_composition.py

@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ def test_animationgroup_with_wait():
     animation_group.begin()
     timings = animation_group.anims_with_timings
 
-    assert timings == [(wait, 0.0, 1.0), (sqr_anim, 1.0, 2.0)]
+    assert timings.tolist() == [(wait, 0.0, 1.0), (sqr_anim, 1.0, 2.0)]
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(

tests/opengl/test_composition_opengl.py

@@ -104,4 +104,4 @@ def test_animationgroup_with_wait(using_opengl_renderer):
     animation_group.begin()
     timings = animation_group.anims_with_timings
 
-    assert timings == [(wait, 0.0, 1.0), (sqr_anim, 1.0, 2.0)]
+    assert timings.tolist() == [(wait, 0.0, 1.0), (sqr_anim, 1.0, 2.0)]