Hello Nemes: The issue with the code as written is that the infinite while loop begins execution before the root.mainloop() ever gets called (so root.mainloop never gets called....).
To start the animation AFTER the root.mainloop() call, I've moved the
animation work into a function and used the after method to call that
function after the mainloop initiates.
Also, instead of using a while loop with a sleep call (which hangs the
program while waiting), I've changed the animation function to call itself
each time it finishes. This way the program doesn't hang while animating
the picture, which is useful if you want this to be part of a larger
program.
Hope this is helpful!
Dave Giesen
#Working on window interface of soundAsleep
#Tkinter will handle the GUI
from Tkinter import *
root = Tk()
root.title("soundAsleep beta")
frame=[]
#Importing the images. They are named w1.gif, w2.gif...w7.gif
for i in range(1,7):
fname="core/working/w"+str(i)+".gif"
frame+=[PhotoImage(file=fname)]
wrap = Canvas(root, width=200, height=120)
wrap.pack()
def do_animation(currentframe):
def do_image():
wrap.create_image(100,70,image=frame[currentframe],
tag='ani')
# Delete the current picture if one exists
wrap.delete('ani')
try:
do_image()
except IndexError:
# End of image list reached, start over at the first image
- works for an arbitrary number of images
currentframe = 0
do_image()
wrap.update_idletasks() #Force redraw
currentframe = currentframe + 1
# Call myself again to keep the animation running in a loop
root.after(5000, do_animation, currentframe)
# Start the animation loop just after the Tkinter loop begins
root.after(10, do_animation, 0)
root.mainloop()
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From:
Nemes Andrei <teh_sh_meis...@yahoo.com>
To:
tkinter-discuss@python.org
Date:
12/22/2009 10:47 AM
Subject:
[Tkinter-discuss] Animation using image sequence
Sent by:
tkinter-discuss-bounces+david.giesen=kodak....@python.org
Hi!
I'm trying to make an animation using a sequence of gif images and the
canvas widget, but all I see when I compile is a black screen. What I'm
trying to do is delete the previous image and create the next one each
frame. Am I doing it wrong? Is it do-able at all?
Help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
#Working on window interface of soundAsleep
#Tkinter will handle the GUI
from Tkinter import *
import time
root = Tk()
root.title("soundAsleep beta")
frame=[]
currentframe=0
#Importing the images. They are named w1.gif, w2.gif...w7.gif
for i in range(1,7):
fname="core/working/w"+str(i)+".gif"
frame+=[PhotoImage(file=fname)]
wrap = Canvas(root, width=200, height=120)
wrap.pack()
#trying to make the animation
while True:
ani=wrap.create_image(100,70,image=frame[currentframe])
time.sleep(5)
wrap.update_idletasks() #Force redraw
wrap.delete(ani)
if (currentframe==5):
currentframe=0
else:
currentframe+=1
root.mainloop()
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