# Suppress Plot Window when output to animation

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/suppress-plot-window-when-output-to-animation/30724>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Created:** [November 5, 2019, 4:44am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/suppress-plot-window-when-output-to-animation/30724 "2019-11-05T04:44:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![natgeo-wong](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/natgeo-wong/32/10965_2.png) [@natgeo-wong](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/natgeo-wong)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2019, 4:44am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/suppress-plot-window-when-output-to-animation/30724/1 "2019-11-05T04:44:09Z")

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Hi! I’m creating an animation of several dozen to a hundred or so frames. However, for each frame I want to push to the animation there is a popup window that flashes open and then closes. Is there a way to get rid of that (i.e. suppress the plot figure completely), or at least display it in a consistent window so that it doesn’t make things so distracting?

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**Author:** ![jling](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/jling/32/212909_2.png) [@jling](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jling)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2019, 5:31am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/suppress-plot-window-when-output-to-animation/30724/2 "2019-11-05T05:31:36Z")

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I bet you’re using an Apple product, I’ve only heard people complain about it over there. Can you confirm this? probably has something to do with what Julia uses for Mac

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**Author:** ![Tamas\_Papp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/tamas_papp/32/25949_2.png) [@Tamas\_Papp](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Tamas_Papp)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2019, 6:26am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/suppress-plot-window-when-output-to-animation/30724/3 "2019-11-05T06:26:22Z")

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It is hard to tell what you are doing (eg what plotting package etc), please provide an MWE.

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**Author:** ![natgeo-wong](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/natgeo-wong/32/10965_2.png) [@natgeo-wong](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/natgeo-wong)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2019, 7:16am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/suppress-plot-window-when-output-to-animation/30724/4 "2019-11-05T07:16:54Z")

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Yes, I am using a Mac xD.

I am currently using the main Plots function, specifically in StatsPlots. Using the gr() backend.

```julia
anim = Animation()
for ii = 1 : (100/dt)
    plot(x,etan[201,:],xlims=(-20,20),ylims=(-1,1))
    if isinteger((ii-1)/2); frame(anim); end
    global etap1 = shallowwave2D(etan,etam1,r,"periodic");
    global etam1 = deepcopy(etan); global etan = deepcopy(etap1);
end

mp4(anim,"/Users/natgeo-wong/SWE2Dtest_period_profile.mp4",fps=30)

```