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Become an animaniac with gganimate

Talkat satRday Johannesburg 2019 · on Saturday, 2019-04-06· [data-visualization, web-animation]
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Downloads Lancet DALY CSVs, imports into R and builds a ggplot line+point chart, then turns it into an animated GIF using gganimate with transition_reveal and label collision handled by ggrepel. Animation settings (frames, duration, pause, width/height, resolution) are adjusted in animate(). Result: neonatal disorders show a marked decline while low back pain looks increasing but actually rises more slowly than many other causes, a visual claim confirmed by the animation.

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  1. 0:00Start
  2. 0:18The template
  3. 1:16The data source
  4. 1:50Adding some action
  5. 3:29transition_reveal + ggrepel
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