Today's article has you making an animated gif...

[KGIII]

It's not something you're going to want to do, but someone's bound to want to do this eventually. You can use ImageMagick to make animated gifs in the terminal. It's actually pretty easy, though if it doesn't work don't ask me for help! What i know about ImageMagick just scratches the surface, 'cause it's a pretty powerful and complex tool.

Let's Make An Animated GIF (With ImageMagick) • Linux Tips

Today's article is just for fun, where we learn how to make an animated gif in the terminal - with ImageMagick. It's just for fun.

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So, yeah, feedback is cool and all that jazz.

There's GT racing going on, so I'm in and out, mostly dealing with approvals and reports - should they arrive.

 

[MikeWalsh]

I create & use GIFs a LOT. Personally, I prefer

Animated GIF editor and GIF maker

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Either that, or I knock 'em together using Mooitech's 'PhotoScape', running under WINE...or sometimes I'll use the GIMP. (The animated part of my siggy was inserted/merged using the GIMP, prior to saving, then uploading.....)

Couldn't get on with Imagemagick, for the same reason I can't get on with ffmpeg. Too MANY damn variables.....which I no longer have the patience to learn.

(shrug)


Mike.

 

[CrazedNerd]

Far out.

 

[KGIII]

I can't get on with ffmpeg.

Ah, there's a mistake in my article. It's ffmpeg with the longer man page - though ImageMagic's pretty long. There's a lot to unpack there.

Far out.

Yeah, it's a pretty neat thing that ImageMagick is capable of. It's one of many things it can done.

 

[wizardfromoz]

David, just a heads up that your delay figure is out by a factor of 10.

It's not milliseconds, it is one-hundredth seconds.

Here's a gif using Cheese for the photos and using the following for the conversion, to quarter seconds

convert -delay 25 -loop 0 *.jpg wiz_wave1.gif

You can also read here

https://www.ubuntubuzz.com/2017/08/convert-pictures-to-gif-animation-with-imagemagick.html

Cheers

Wiz

 

[Brickwizard]

Oh what fun

 

[KGIII]

Oh, man... I got a pair of animated wizards on my screen!

What have I unleashed?!?

It's not milliseconds, it is one-hundredth seconds.

Nice. In my notes I have it as 'milliseconds'. I'll get the article sorted later. I did not bother to verify it. (I wonder if it has changed?)

I probably should have checked. Hindsight is 20/20.

 

[MikeWalsh]

A perfect pair of "neckbeards"..!

Y'all make me feel young again..... (sorry; couldn't resist that)

(ducks out of reach)


Mike.

 

[CrazedNerd]

I tested this out today, it works but the best delay speed is 100 hundredths of a second or less. Otherwise it's real slow and at first i thought it didn't work lol.

 

[KGIII]

I tested this out today, it works but the best delay speed is 100 hundredths of a second or less. Otherwise it's real slow and at first i thought it didn't work lol.

You should have read the thread. ;-)

It no longer says millisecond, though that's what's in my notes. I dunno if they changed it, or if my notes were wrong.

 

[CrazedNerd]

You should have read the thread. ;-)

It no longer says millisecond, though that's what's in my notes. I dunno if they changed it, or if my notes were wrong.

Oh i saw that and that's where i got it from, i was just being really specific for someone who wanted to try it.

 

[KGIII]

Oh i saw that and that's where i got it from, i was just being really specific for someone who wanted to try it.

Ah, well 'tis fixed now. I haven't a clue if it was once milliseconds and they changed it or if I simply wrote down the wrong information. I'd say that it's more likely the latter than it is the former.

It's a pretty fun way to play with ImageMagick. It's useful to those who feel inclined to make animated gifs.

 

[CrazedNerd]

Ah, well 'tis fixed now. I haven't a clue if it was once milliseconds and they changed it or if I simply wrote down the wrong information. I'd say that it's more likely the latter than it is the former.

It's a pretty fun way to play with ImageMagick. It's useful to those who feel inclined to make animated gifs.

I just tested to confirm...it is hundredths of a second, because "-delay 1000" cycles it every 10 seconds. Very slow!

 

[KGIII]

I just tested to confirm...it is hundredths of a second, because "-delay 1000" cycles it every 10 seconds. Very slow!

Yeah, I suspect I stored it improperly in my notes. Hindsight being 20/20, I probably should have tested this one, though I recalled testing it long ago when it was added to my notes.