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Questions tagged [gif]

File extension for images. Has the capability to be animated.

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How to create an animated GIF from MP4 video via command line?

I want make an animated .gif from an .mp4 video. I would prefer to do it from the command line, so please only list command line tools.
Maythux
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How do I create an animated gif from still images (preferably with the command line)?

I want make a .gif animated picture from a given set of .jpg pictures. I would prefer to do it from the command line, so command line tools would be very welcome.
Maythux
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How to do I convert an webm (video) to a (animated) gif on the command line?

I suppose ffmpeg is the weapon of choice but I didn't find out how to reach my goal.
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Is there a command to get the number of frames in a gif?

Is there a command to get the number of frames in a gif? I have some gifs, and I want to convert them into arrays, but I want to limit the array, and structure of the array based on the number of frames in any random gif I happen to feed my program.…
j0h
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Cut duration of animated gif

I have an animated gif and I'd like to cut off the last 5 seconds. Does anyone know how to do that in Linux/Ubuntu?
Rotareti
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How to pause GIF animation at specific frame

Is there any kind of GIF/Image viewer, which is able to pause GIF animation at a specific frame or on mouse click? I tried using 'Image Viewer', but it seems there is no way to stop the GIF animation. Here is an example which I would like to…
niekas
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Nautilus not generating thumbnails for GIF images

No matter what I try (changing the preview options, deleting the thumbnail cache, etc.), Nautilus in Ubuntu 15.04 does not generate thumbnails for GIF image files. However, it generates a thumbnail for all other previewable file type. Can I solve…
Slaci
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Any way to automatically compress a .gif file?

I have a 2.0 mb gif I want to make smaller, preferably by dropping some frames. Is there a command line utility or a program that will do it for me automatically? Thanks.
chiba
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How can I create a 30 second GIF from a long random video?

I have hundreds of videos in a folder that I want to make a gif for. Each videos length is different but all videos are longer than 30 seconds. I want to take 10 3 second gif images from a video over the course of the video. For example if the video…
Toodarday
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Fix animated GIF images which eog can't open, but Firefox and ImageMagick can

I received a collection of animated GIF images from a friend, but I am unable to open some of them them with the standard image viewer eog. The error messages showing up when trying to open them include: GIF image loader cannot understand this…
Byte Commander
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How to make gif which goes backwards and forwards on a loop?

I have an mp4 clip which I would like to turn into a smooth looking gif which would replay backwards at the same speed and quality as it plays forwards. That is when it would reach the end of the clip, it would play backwards in reverse and then…
user364819
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Which free software can you use to create rotating 3D Spacefill models of molecules in .gif format?

An example of what I'm talking about is this animation from Wikipedia. I am running 32 bit 12.10 if it is relevant. Please describe step-by-step, with pictures (screenshots with the appropriate areas (that are mentioned in the text) highlighted) how…
Josh Pinto
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How to set a gif/video as a terminal background?

As stated in the title, I want to have a moving terminal background. I'm currently using Konsole which does accept gif files as a background, however only the first frame is displayed. Can any of you help me make it work? (I want a background with…
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How do I add text to an animated .gif in gimp?

I have just worked out how to create an animated.gif in gimp but I am having a problem adding text. When I create/add the text box and then save my.gif and view it, the text only flashes up over one frame/layer. How do I make the text last over the…
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How can I create a GIF out of a sequence of PNG files without the previous image appearing on the next frame?

I'll let the .gif I have do most of the talk: The GIF A bit of backstory: I have 100 PNG files (which can be seen here on imgur), each one is a frame of an animation. With those files, I have to make a .gif. I used: convert -delay 5 -loop 0…
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