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Convert screencast mov to gif
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| #!/bin/sh | |
| palette="/tmp/palette.png" | |
| filters="fps=6,scale=720:-1:flags=bicubic" | |
| ffmpeg -v warning -i $1 -vf "$filters,palettegen" -y $palette | |
| ffmpeg -v warning -i $1 -i $palette -lavfi "$filters [x]; [x][1:v] paletteuse" -y $2 |
Usage
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Download the script or copy and paste into a file called
gifify.sh. -
Make the script executable with
chmod +x gifify.sh -
Turn your movie into a gif:
./gifify.sh movie.mp4 movie.gif
Requires ffmpeg which can be installed via homebrew on MacOS: brew install ffmpeg
homebrew install ffmpeg -> brew install ffmpeg :)
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Credit to https://spin.atomicobject.com/2015/07/08/simple-gif-screencast-workflow-mac/ for the original script