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Created July 3, 2013 17:11
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gifify() {
if [[ -n "$1" ]]; then
if [[ $2 == '--good' ]]; then
ffmpeg -i $1 -r 10 -vcodec png out-static-%05d.png
time convert -verbose +dither -layers Optimize -resize 600x600\> out-static*.png GIF:- | gifsicle --colors 128 --delay=5 --loop --optimize=3 --multifile - > $1.gif
rm out-static*.png
else
ffmpeg -i $1 -s 600x400 -pix_fmt rgb24 -r 10 -f gif - | gifsicle --optimize=3 --delay=3 > $1.gif
fi
else
echo "proper usage: gifify <input_movie.mov>. You DO need to include extension."
fi
}
brew install ffmpeg
brew tap phinze/homebrew-cask
brew install brew-cask
brew cask install x-quartz
open /usr/local/Caskroom/x-quartz/2.7.4/XQuartz.pkg
# click through the stuff
brew install gifsicle
brew install imagemagick
# I had a weird problem with Convert/imagemagick where I had to do:
ln -s /usr/local/Cellar/libtool/2.4.2/lib/libltdl.7.dylib libltdl.7.dylib
# But hopefully you don't have to
# Take screencast using Quicktime. Export as high quality as possible.
gifify screencap.mov
gifify screencap.mov --good
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Cmd + Space
Type: "Quicktime" and open it
Ctrl + Cmd + N to start new screen recording
Turn on show mouse and clicks from the dropdown arrow
Click record button to record some stuff
Save file, and run gifify as show above

Woohoo!

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