Zach Taylor zach-taylor

OS X Screencast to animated GIF

This gist shows how to create a GIF screencast using only free OS X tools: QuickTime, ffmpeg, and gifsicle.

To capture the video (filesize: 19MB), using the free "QuickTime Player" application:

	# If you use bash, this technique isn't really zsh specific. Adapt as needed.
	source ~/keychain-environment-variables.sh

	# AWS configuration example, after doing:
	# $ set-keychain-environment-variable AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID
	# provide: "AKIAYOURACCESSKEY"
	# $ set-keychain-environment-variable AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
	# provide: "j1/yoursupersecret/password"
	export AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=$(keychain-environment-variable AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID);
	export AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=$(keychain-environment-variable AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY);