My first animated gif
I just watched The Ramblin' Boy, part 1, and then went through lamardeuse's terrific episode caps to spot all the little moments that I missed.
One that I was especially taken with was Robbie's little eyebrow dance of persuasion at Laura. In fact, I was so taken with it that I actually learned how to make an animated gif so I could replay this bit over and over again:
Just look at that face. <3
More for my own future reference than anything else, here are the steps I took to produce the gif:
How to produce an animated gif (Linux instructions)
(1) Extract out the relevant part of the video
ffmpeg -ss [start time, e.g. 00:29:48]
-t [length to extract, e.g. 00:00:02 for 2 seconds]
-i [input file name]
-vcodec copy
-acodec copy
[output file name]
(2) Split out the shorter video to individual gifs
ffmpeg -i [input filename]
[output filename]-%03d.gif
(3) Compress the gifs (the following command modifies in place; 400x225 is the size I chose in the end)
mogrify -resample 72x72 -resize 400x225 input-*.gif
(4) Create the animated gif. -delay 10 indicates a 10 ms delay in moving from one image to the next; -loop 0 makes it loop endlessly.
convert -delay 10 -loop 0 input-*.gif animation.gif
I arrived at 10 ms through experimentation; but if more experienced cappers have better advice on what value to use (and/or better ways to do all of the above), I'd appreciate the help!
One that I was especially taken with was Robbie's little eyebrow dance of persuasion at Laura. In fact, I was so taken with it that I actually learned how to make an animated gif so I could replay this bit over and over again:
Just look at that face. <3
More for my own future reference than anything else, here are the steps I took to produce the gif:
How to produce an animated gif (Linux instructions)
(1) Extract out the relevant part of the video
ffmpeg -ss [start time, e.g. 00:29:48]
-t [length to extract, e.g. 00:00:02 for 2 seconds]
-i [input file name]
-vcodec copy
-acodec copy
[output file name]
(2) Split out the shorter video to individual gifs
ffmpeg -i [input filename]
[output filename]-%03d.gif
(3) Compress the gifs (the following command modifies in place; 400x225 is the size I chose in the end)
mogrify -resample 72x72 -resize 400x225 input-*.gif
(4) Create the animated gif. -delay 10 indicates a 10 ms delay in moving from one image to the next; -loop 0 makes it loop endlessly.
convert -delay 10 -loop 0 input-*.gif animation.gif
I arrived at 10 ms through experimentation; but if more experienced cappers have better advice on what value to use (and/or better ways to do all of the above), I'd appreciate the help!