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#!/usr/bin/env python | |
""" | |
A script to create a GIF from a sequence of images using | |
ImageMagick. | |
Applies natural sorting to file names. | |
Dan Clewley (http://spectraldifferences.wordpress.com) | |
""" | |
import argparse | |
import re | |
import subprocess | |
re_natural = re.compile('[0-9]+|[^0-9]+') | |
def natural_key(s): | |
""" | |
Natural sorting function from: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12184015/in-python-how-can-i-naturally-sort-a-list-of-alphanumeric-strings-such-that-alp | |
""" | |
return [(1, int(c)) if c.isdigit() else (0, c.lower()) for c in re_natural.findall(s)] + [s] | |
if __name__ == '__main__': | |
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Create an animated gif from a series of images') | |
parser.add_argument("images", nargs='+',type=str, help="Input images") | |
parser.add_argument('-o', '--outgif', | |
metavar ='Output gif', | |
help ='Output name for gif', | |
required=True) | |
args=parser.parse_args() | |
sorted_png_files = sorted(args.images, key=natural_key) | |
# Call ImageMagick convert command | |
convert_cmd = ['convert','-delay','20','-loop','0'] | |
convert_cmd.extend(sorted_png_files) | |
convert_cmd.extend([args.outgif]) | |
subprocess.call(convert_cmd) |
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