Convert an animated video to gif from http://chrismessina.me/b/13913393/mov-to-gif

vidtogif.sh

# Convert an animated video to gif
# Works best for videos with low color palettes like Dribbble shots
#
# @param $1 - video file name like `animation.mov`
# @param @optional $2 - resize parameter as widthxheight like `400x300`
#
# Example: vidtogif animation.mov 400x300
# Requirements: ffmpeg and gifsicle. Can be downloaded via homebrew
#
# http://chrismessina.me/b/13913393/mov-to-gif

function vidtogif() {
    if [ -n "$1" ]
        then
            mkdir pngs gifs
            ffmpeg -i "$1" -r 10 pngs/frame_%04d.png
            sips -s format gif pngs/*.png --out gifs/
            cd gifs
            if [ -z "$2" ]
                then
                    gifsicle *.gif --optimize=3 --delay=3 --loopcount > ../animation.gif
                else
                    gifsicle *.gif --optimize=3 --delay=3 --loopcount --resize "$2" > ../animation.gif
            fi
            cd ..
            rm -rf pngs gifs
    else
        echo "Use video file as first parameter"
    fi
}

Source this in you .bash_profile for an easy shortcut to turn any .mov Quicktime screen recording into a high-quality gif! Works best for animated videos with low color palettes

If you want to convert a live action video try out https://gist.github.com/imkevinxu/e0b51ddeb5b877ed4fae

I love this idea. I've successfully saved in my .bash_profile however it keeps giving me error as to command not found: movetogif.

Update: (after 10 mins):
I figured, the same old problem I have, instead of movtogif I was typing movetogif...oops 😄 It's all sorted..thanks for this wonderful command lines.

Nice script. Worked like a charm. Thank you.

Looked around for so many methods, and this was the easiest, and gave the clearest gif. Thanks so much for sharing!

Thanks for this!

You may want to add

#!/usr/bin/env bash
#

To the top so it works if bash isn't your default shell.

what exactly is suppose to happen. i've updated home brew, and installed ffmpeg and gifsicle like it says. when i enter the command...nothing happens. how do i know if the file is created or something?