Mov to Gif and beyond!

gistfile1.sh

# Convert mov to mp4 and resize
ffmpeg -i input.mov -codec:v libx264 -profile: high -preset slow -b:v 500k -maxrate 500k -bufsize 1000k -vf scale='948:-1' -threads 0 output_file.mp4

# Convert mp4 to image frames
ffmpeg -i output_file.mp4 -r 10 frames/frame%03d.png

# Convert image frames to animated gif
convert -delay 5 -loop 0 frames/frame*.png output.gif

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# Another method:
ffmpeg -i input.mov -vf "scale=min(iw\,600):-1" -pix_fmt rgb24 -r 10 -f gif - | gifsicle --optimize=3 --delay=7 --colors 128 > output.gif