Shell script for starting the Gifify process from Alfred

gifify_alfred.sh

name=gifify_`date +%s`
echo -ne $name | pbcopy

osascript <<EOF
tell application "System Events"
  set visible of process "Terminal" to false
end tell

tell application "QuickTime Player"
  activate
  new screen recording
  tell application "System Events" to key code 49
end tell

repeat
  tell application "System Events"
    if "QuickTime Player" is not in (name of application processes) then exit repeat
  end tell
end repeat
EOF

gifify -o $HOME/Desktop/$name -u $HOME/Desktop/$name.mov

echo 'Breaks without this.'

growlnotify -t gifify -m "Upload complete"

killall Terminal

Don't use this if you ever open Terminal.app for any other reason. This assumes that you have Alfred configured to use Terminal.app as its default application for running shell scripts, and kills the process at the end.

1. Run the command (I have it set to run with gif in Alfred).
2. Select the area of the screen to record, and start recording.
3. Stop the recording, and quit Quicktime.
4. When prompted to save, CMD+V to paste the filename the script expects (it's been copied for you).

You'll see a growl notification when its complete, and your clipboard will have a CloudApp URL in it.