dergachev

OS X Screencast to animated GIF

This gist shows how to create a GIF screencast using only free OS X tools: QuickTime, ffmpeg, and gifsicle.

Instructions

To capture the video (filesize: 19MB), using the free "QuickTime Player" application:

lost-theory

import time

from flask import Flask, request, g, render_template

app = Flask(__name__)
app.config['DEBUG'] = True

@app.before_request
def before_request():
    g.request_start_time = time.time()