Sometimes, we want to programmatically generate video or animated GIF in Python.
In this article, we’ll look at how to programmatically generate video or animated GIF in Python.
How to programmatically generate video or animated GIF in Python?
To programmatically generate video or animated GIF in Python, we can use the imageio library.
To install it, we run
pip install imageio
Then we can use it by writing
import imageio
with imageio.get_writer('/path/to/movie.gif', mode='I') as writer:
for filename in filenames:
image = imageio.imread(filename)
writer.append_data(image)
to create an animated GIF and save it to /path/to/movie.gif with imageio.getwriter.
In the with block, we loop through the filenames list to add the images at filename into the animated GIF with
image = imageio.imread(filename)
writer.append_data(image)
We read the image with imageio.imread and call append_data to append the image as a frame in the animated GIF.
Conclusion
To programmatically generate video or animated GIF in Python, we can use the imageio library.
