Gifcurry

Create animated GIFs, optionally overlaid with text, from video files.

Screenshots

Sample GIF

Credit: Caminandes 3: Llamigos (2016) - Blender Foundation

CLI Usage

gifcurry_cli \
  -i inputFile \
  -o outputFile \
  -s startTime \
  -d durationTime \
  -w widthSize \
  -q qualityPercent \
  -f fontChoice \
  -t topText \
  -b bottomText

CLI Example

~/gifcurry ❯❯❯ ./gifcurry_cli \
  -i ./03_caminandes_llamigos_1080p.mp4 \
  -o ./out.gif \
  -s 42 \
  -d 4 \
  -w 600 \
  -q 100 \
  -f 'Roboto Condensed Bold Italic' \
  -t 'Download' \
  -b 'Gifcurry'

 _____ _  __                           
|  __ (_)/ _|                          
| |  \/_| |_ ___ _   _ _ __ _ __ _   _ 
| | __| |  _/ __| | | | '__| '__| | | |
| |_\ \ | || (__| |_| | |  | |  | |_| |
 \____/_|_| \___|\__,_|_|  |_|   \__, |
                                  __/ |
                                 |___/ 

Gifcurry 2.2.0.0
(C) 2016 David Lettier
lettier.com

----------------------------------------

Input file: ./03_caminandes_llamigos_1080p.mp4
Output file: ./out.gif
Start second: 42.000
Duration: 4.000 seconds
GIF width: 600px
Quality: 100.0%
Font Choice: Roboto Condensed Bold Italic
Top text: Download
Bottom text: Gifcurry

Writing temporary frames to... ./frames13465
Font matched: Roboto-Condensed-Bold-Italic
Writing your GIF to... ./out.gif
Done.

Dependencies

• Haskell
• FFmpeg
• ImageMagick
• GTK+

Install & Run

Linux

Ubuntu/Mint

# Install FFmpeg (https://www.ffmpeg.org/download.html)
# Install ImageMagick (https://www.imagemagick.org/script/download.php)
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kirillshkrogalev/ffmpeg-next
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ffmpeg imagemagick
# Install Haskell (https://www.haskell.org/platform/)
# Install GNU Wget (https://www.gnu.org/software/wget/)
# Find the latest release at https://github.com/lettier/gifcurry/releases
# * equals the version number
wget https://github.com/lettier/gifcurry/releases/download/*/gifcurry-linux-*.tar.gz
tar -xvfz gifcurry-linux*.tar.gz
cd gifcurry-linux-*/bin
./gifcurry_gui
./gifcurry_cli -?

Arch/Manjaro

cd
# Install Git
sudo pacman -S git
# Install Gifcurry from AUR
mkdir -p build_gifcurry
cd build_gifcurry
git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/gifcurry.git
cd gifcurry
makepkg -sic
cd
rm -rf build_gifcurry
gifcurry_gui
gifcurry_cli -?

Mac

Binaries

# If you do not have Homebrew
/usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
brew install ffmpeg
brew install imagemagick
brew install ghostscript
brew install wget
brew install gnome-icon-theme
# Find the latest release at https://github.com/lettier/gifcurry/releases
# * equals the version number
wget https://github.com/lettier/gifcurry/releases/download/*/gifcurry-macosx-*.tar.gz
tar xvfz gifcurry-macosx-*.tar.gz
cd gifcurry-macosx-*/bin
./gifcurry_gui
./gifcurry_cli -?

Compile

# If you do not have Homebrew
/usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
brew update
brew install xcode
brew install git
brew install ghc
sudo chown -R $(whoami):admin /usr/local/bin
brew link ghc
brew install cabal-install
brew install pkg-config
brew install glib
brew install gtk+3
brew install cairo
brew install pango
brew install ffmpeg
brew install imagemagick
brew install ghostscript
brew install gnome-icon-theme
mkdir gifcurry
cd gifcurry
cabal sandbox init
cabal update
cabal install alex happy -j
cabal install gifcurry -j
cd .cabal-sandbox/bin/
./gifcurry_gui
./gifcurry_cli -?

Hackage

Stack

# Install GNU Wget (https://www.gnu.org/software/wget/)
# Install FFmpeg (https://www.ffmpeg.org/download.html)
# Install ImageMagick (https://www.imagemagick.org/script/download.php)
# Install Haskell (https://www.haskell.org/platform/)
# Find the latest version number at https://hackage.haskell.org/package/Gifcurry
# * equals the version number
wget https://hackage.haskell.org/package/Gifcurry-*/Gifcurry-*.tar.gz
tar -xvzf Gifcurry-*.tar.gz
cd Gifcurry-*
stack setup
stack install
stack exec -- gifcurry_gui
stack exec -- gifcurry_cli -?

Cabal

# Install FFmpeg (https://www.ffmpeg.org/download.html)
# Install ImageMagick (https://www.imagemagick.org/script/download.php)
# Install Haskell (https://www.haskell.org/platform/)
cabal update
cabal install alex happy -j
cabal install gifcurry -j
cd ~/.cabal/bin
./gifcurry_gui
./gifcurry_cli -?

Github

# Install GNU Make (https://www.gnu.org/software/make/)
# Install FFmpeg (https://www.ffmpeg.org/download.html)
# Install ImageMagick (https://www.imagemagick.org/script/download.php)
# Install Haskell (https://www.haskell.org/platform/)
git clone git@github.com:lettier/gifcurry.git
cd gifcurry/
make
make run_gui
make run_cli CLI_ARGS='-?'

License

For license information, see LICENSE.

Copyright

(C) 2016 David Lettier
lettier.com