Next, update your system with the following command: # apt-get update -yįinally, install FFmpeg with the following command: # apt-get install ffmpeg -y You can do this with the following command: # add-apt-repository ppa:jonathonf/ffmpeg-3 By default, FFmpeg is not available in Ubuntu default repository. Gifine is a free GTK based application tool that can be used to record your desktop screen and create animated gifs or video.īefore starting, you will need to install FFmpeg to your system. Installing the package # dpkg -i peek-0.7.b To get dependencies # apt install libsdl1.2debian ffmpeg
#Animated gif wallpaper software software#
Peek is a great piece of software that enables you to quickly record GIFs by selecting and recording a piece of screen. display=DISPLAY X display to use 3) Using peek to make GIF h, -height=PIXEL Height of recording rectangle w, -width=PIXEL Width of recording rectangle y, -y=PIXEL Y coordinate of rectangle to record x, -x=PIXEL X coordinate of rectangle to record delay=SECS Delay before start (default: 1 second) e, -exec=COMMAND Command to execute and time d, -duration=SECS Duration of animation (default: 10 seconds) Here are the options and the syntax of byzanz-record command: byzanz-record -helpīyzanz-record record your current desktop session The options width and height need to be tested several times before you get the right alignment. The most challenging part here is actually fitting the right area of the screen to capture. You can enter that directory and delete some of the images on start and the end in order to make GIF shorter. It will play video and start the process, at the end we will have images in the ~/Videos/img_mygif directory. Then we need to dissemble the video to frames # mplayer -ao null mygif.ogv -vo jpeg:outdir=/home/miki/Videos/img_mygif We will keep it simple so we will just ping google. When that is recorded, and file is saved in ~/Videos/mygif.ogv we move to next step. Next we use recordmyDesktop software to record terminal window while we execute some command. # apt-get install imagemagick mplayer gtk-recordmydesktop We need above mentioned screencasting software, and we also need imagemagick and mplayer. So today we will show five ways you can create GIFs using open source Linux software. When there is not enough content to warrant entire video but you still need moving picture, animated GIF is what you need. Animated GIFs are also useful to us geeks, for example for showing interactive terminal output. Animated GIF images have become an art of its own, with funny scenes and memes flooding the internet.