import imageio
import pathlib
from datetime import datetime
def make_gif(image_directory: pathlib.Path, frames_per_second: float, **kwargs):
"""
Makes a .gif which shows many images at a given frame rate.
All images should be in order (don't know how this works) in the image directory
Only tested with .png images but may work with others.
:param image_directory:
:type image_directory: pathlib.Path
:param frames_per_second:
:type frames_per_second: float
:param kwargs: image_type='png' or other
:return: nothing
"""
assert isinstance(image_directory, pathlib.Path), "input must be a pathlib object"
image_type = kwargs.get('type', 'png')
timestampStr = datetime.now().strftime("%y%m%d_%H%M%S")
gif_dir = image_directory.joinpath(timestampStr + "_GIF.gif")
print('Started making GIF')
print('Please wait... ')
images = []
for file_name in image_directory.glob('*.' + image_type):
images.append(imageio.imread(image_directory.joinpath(file_name)))
imageio.mimsave(gif_dir.as_posix(), images, fps=frames_per_second)
print('Finished making GIF!')
print('GIF can be found at: ' + gif_dir.as_posix())
def main():
fps = 2
png_dir = pathlib.Path('C:/temp/my_images')
make_gif(png_dir, fps)
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()