README.md

Giftext

Converts text to animated gifs

Demo #1 (blinking animation)

Demo #2 (typing animation)

Dependencies

• Python 2.7.x
• Imagemagick (for .gif output)
• ffmpeg (for .mp4 output)

usage: giftext.py [-h] -t TEXT -o SAVEPATH -a ANIMATIONTYPE [-s SPEED]

Giftext v1.0

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -t TEXT, --text TEXT  text string
  -o SAVEPATH, --savepath SAVEPATH
                        output gif path
  -a ANIMATIONTYPE, --animationType ANIMATIONTYPE
                        Type of animation (typing/static) | Default is static
  -s SPEED, --speed SPEED
                        speed of animation | Default is 8

Example

python giftext.py -t 'hello world' -o foo.gif -a typing