python script to create gif files from images code example

Example 1: make gif from images in python

import glob
import os

gif_name = 'outputName'
file_list = glob.glob('*.png') # Get all the pngs in the current directory
list.sort(file_list, key=lambda x: int(x.split('_')[1].split('.png')[0])) # Sort the images by #, this may need to be tweaked for your use case

with open('image_list.txt', 'w') as file:
    for item in file_list:
        file.write("%s\n" % item)

os.system('convert @image_list.txt {}.gif'.format(gif_name)) # On windows convert is 'magick'

Example 2: make a gif with images python

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)