Gifgen
A command-line tool that produces high-quality GIFs from videos using a custom color palette.
What is Gifgen?
gifgen is a command-line tool that creates high-quality GIFs from video files by using a custom color palette generated from the video content. It addresses the common issue of poor GIF quality from standard ffmpeg encoding, which relies on a generic palette, by performing a 2-pass encode to optimize colors for the specific video.
Developers, designers, and content creators who need to produce high-quality GIFs from videos for documentation, demos, or social media, and prefer a simple command-line workflow.
gifgen offers superior GIF quality compared to default ffmpeg encoding by automating the creation of custom color palettes, all through an easy-to-use CLI that requires minimal configuration.
Overview
Simple high quality GIF encoding
Use Cases
Best For
- Creating high-quality GIFs for software demos and tutorials
- Converting video clips to GIFs with optimized color palettes
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