Is there a way to create one Gif image from multiple images in Java? [closed]

Question

I am trying to set up a simple Java program that creates one single animated gif from multiple other images (jpg). Can anyone give me a hook on how to achieve this in Java? I already searched Google but couldn't find anything really helpful.

Thank you guys!

Answer 1

Here you have an example of a class that creates an animated gif from different images:

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Edit: links seems to be dead. Anyway, just to be clear, this code was done by Elliot Kroo.

Edit 2: Thanks to @Marco13 for finding the WayBack Machine link. Updated the reference!

The class provides these methods:

class GifSequenceWriter {     public GifSequenceWriter(         ImageOutputStream outputStream,         int imageType,         int timeBetweenFramesMS,         boolean loopContinuously);      public void writeToSequence(RenderedImage img);      public void close(); } 

And also a little example:

public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {   if (args.length > 1) {     // grab the output image type from the first image in the sequence     BufferedImage firstImage = ImageIO.read(new File(args[0]));      // create a new BufferedOutputStream with the last argument     ImageOutputStream output =        new FileImageOutputStream(new File(args[args.length - 1]));      // create a gif sequence with the type of the first image, 1 second     // between frames, which loops continuously     GifSequenceWriter writer =        new GifSequenceWriter(output, firstImage.getType(), 1, false);      // write out the first image to our sequence...     writer.writeToSequence(firstImage);     for(int i=1; i<args.length-1; i++) {       BufferedImage nextImage = ImageIO.read(new File(args[i]));       writer.writeToSequence(nextImage);     }      writer.close();     output.close();   } else {     System.out.println(       "Usage: java GifSequenceWriter [list of gif files] [output file]");   } } 

Props to Elliot Kroo for this code.