Spiralizer

Helps to create gifs like this.

Inspired by this program from the Reddit thread.

Limitations

• Doesn't currently handle video frame extraction or creation
• Animated GIFs don't work as expected
• Blending between frames is weird
• No macOS build

Usage

Spiralizer 0.1.0
Matt Ickstadt <mattico8@gmail.com>
Helps create a swirly timelapse gif

USAGE:
    spiralizer.exe <INPUT> <OUTPUT>

FLAGS:
    -h, --help       Prints help information
    -V, --version    Prints version information

ARGS:
    <INPUT>     A directory full of images to use
    <OUTPUT>    A directory to output the images to

Supported input formats: PNG JPG GIF ICO BMP
Output images will be saved in PNG format.

Video Conversion With FFMpeg

Video to images: fmpeg -i video.mp4 -vf fps=1 frame_%04d.png Adjust fps= to change how often frames are saved from the video.

Basic images to video: ffmpeg -i frame%04d.png out.mp4

Recommended images to video settings: ffmpeg -i frame%04d.png -framerate 60 -c:v libx264 -r 60 -pix_fmt yuv420p -profile slow -crf 19 out.mp4