python - Saving an animated GIF in Pillow

Question

(Python 3.4, PIL 1.1.7, Pillow 2.5.1)

I expected this to copy the original GIF.

from PIL import Image
im = Image.open(filename)
im.save('temp.gif')

Instead, it saves the first frame as a still.

What am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

Version that requires only pillow and works:

from PIL import Image

width = 300
height = 300
im1 = Image.new("RGBA", (width, height), (255, 0, 0))
im2 = Image.new("RGBA", (width, height), (255, 255, 0))
im3 = Image.new("RGBA", (width, height), (255, 255, 255))
im1.save("out.gif", save_all=True, append_images=[im2, im3], duration=100, loop=0)

using existing images:

from PIL import Image

im1 = Image.open('a.png')
im2 = Image.open('b.png')
im3 = Image.open('c.png')
im1.save("out.gif", save_all=True, append_images=[im2, im3], duration=100, loop=0)

And, as too low versions of pillow are silently failing here is as a bonus version with a library version check:

from packaging import version
from PIL import Image

im1 = Image.open('a.png')
im2 = Image.open('b.png')
im3 = Image.open('c.png')
if version.parse(Image.PILLOW_VERSION) < version.parse("3.4"):
    print("Pillow in version not supporting making animated gifs")
    print("you need to upgrade library version")
    print("see release notes in")
    print("https://pillow.readthedocs.io/en/latest/releasenotes/3.4.0.html#append-images-to-gif")
else:
    im1.save("out.gif", save_all=True, append_images=[
             im2, im3], duration=100, loop=0)