Create a GIF with Pillow in Python

Pillow - Create GIF

To create a GIF from a list of images with Pillow library in Python, you can use Image.save() function.

Steps to create a GIF image

Steps to convert a given color image to a grayscale image.

1. Import Image module from Pillow library.
2. Create a list of images that you want to include in the GIF. These are the list of image objects.
3. Save the first image as a GIF file using PIL.Image.save(), and set the save_all parameter to True. Pass the rest of images as a list to append_images parameter. Set the duration (in milliseconds) for each image in the animation, and loop=0 for looping indefinitely.

Examples

1. Convert list of images to GIF

In the following example, we take three images of size 500x500, and convert them into a GIF animation.

Python Program

from PIL import Image

# Take list of paths for images
image_path_list = ['dog-1.jpg', 'dog-2.jpg', 'dog-3.jpg']

# Create a list of image objects
image_list = [Image.open(file) for file in image_path_list]

# Save the first image as a GIF file
image_list[0].save(
            'animation.gif',
            save_all=True,
            append_images=image_list[1:], # append rest of the images
            duration=1000, # in milliseconds
            loop=0)

Original Images

dog-1.jpg

dog-2.jpg

dog-3.jpg

Resulting GIF image

Summary

In this Python Pillow Tutorial, we learned how to create a GIF image using PIL.Image.save(), with the help of examples.