gifsicle

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Create, edit, manipulate, and get information about GIF files.

Options (8)

-Oboolean

Optimize a GIF as a new file

Example: gifsicle {{path/to/input.gif}} {{[-O|--optimize=]}}3 {{[-o|--output]}} {{path/to/output.gif}}

-o, --outputboolean

Optimize a GIF as a new file

Example: gifsicle {{path/to/input.gif}} {{[-O|--optimize=]}}3 {{[-o|--output]}} {{path/to/output.gif}}

-b, --batchboolean

Use batch mode (modify each given file in place) and unoptimize a GIF

Example: gifsicle {{[-b|--batch]}} {{path/to/input.gif}} {{[-U|--unoptimize]}}

-U, --unoptimizeboolean

Use batch mode (modify each given file in place) and unoptimize a GIF

Example: gifsicle {{[-b|--batch]}} {{path/to/input.gif}} {{[-U|--unoptimize]}}

-d, --delayboolean

Make a GIF animation from selected GIFs

Example: gifsicle {{*.gif}} {{[-d|--delay]}} {{10}} {{[-l|--loop]}} > {{path/to/output.gif}}

-l, --loopboolean

Make a GIF animation from selected GIFs

Example: gifsicle {{*.gif}} {{[-d|--delay]}} {{10}} {{[-l|--loop]}} > {{path/to/output.gif}}

-k, --colorsboolean

Reduce file size using lossy compression

Example:

gifsicle {{[-b|--batch]}} {{path/to/input.gif}} {{[-O|--optimize=]}}3 --lossy={{100}} {{[-k|--colors]}} {{16}} {{[-f|--dither]}}

-f, --ditherboolean

Reduce file size using lossy compression

Example:

gifsicle {{[-b|--batch]}} {{path/to/input.gif}} {{[-O|--optimize=]}}3 --lossy={{100}} {{[-k|--colors]}} {{16}} {{[-f|--dither]}}

Optimize a GIF as a new file

gifsicle path/to/input.gif [-O|--optimize=]3 [-o|--output] path/to/output.gif

Use batch mode (modify each given file in place) and unoptimize a GIF

gifsicle [-b|--batch] path/to/input.gif [-U|--unoptimize]

Extract a frame from a GIF

gifsicle path/to/input.gif '#0' > path/to/first_frame.gif

Make a GIF animation from selected GIFs

gifsicle *.gif [-d|--delay] 10 [-l|--loop] > path/to/output.gif

Reduce file size using lossy compression

gifsicle [-b|--batch] path/to/input.gif [-O|--optimize=]3 --lossy=100 [-k|--colors] 16 [-f|--dither]

Delete the first 10 frames and all frames after frame 20 from a GIF

gifsicle [-b|--batch] path/to/input.gif --delete '#0-9' '#20-'

Modify all frames by cropping them to a rectangle, changing their scale, flipping them, and rotating them

gifsicle [-b|--batch] --crop starting_x,starting_y+rect_widthxrect_height --scale 0.25 --flip-horizontal --rotate-90|180|270 path/to/input.gif