How can I script the creation of a movie from a set of images?

Question

I managed to get a set of images loaded using Python.

I\'d like my script to take this series of images (in whatever format I need them), and create a video from them

Answer 1

If you're not averse to using the command-line, there's the convert command from the ImageMagick package. It's available for Mac, Linux, Windows. See http://www.imagemagick.org/script/index.php.

It supports a huge number of image formats and you can output your movie as an mpeg file:

convert -quality 100 *.png outvideo.mpeg

or as animated gifs for uploading to webpages:

convert -set delay 3 -loop 0 -scale 50% *.png animation.gif

More options for the convert command available here: ImageMagick v6 Examples - Animation Basics