PHP - Create simple animated GIF from two JPEG images?

Question

Hi,

Does anyone know if it's possible to generate an animated GIF from two different JPEG files, displaying one image for x seconds then the other, and so on..?

Any advice appreciated.

Thanks.

Answer 1

It's not possible using the standard GD functions that come pre-packed with PHP.

There is a class on phpclasses.org for this. I have never used it myself, but it's used by a lot of other packages.

Alternatively, if you have access to ImageMagick from PHP, using either the MagickWand library or the command line, use it. With ImageMagick, it's no problem.

• ImageMagick v6 Animation basics (from the IM manual)

• Creating an Animated GIF image