Notes on Creating GIF Animations from MOV Files Using ffmpeg

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Note

2026-02-27 Browser-based Mov to Gif conversion is now available

Notes

When you want to capture a video using QuickTime Player and convert it into a GIF animation.

ffmpeg -i <input>.mov -vf scale=720:-1 -r 10 <output>.gif

This will produce a GIF like the one below.

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To speed it up, use the following command:

ffmpeg -i <input>.mov -vf scale=720:-1,setpts=PTS/2.0 -af atempo=2.0 -r 10 <output>.gif