---
title: Notes on Creating GIF Animations from MOV Files Using ffmpeg
summary: This article introduces basic ffmpeg commands and examples for converting video speed.
tags: ["ffmpeg"]
categories: ["Dev", "ffmpeg"]
date: 2020-09-21T14:04:33Z
updated: 2026-02-27T03:41:48.037Z
---

> [!NOTE]
> 2026-02-27 [Browser-based Mov to Gif conversion](/lab/mov-to-gif) 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.

![knative-https](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/106908/93759812-e26da180-fc45-11ea-8f0a-eac3e2635f6c.gif)

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
```