make_gif.py

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# contributed by Paul Corbitt on February 1 2017
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import imageio 
# location of imageio github repository, note you will need to install imageio
# http://imageio.github.io/
# First you need to put in your list of images with the path to the image and file name
# make sure the files are in the order that you want them to be displayed
frame_names = ['brain_FC_matrix_screenshot_0.png',
               'brain_FC_matrix_screenshot_1.png',
               'brain_FC_matrix_screenshot_2.png',
               'brain_FC_matrix_screenshot_3.png',
               'brain_FC_matrix_screenshot_4.png',
               'brain_FC_matrix_screenshot_5.png',
               'brain_FC_matrix_screenshot_6.png',
               'brain_FC_matrix_screenshot_7.png',
               'brain_FC_matrix_screenshot_8.png',
               'brain_FC_matrix_screenshot_9.png']
number_of_frames = len(frame_names)
# the following loop writes out the gif to the present directory
# the gif display speed to 4 frames per second (fps)
with imageio.get_writer('./brain_FC_matrix_animated.gif', mode='I', fps = 4) as writer:
    for x in range(1,number_of_frames):
        image = imageio.imread(frame_names[x])
        writer.append_data(image)