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File extension for images. Has the capability to be animated.

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How do I create an animated gif from still images (preferably with the command line)?

I want make a .gif animated picture from a given set of .jpg pictures. I would prefer to do it from the command line, so command line tools would be very welcome.
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Nautilus not generating thumbnails for GIF images

No matter what I try (changing the preview options, deleting the thumbnail cache, etc.), Nautilus in Ubuntu 15.04 does not generate thumbnails for GIF image files. However, it generates a thumbnail ...
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Cut duration of animated gif

I have an animated gif and I'd like to cut off the last 5 seconds. Does anyone know how to do that in Linux/Ubuntu?
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How can I create a GIF out of a sequence of PNG files without the previous image appearing on the next frame?

I'll let the .gif I have do most of the talk: The GIF A bit of backstory: I have 100 PNG files (which can be seen here on imgur), each one is a frame of an animation. With those files, I have to make ...
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How to create an animated GIF from MP4 video via command line?

I want make an animated .gif from an .mp4 video. I would prefer to do it from the command line, so please only list command line tools.
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How to do I convert an webm (video) to a (animated) gif on the command line?

I suppose ffmpeg is the weapon of choice but I didn't find out how to reach my goal.
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