gif animation export "precise frame control"

[villares]

The py5_tool.animated_gif feature is great, but I miss from the gifAnimation library that I used with Processing Java/Python mode the "fine control" of choosing to add frames in some circumstances...

from py5_tools import animated_gif

n = 10

def setup():
    size(500, 500)
    no_stroke()
    frame_rate(16)
    # filename, number of frames, sample interval, frame duration in gif
    animated_gif('test.gif', n, 0.05, 1)
        
def draw():
    background(100)
    fill(255)
    text_size(40)
    text(frame_count, 200, 200)
    
    
    if frame_count > n + 5:
        exit_sketch()

When making small loops the "time control" afforded by animated_gif doesn't seem helpful. I then usually export all frames (or every odd frame) and generate the animation elsewhere. Am I missing somethig?

A lazy idea... could we have animated_gif_from_frames(filename, list_of_frames, duration)?

[hx2A]

What if instead of a time control you listed the frame numbers you wanted to have included? Like if you wanted the first 20 odd numbered frames, you could pass a kwarg frame_nums=range(1, 40, 2) or something like that? Then just the frames 1, 3, 5, ... 39 etc are included?

[villares]

Exactly! That's what I meant with "list_of_frames". That would be great!

[hx2A]

OK! This should be very achievable. I will open an issue to track this.