Image::Magick GIF Animation Speed

~~David~~ has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

All, I am making an animated GIF, and want to be better able to control the speed at which it loops. Is there a setting somewhere that can accomplish this? Or do I have to make a 4 file loop with the first 2 and last 2 images being the same to slow down the apparent blink rate?

sub makeGIF {
    my $desktop = "C:\\Documents and Settings\\$ENV{LNAME}\\Desktop\\"
+;
    my($blinker);
    $blinker = new Image::Magick;
    $blinker->Read("TempImages\\defective.bmp");
    $blinker->Read("TempImages\\reference.bmp");
    $blinker->Write("$desktop\\blink.gif");
}
[download]

~~David~~

Comment on Image::Magick GIF Animation Speed Download Code

Replies are listed 'Best First'.
Re: Image::Magick GIF Animation Speed by Sixtease (Friar) on Nov 23, 2007 at 20:34 UTC
`$blinker->Write(delay => $hundredths_of_second, filename => "$desktop\\blink.gif");` I read in the tutorials that I encountered googling this up, that another option `loop => 0` may be needed if you want the image to keep animating over and over. But as far as I tested it, the option doesn't make any difference.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: Image::Magick GIF Animation Speed by ~~David~~ (Hermit) on Nov 23, 2007 at 22:38 UTC
That works perfectly. I didn't need to add the loop option to make it repeat. Thanks, David ~~David~~	[reply]