astfarias/byzanz-gui

Simple program to create animated GIFs on Linux

byzanz-gui-select

Simple program to create animated GIFs on Linux of a selected area.

Fork version of byzanz-gui using xrectsel for select record area

Dependencies

byzanz: https://github.com/GNOME/byzanz
xrectsel: https://github.com/lolilolicon/xrectsel
byzanz-gui: https://github.com/rhcarvalho/byzanz-gui

Usage

Clone this repository and add it to your PATH, or copy the byzanz-gui-record- to a location in your PATH.

Give the appropriate permissions to executable

$ sudo chmod +x byzanz-gui-select

Run the program:

$ byzanz-gui-select

And then:

1. Choose your animated GIF duration;
2. Select a area of the screen you want to record;
3. Wait for the delay;
4. Perform the actions you want to record;
5. Boom, you have your animated GIF!