老问题，有很多很好的答案，但可能仍然对另一种选择感兴趣……

我最近在github (https://github.com/WarrenWeckesser/numpngw)上发布的numpngw模块可以从numpy数组写入动画PNG文件。(更新:numpngw现在在pypi: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/numpngw。)

例如，这个脚本:

import numpy as np
import numpngw


img0 = np.zeros((64, 64, 3), dtype=np.uint8)
img0[:32, :32, :] = 255
img1 = np.zeros((64, 64, 3), dtype=np.uint8)
img1[32:, :32, 0] = 255
img2 = np.zeros((64, 64, 3), dtype=np.uint8)
img2[32:, 32:, 1] = 255
img3 = np.zeros((64, 64, 3), dtype=np.uint8)
img3[:32, 32:, 2] = 255
seq = [img0, img1, img2, img3]
for img in seq:
    img[16:-16, 16:-16] = 127
    img[0, :] = 127
    img[-1, :] = 127
    img[:, 0] = 127
    img[:, -1] = 127

numpngw.write_apng('foo.png', seq, delay=250, use_palette=True)

创建:

你需要一个支持动画PNG的浏览器(直接或带有插件)才能看到动画。

我尝试了以下方法，非常有用:

首先下载Figtodat和images2gif库到本地目录。

其次，收集数组中的图形并将其转换为动画gif:

import sys
sys.path.insert(0,"/path/to/your/local/directory")
import Figtodat
from images2gif import writeGif
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy

figure = plt.figure()
plot   = figure.add_subplot (111)

plot.hold(False)
    # draw a cardinal sine plot
images=[]
y = numpy.random.randn(100,5)
for i in range(y.shape[1]):
    plot.plot (numpy.sin(y[:,i]))  
    plot.set_ylim(-3.0,3)
    plot.text(90,-2.5,str(i))
    im = Figtodat.fig2img(figure)
    images.append(im)

writeGif("images.gif",images,duration=0.3,dither=0)

就像沃伦去年说的，这是一个老问题。由于人们似乎仍然在浏览页面，我想将他们重定向到一个更现代的解决方案。就像blakev说的，github上有一个枕头的例子。

 import ImageSequence
 import Image
 import gifmaker
 sequence = []

 im = Image.open(....)

 # im is your original image
 frames = [frame.copy() for frame in ImageSequence.Iterator(im)]

 # write GIF animation
 fp = open("out.gif", "wb")
 gifmaker.makedelta(fp, frames)
 fp.close()

注意:这个例子已经过时了(gifmaker不是一个可导入的模块，只是一个脚本)。Pillow有一个GifImagePlugin(其源代码在GitHub上)，但ImageSequence上的文档似乎表明有限的支持(只读)

我使用images2gif.py，这很容易使用。它似乎是文件大小的两倍。

26个110kb的PNG文件，我期望26*110kb = 2860kb，但my_gif.GIF是5.7mb

另外，因为GIF是8位的，好看的png在GIF中变得有点模糊

下面是我使用的代码:

__author__ = 'Robert'
from images2gif import writeGif
from PIL import Image
import os

file_names = sorted((fn for fn in os.listdir('.') if fn.endswith('.png')))
#['animationframa.png', 'animationframb.png', 'animationframc.png', ...] "

images = [Image.open(fn) for fn in file_names]

print writeGif.__doc__
# writeGif(filename, images, duration=0.1, loops=0, dither=1)
#    Write an animated gif from the specified images.
#    images should be a list of numpy arrays of PIL images.
#    Numpy images of type float should have pixels between 0 and 1.
#    Numpy images of other types are expected to have values between 0 and 255.


#images.extend(reversed(images)) #infinit loop will go backwards and forwards.

filename = "my_gif.GIF"
writeGif(filename, images, duration=0.2)
#54 frames written
#
#Process finished with exit code 0

以下是26帧中的3帧:

缩小图像会减小尺寸:

size = (150,150)
for im in images:
    im.thumbnail(size, Image.ANTIALIAS)

正如上面提到的一个成员，imageio是一种很好的方法。imageio还允许你设置帧速率，我实际上用Python写了一个函数，允许你设置最后一帧的暂停。我将此函数用于科学动画，其中循环是有用的，但立即重新启动不是。下面是链接和函数:

如何使用Python制作GIF

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import os
import imageio

def gif_maker(gif_name,png_dir,gif_indx,num_gifs,dpi=90):
    # make png path if it doesn't exist already
    if not os.path.exists(png_dir):
        os.makedirs(png_dir)

    # save each .png for GIF
    # lower dpi gives a smaller, grainier GIF; higher dpi gives larger, clearer GIF
    plt.savefig(png_dir+'frame_'+str(gif_indx)+'_.png',dpi=dpi)
    plt.close('all') # comment this out if you're just updating the x,y data

    if gif_indx==num_gifs-1:
        # sort the .png files based on index used above
        images,image_file_names = [],[]
        for file_name in os.listdir(png_dir):
            if file_name.endswith('.png'):
                image_file_names.append(file_name)       
        sorted_files = sorted(image_file_names, key=lambda y: int(y.split('_')[1]))

        # define some GIF parameters

        frame_length = 0.5 # seconds between frames
        end_pause = 4 # seconds to stay on last frame
        # loop through files, join them to image array, and write to GIF called 'wind_turbine_dist.gif'
        for ii in range(0,len(sorted_files)):       
            file_path = os.path.join(png_dir, sorted_files[ii])
            if ii==len(sorted_files)-1:
                for jj in range(0,int(end_pause/frame_length)):
                    images.append(imageio.imread(file_path))
            else:
                images.append(imageio.imread(file_path))
        # the duration is the time spent on each image (1/duration is frame rate)
        imageio.mimsave(gif_name, images,'GIF',duration=frame_length)

下面是如何使用PIL (install with: pip install Pillow):

import glob
import contextlib
from PIL import Image

# filepaths
fp_in = "/path/to/image_*.png"
fp_out = "/path/to/image.gif"

# use exit stack to automatically close opened images
with contextlib.ExitStack() as stack:

    # lazily load images
    imgs = (stack.enter_context(Image.open(f))
            for f in sorted(glob.glob(fp_in)))

    # extract  first image from iterator
    img = next(imgs)

    # https://pillow.readthedocs.io/en/stable/handbook/image-file-formats.html#gif
    img.save(fp=fp_out, format='GIF', append_images=imgs,
             save_all=True, duration=200, loop=0)

查看文档:https://pillow.readthedocs.io/en/stable/handbook/image-file-formats.html#gif