Knowledge and utilities for creating animated GIFs optimized for Slack. Provides constraints, validation tools, and animation concepts. Use when users request animated GIFs for Slack like "make me a GIF of X doing Y for Slack."
Knowledge and utilities for creating animated GIFs optimized for Slack. Provides constraints, validation tools, and animation concepts. Use when users request animated GIFs for Slack like "make me a GIF of X doing Y for Slack."
Slack GIF Creator
A toolkit providing utilities and knowledge for creating animated GIFs optimized for Slack.
Slack Requirements
Dimensions:
Emoji GIFs: 128x128 (recommended)
Message GIFs: 480x480
Parameters:
FPS: 10-30 (lower is smaller file size)
Colors: 48-128 (fewer = smaller file size)
Duration: Keep under 3 seconds for emoji GIFs
Core Workflow
from core.gif_builder import GIFBuilder
from PIL import Image, ImageDraw
# 1. Create builder
builder = GIFBuilder(width=128, height=128, fps=10)
# 2. Generate framesfor i inrange(12):
frame = Image.new('RGB', (128, 128), (240, 248, 255))
draw = ImageDraw.Draw(frame)
# Draw your animation using PIL primitives# (circles, polygons, lines, etc.)
builder.add_frame(frame)
builder.save(, num_colors=, optimize_for_emoji=)
# 3. Save with optimization
'output.gif'
48
True
Drawing Graphics
Working with User-Uploaded Images
If a user uploads an image, consider whether they want to:
Use it directly (e.g., "animate this", "split this into frames")
Use it as inspiration (e.g., "make something like this")
Load and work with images using PIL:
from PIL import Image
uploaded = Image.open('file.png')
# Use directly, or just as reference for colors/style
Drawing from Scratch
When drawing graphics from scratch, use PIL ImageDraw primitives:
Flexibility: Create the animation logic using PIL primitives
It does NOT provide:
Rigid animation templates or pre-made functions
Emoji font rendering (unreliable across platforms)
A library of pre-packaged graphics built into the skill
Note on user uploads: This skill doesn't include pre-built graphics, but if a user uploads an image, use PIL to load and work with it - interpret based on their request whether they want it used directly or just as inspiration.
Be creative! Combine concepts (bouncing + rotating, pulsing + sliding, etc.) and use PIL's full capabilities.