API docs? about canvas-gif

[newtykip]

Something like that definitely is possible, with v1 and the upcoming v2! The current version just provides access to an instance of node-canvas for each frame, and v2 will offer a similar API while dropping node-canvas as a dependency for significant speed increases and a more fluent API!

[newtykip]

Oh yeah, also documentation will be coming alongside V2 - I just didn't see much need for in-depth documentation for V1 due to the fact it is a single function project

[dcsan]

Thanks for the quikc reply! OK interesting. are you moving to sharp?

i found node-canvas is a bit more tricky to install - on an M1 mac at least.

SVG support would be nice too, i have that working with sharp now, even for embedded images
lovell/sharp#2844 (comment)

But i had problems with most of those npm plugins for GIF stuff and ended up making just a batch tool since CLI imagemagick is pretty reliable.
https://github.com/dcsan/pixtools/blob/main/tools/composite.sh

interested to see how you're going to make it work!

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[newtykip]

Yeah, the next update should mark a complete transition to sharp! Just running a little behind where I want to be right now because of how much exams are piling on right now (and sadly this will be the case for a hot second :/)

Also yeah, I've had a lot of problems with node gif tools - that's why I'm trying to outsource as much of it as I can to lightweight, well maintained projects liek sharp and potentially gm in the future, just so it has polish and is as fast as I can possibly make it. I may try and make my own optimisations later down the line, but for now this will be a massive improvement anyways!