# Node to combine images into an animated gif

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-to-combine-images-into-an-animated-gif/16829>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [17 October 2019 19:13 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-to-combine-images-into-an-animated-gif/16829 "2019-10-17T19:13:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![i8beef](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/i8beef/32/3161_2.png) [@i8beef](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/i8beef)\
**Post date:** [17 October 2019 19:13 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-to-combine-images-into-an-animated-gif/16829/1 "2019-10-17T19:13:21Z")

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Anyone know of an existing node that could take multiple captured binary strings representing JPEG image data and combine them into an animated GIF with a specified frame rate? The use case is on doorbell ring, capture 5 or so images from the camera snapshot endpoint, and combine them into a GIF that can sent to phones. Capturing a single image is hit or miss to actually capture faces, etc.

Otherwise I might just write one, but thought I'd check first... I don't see anything like it in the flows library, but maybe Im not searching for the right term.

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**Author:** ![TotallyInformation](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/totallyinformation/32/31_2.png) [@TotallyInformation](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/TotallyInformation)\
**Post date:** [17 October 2019 19:25 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-to-combine-images-into-an-animated-gif/16829/2 "2019-10-17T19:25:11Z")

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I don't remember anything - but then these days, there are so many new nodes, I can't keep track!

There seem to be a few node.js modules to do the job so hopefully building a node won't be too hard.