make_animated_gifs.py

# Brian Blaylock
# November 26, 2018

"""
Make animated gifs out of images in a directory

os.system('convert *.png animated.gif')
"""

import os


# HRRR Spread
# HEAD = '/uufs/chpc.utah.edu/common/home/u0553130/public_html/PhD/HRRR_Spread/Hourly_Nov2017-Apr2018/'
HEAD = "/uufs/chpc.utah.edu/common/home/u0553130/public_html/PhD/HRRR_Spread/Hourly_May2018-Oct2018/"
DIRS = os.listdir(HEAD)
# for v in DIRS:
for v in ["UVGRD"]:
    # for d in ['CONUS', 'UTAH', 'WEST']:
    for d in ["HRRR_and_GLM"]:
        path = "%s/%s/%s" % (HEAD, v, d)
        try:
            os.system("convert -delay 25 %s/*.png %s/animated.gif" % (path, path))
            print("finished", path)
        except:
            print("failed", path)
            pass


"""
# GLM Hourly
HEAD = '/uufs/chpc.utah.edu/common/home/u0553130/public_html/PhD/GOES16_GLM/Hourly_May2018-Oct2018/'
DIRS = os.listdir(HEAD)
for d in ['CONUS', 'UTAH', 'WEST', 'GLM']:
    path = '%s/%s' % (HEAD, d)
    try:
        os.system('convert -delay 25 %s/*.png %s/animated.gif' % (path, path))
        print('finished', path)
    except:
        print('failed', path)
        pass
"""