Using Love2D to create gif animations?

[unixfreak]

Just an idea that popped into my head.

Some people might remember this classic windows freeware;
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pivot_Animator

I haven't used it in about a decade, so it's probably alot more advanced than it used to be, but i'm wondering if anyone has used Love2D to make something with a similar concept. Are there any existing projects or libraries that can handle the creation of gifs using the Love"D framework? And possibly some kind of animator program someone may have made?

[zorg]

Loader:
- https://love2d.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=82642
Exporting:
- https://love2d.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=77324#p163516 (One of the GIF specs, for implementing a "real" gif exporter)
- https://love2d.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=81543#p193117 ("Offline" frame-by-frame export idea)

And i'd guess that if someone's game required it, they'd have coded a skeletal (or other) animation system already, though these two things are a bit separate from each other.

[alloyed]

Here's an already-made gif export library: the only issue is that it uses native code, which makes it harder to get up and running
https://love2d.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=82460

I tried making my own generic animation editor, too. It's not really in a usable state but if you'd like to keep working on it, I can open-source what is there. If I wanted to actually use an animation editor in an actual project I would maybe use spriter or spine instead: they cost money but they're much more polished, and have good tools to import into love2d. other options include flash or blender, but those might be a lil harder to get imported into love.

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