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Create annotated animated GIF demos and screen recordings for pull requests and documentation. Covers frame capture, timing, imageio-based GIF creation, and per-frame annotation workflows.
npx skill4agent add github/awesome-copilot screen-recordingpip install playwright Pillow imageio numpy scipy mss -q
playwright install chromiumfrom playwright.async_api import async_playwright
async def record_frames(url, steps, width=1400, height=900):
"""
steps: list of dicts with 'action' (async callable taking page)
and 'name' (frame filename)
"""
async with async_playwright() as p:
browser = await p.chromium.launch()
page = await browser.new_page(viewport={"width": width, "height": height})
await page.goto(url, wait_until="networkidle")
for step in steps:
if step.get("action"):
await step["action"](page)
await page.wait_for_timeout(step.get("wait", 500))
await page.screenshot(path=step["name"])
await browser.close()import imageio.v3 as iio
from PIL import Image
import numpy as np
frames = []
durations = []
for frame_path, duration_ms in frame_list:
img = Image.open(frame_path)
frames.append(np.array(img))
durations.append(duration_ms)
iio.imwrite("demo.gif", frames, duration=durations, loop=0)| Phase | Duration | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Fast action (typing, clicking) | 100ms | Feels natural, keeps energy |
| Pause after action | 600-800ms | Let the viewer process what happened |
| Hero/final message | 500ms+ | Main takeaway needs time to land |
image-annotationsfrom PIL import Image, ImageDraw, ImageFont
def annotate_frame(frame_path, annotations, out_path):
img = Image.open(frame_path)
draw = ImageDraw.Draw(img)
for ann in annotations:
# Apply annotation (rect, arrow, label, etc.)
pass
img.save(out_path)def apply_fade(base_frame, annotation_layer, alpha):
"""Blend annotation onto frame at given alpha (0.0 to 1.0)"""
blended = Image.blend(
base_frame.convert("RGBA"),
annotation_layer.convert("RGBA"),
alpha
)
return blended.convert("RGB")
# 2-frame pop-in at 10fps: 50% then 100%
faded_frames = [
apply_fade(base, annotations, 0.5), # frame 1: half opacity
apply_fade(base, annotations, 1.0), # frame 2: full opacity
]annotate_gif.py# Small test GIF: 10 bare frames → fade frames → 15 hold frames
# Add a frame counter overlay for debugging:
draw.text((10, height - 30), f"F{i}/{total} a={alpha:.0%} FADE",
fill="white", font=small_font)mssimport mss
from PIL import Image
import time
def record_gif(output_path, region=None, duration=5, fps=8):
"""Record screen region to GIF. region = {left, top, width, height} or None for full screen."""
with mss.mss() as sct:
if region is None:
region = sct.monitors[1] # primary monitor
frames = []
t_end = time.time() + duration
while time.time() < t_end:
t0 = time.time()
shot = sct.grab(region)
frames.append(Image.frombytes('RGB', shot.size, shot.rgb))
time.sleep(max(0, 1 / fps - (time.time() - t0)))
frames[0].save(output_path, save_all=True, append_images=frames[1:],
duration=int(1000 / fps), loop=0, optimize=True)
return len(frames)
record_gif('demo.gif', region={'left': 0, 'top': 0, 'width': 800, 'height': 500}, duration=3)PIL.save(save_all=True)imageio.v3.imwrite# Find window rect, then record it as a GIF
# Reuse find_window() from the ui-screenshots skill
import ctypes
from ctypes import c_int, Structure, byref, windll
class RECT(Structure):
_fields_ = [('left', c_int), ('top', c_int), ('right', c_int), ('bottom', c_int)]
hwnd = find_window('My App')[0][0]
rect = RECT()
windll.user32.GetWindowRect(hwnd, byref(rect))
region = {'left': rect.left, 'top': rect.top,
'width': rect.right - rect.left, 'height': rect.bottom - rect.top}
record_gif('app-demo.gif', region=region, duration=5, fps=8)import numpy as np
from scipy import ndimage
def find_changed_clusters(frame_a, frame_b, threshold=30, min_pixels=300, dilate=5):
"""Find bounding boxes of changed regions between two frames."""
diff = np.abs(frame_b.astype(float) - frame_a.astype(float)).max(axis=2)
mask = diff > threshold
dilated = ndimage.binary_dilation(mask, iterations=dilate)
labeled, n = ndimage.label(dilated)
clusters = []
for i in range(1, n + 1):
ys, xs = np.where(labeled == i)
if len(ys) < min_pixels:
continue
clusters.append((xs.min(), ys.min(), xs.max(), ys.max(), len(ys)))
return sorted(clusters, key=lambda c: -c[4]) # largest first| Format | VS Code Preview | GitHub | Browser |
|---|---|---|---|
| GIF | ✅ Animates | ✅ | ✅ |
| WebP | ⚠️ Static only | ✅ | ✅ |
| MP4 | ❌ Broken | ⚠️ | ✅ |