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Combine WigglyPaint GIFs into Video

Combine WigglyPaint GIFs into Video

by altbdoor·Jun 1, 2026·3 points·0 comments
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AI Analysis

●MidCozyShip It

FFmpeg WASM + WebCodecs in browser, but only useful if you use WigglyPaint.

Strengths
  • •FFmpeg WASM + WebCodecs pipeline runs entirely client-side with no server costs.
  • •Solves the author's actual workflow pain — manual FFmpeg command mangling eliminated.
Weaknesses
  • •Extremely narrow audience — only WigglyPaint users need this specific GIF-to-video flow.
  • •FFmpeg CLI already handles this; browser convenience doesn't add unique capability.
Category
Design
Target Audience

WigglyPaint users creating social media content

Similar To

FFmpeg · CloudConvert · EZGIF

Post Description

Been trying out WigglyPaint[1] lately to flesh out my creative side. I started drawing a series of images, and wanted to combine them into a video to post into social media.

The first iteration I did was manually mangling FFmpeg commands to loop GIFs over n seconds, before combining them into a video. After that I thought, I might as well make a web application to help make this easier.

Ironically, the videos I created in my Firefox Windows appears to be unplayable, which prompted me to go full circle, by importing a FFmpeg WASM to fix the file.

But it was definitely interesting to see how the JS code work to splice GIFs into image data, replaying it over a canvas, which then feeds to a WebCodec. GitHub link is in [2] if you are interested to see the source code. Cheers!

[1]: https://beyondloom.com/tools/wigglypaint.html#main

[2]: https://github.com/altbdoor/wiggly-compose-gif

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