Public/ConvertTo-Gif.ps1
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.SYNOPSIS Convert a set of images into a GIF .DESCRIPTION Convert a set of images (png or jpeg) into a GIF to share with the world! .PARAMETER FilePath Name and location to save the generated gif .EXAMPLE ConvertTo-Gif -FilePath "c:\users\msadministrator\Desktop\mynewgif.gif" .NOTES Name: ConvertTo-Gif Author: Josh Rickard (MSAdministrator) DateCreated: 07/07/2018 #> function ConvertTo-Gif { [CmdletBinding(DefaultParameterSetName = 'Parameter Set 1', PositionalBinding = $false, HelpUri = '', ConfirmImpact = 'Medium')] Param ( # Name and location to save the generated gif [Parameter( Mandatory = $True, ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName = $true)] [ValidateScript( { if ($_ -notmatch "(\.gif)") { throw "The file specified in the path argument must be type of gif" } return $true } ) ] [string]$FilePath ) if (-not(Get-ChildItem -Path "$env:TEMP\CaptureIT\" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue)) { Write-Error -Message 'There are no screenshots available to create GIF from' exit -1 } $ScreenShotImages = (Get-ChildItem -Path "$env:TEMP\CaptureIT\").FullName try { if (-not(Get-ChildItem -Path $FilePath -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue)) { New-Item -Path $FilePath -Force } } catch { Write-Error -ErrorRecord $Error[0] -RecommendedAction 'Ensure that you have access to create files in the provided filepath location' } try { Write-Verbose -Message 'Creating GitWriter object' $GifWriterObject = Import-GifWriterClass foreach ($image in $ScreenShotImages) { [System.Drawing.Image]$imageObject = [System.Drawing.Image]::FromFile("$image") $GifWriterObject.WriteFrame([System.Drawing.Image]$imageObject) $imageObject = $null } $GifWriterObject.Dispose() Write-Output $True } catch { Write-Error -ErrorRecord $Error[0] exit -1 } } |