Answers.Body: <p>You can use <a href="http://ffmpeg.org/download.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">ffmpeg</a>, a free command-line tool, for this.</p>
  
  <p>Syntax is</p>
  
  <pre><code>ffmpeg -framerate 25 -i img%04d.png video.mp4
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>where <code>img%04d.png</code> is the pattern mask for a list of image files named</p>
  
  <pre><code>img0001.png
  img0002.png
  img0003.png
  ...  
  </code></pre>
  
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Answers.Text: don't forget to specify a sane video codec and parameters. defaults are rarely what's appropriate.
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Answers.Text: For MP4/MKV, defaults are decent. They are horrible for MPEG-PS or WebM output.
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Body: <p>How can I make a video from a sequence of still pictures in PNG format? Something like an animated GIF, just in full-color quality video format.</p>
  
  <p>I'm looking for an Open Source solution for windows.</p>
  
  <p>Thank you very much.</p>
  
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Comments.Text: free (as in freedom) is more important than open source and is not the same as open source. not all open source software is free as in freedom.
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Tags: <animation><animation-rendering>
Title: How can I make a video from pictures?
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ThreadText: # How can I make a video from pictures?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2016-11-24)
  
  How can I make a video from a sequence of still pictures in PNG format? Something like an animated GIF, just in full-color quality video format.
  
  I'm looking for an Open Source solution for windows.
  
  Thank you very much.
  
  **Tags:** animation, animation-rendering
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: free (as in freedom) is more important than open source and is not the same as open source. not all open source software is free as in freedom.  
  
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  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_2 on 2016-11-24. Score: 2 | Accepted answer
  
  You can use [ffmpeg](http://ffmpeg.org/download.html), a free command-line tool, for this.
  
  Syntax is
  
  ```
  ffmpeg -framerate 25 -i img%04d.png video.mp4
  
  ```
  
  where `img%04d.png` is the pattern mask for a list of image files named
  
  ```
  img0001.png
  img0002.png
  img0003.png
  ...  
  
  ```
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: don't forget to specify a sane video codec and parameters. defaults are rarely what's appropriate.  
  > **username_2**: For MP4/MKV, defaults are decent. They are horrible for MPEG-PS or WebM output.  
  
  ---
  
  