add --text "AWESOME!"

Author: vvo

.npmignore

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 example/
 screencast.gif
 22.gif
+back.gif

README.md

@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ npm install -g gifify
     --resize <W:H>          Resize output, use -1 when specifying only width or height. `350:100`, `400:-1`, `-1:200`
     --speed <n>             Movie speed, defaults to 1
     --subtitles <filepath>  Subtitle filepath to burn to the GIF
+    --text <string>         Add some text at the bottom of the movie
     --to <position>         End position, hh:mm:ss or seconds, defaults to end of movie
 ```
 
@@ -101,6 +102,18 @@ When using direct file input from command line, we pass the `-i filename` option
 
 Be careful when `|piping`.
 
+## Adding some text
+
+You can burn some simple text into your GIF:
+
+```shell
+gifify back.mp4 -o back.gif --from 01:48:23.200 --to 01:48:25.300 --text "What?..What?What?"
+```
+
+Result:
+
+![back](back.gif)
+
 ## Subtitles
 
 You can burn subtitles into your GIF, it's that easy:

back.gif

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ var options =
     .option('--resize <W:H>', 'Resize output, use -1 when specifying only width or height. `350:100`, `400:-1`, `-1:200`')
     .option('--speed <n>', 'Movie speed, defaults to 1', parseFloat, 1)
     .option('--subtitles <filepath>', 'Subtitle filepath to burn to the GIF')
+    .option('--text <string>', 'Add some text at the bottom of the movie')
     .option('--to <position>', 'End position, hh:mm:ss or seconds, defaults to end of movie'
     )
     .parse(process.argv);

bin/gifify

@@ -136,15 +136,27 @@ function computeFFmpegArgs(opts) {
 
 function computeConvertArgs(opts) {
   // Convert options
-  // http://www.imagemagick.org/script/convert.php#options
+  // http://www.imagemagick.rg/script/convert.php#options
   var args = [
     '-',
     '+dither',
     '-layers', 'Optimize',
     '-delay', 100 / opts.fps / opts.speed,
-    'gif:-'
   ];
 
+  if (opts.text) {
+    args.push(
+      '-gravity', 'South',
+      '-fill', 'white',
+      '-stroke', 'black',
+      '-strokewidth', '1',
+      '-pointsize', '40',
+      '-annotate', '+20+20', opts.text
+    );
+  }
+
+  args.push('gif:-');
+
   debug('convert args: %j', args);
 
   return args;