// Capture the current canvas as a frame every 1/FPS second if (frameCount % Math.round(60 / FPS) === 0) // Grab the raw pixel data const ctx = renderer.domElement.getContext('2d'); const imgData = ctx.getImageData(0, 0, renderer.domElement.width, renderer.domElement.height); gif.addFrame(imgData, delay: 1000 / FPS );
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| Use‑case | GIF Advantage | |----------|----------------| | (Twitter, Instagram, Discord) | No extra plug‑ins; GIF plays automatically in feeds. | | Documentation / tutorials | Small, self‑contained files that work offline. | | Email newsletters | Wide compatibility (most clients render GIFs natively). | | Rapid prototyping | Instantly share a looped animation without a video player. | // Capture the current canvas as a frame
| Issue | Why it Happens | Fix | |-------|----------------|-----| | | Frame‑capture isn’t synchronized with the render loop. | Use requestAnimationFrame and a fixed‑time accumulator ( delta ) to guarantee exactly FPS captures per second. | | Colors look washed out | The canvas is using sRGB but gif.js expects linear RGB. | Add renderer.outputEncoding = THREE.sRGBEncoding; before recording, and call renderer.toneMapping = THREE.ACESFilmicToneMapping; for better contrast. | | File size > 5 MB | Too many frames or high resolution. | Reduce width/height ( renderer.setSize(480, 270) ), lower quality in GIF options, or use a palette‑reduction step ( gif.js does this automatically if quality ≤ 10). | | Loop doesn’t close perfectly | The first and last frames aren’t identical. | Make the animation mathematically periodic (e.g., use Math.sin(t) / Math.cos(t) ) or duplicate the first frame at the end. | | Browser freezes during encoding | Large GIFs block the main thread. | Increase workers in the GIF constructor (e.g., workers: 4 ) or off‑load the process to a Web Worker manually. | | | Email newsletters | Wide compatibility (most