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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,29 @@ +# moonPhase +Downloads all 8762 photos of the moon from a NASA website and uses them to create a fluid animation. + +See [here for an introduction/tutorial](https://nicholasfarrow.com/Creating-a-Moon-Animation-Using-NASA-Images-and-Python/). + +# Usage +``` +python moonphase.py +``` + +``` +optional arguments: + -h, --help show this help message and exit + -t THINNING, --thinning THINNING + Frequency of images to download, e.g. every 10th image + -f, --ffmpeg Use ffmpeg to create video +``` + +If you are creating a gif via imageio then creating a `.gif` of 8761 images could take a long time and create a >100Mb file. Try using a smaller number of images with the `-t` flag: + +Eg. use every 20th image: +``` +python moonphase.py -t 20 +``` + +If you are on a unix OS and have ffmpeg installed then you can compile an `.mp4` instead of a `.gif`: +``` +python moonphase.py -f +```