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diff --git a/call/management/commands/__init__.py b/call/management/commands/__init__.py
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diff --git a/call/management/commands/export_animation.py b/call/management/commands/export_animation.py
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+from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand, CommandError
+from call.models import Creature
+import weasyprint as wsp
+import subprocess
+from django.urls import reverse
+from urllib.parse import urljoin, urlencode
+from PIL import Image
+import os
+
+
+class Command(BaseCommand):
+    help = "Generates an animation"
+
+    def add_arguments(self, parser):
+        parser.add_argument("--baseurl", default="http://localhost:8000/")
+        parser.add_argument("--output", default="animation_{width}x{height}.gif")
+        parser.add_argument("--width", type=int, default=500)
+        parser.add_argument("--height", type=int, default=500)
+        parser.add_argument("--scale", type=int, default=6)
+
+    def handle(self, *args, **options):
+        baseurl = options['baseurl']
+        width = options['width']
+        height = options['height']
+        scale = options['scale']
+        output_filename = options['output'].format(**{'width': width, 'height': height})
+        # url = "http://localhost:8000/creatures/39/"
+        # w = wsp.HTML(url=url)
+        # w.write_pdf("test.pdf")
+        # 
+        # frames = []
+        frameno = 0
+        convert_args = ["convert", "-delay", "25"]
+        qvars = {'width': width, 'height': height, 'scale': scale}
+        for creature in Creature.objects.filter(published=True).order_by("-created"):
+            url = urljoin(baseurl, reverse("creature_detail", args=[creature.id,]))
+            print (creature, url)
+            qvars['cell'] = 0
+            w = wsp.HTML(url=f"{url}?{urlencode(qvars)}")
+            w.write_pdf("temp.pdf")
+            subprocess.run(["convert", "-density", "96", "temp.pdf", "temp.png"])
+            # frames.append(Image.open("temp.png"))
+            fn1 = f"frame{frameno:04}.png"
+            os.rename("temp.png", fn1)
+            frameno += 1
+            convert_args.append(fn1)
+            
+            qvars['cell'] = 3
+            w = wsp.HTML(url=f"{url}?{urlencode(qvars)}")
+            w.write_pdf("temp.pdf")
+            subprocess.run(["convert", "-density", "96", "temp.pdf", "temp.png"])
+            # frames.append(Image.open("temp.png"))
+            fn2 = f"frame{frameno:04}.png"
+            os.rename("temp.png", fn2)
+            frameno += 1
+            convert_args.append(fn2)
+            for i in range(7):
+                convert_args.append(fn1)
+                convert_args.append(fn2)
+
+        # convert -delay 100 "frame????.png" "animation.imc.gif"
+        convert_args.append(output_filename)
+        subprocess.run(convert_args)
+        subprocess.run("rm temp.pdf frame*.png", shell=True)
+
+        #     # self.stdout.write(
+        #     #     self.style.SUCCESS('Successfully closed poll "%s"' % poll_id)
+        #     # )