converting animated gif to a static gif

[avothecat]

I'm simply using the convert utility (in php, I don't think that changes anything) to resize large images to smaller ones (previews, thumbnails, etc)
I searched google a lot, and looked through the docs on the official site, but didn't find what I need...

Is there a method to only convert the first frame of a gif?

I don't know, "convert huge_image_animated.gif -resize !300x300> preview_static.gif -static" , or something.

[el_supremo]

This should do it:

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convert huge_image_animated.gif[0] -resize "!300x300>" preview_static.gif

Pete

[avothecat]

Thanks, that worked perfect